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Duncan, on the other hand, was like a big cat--a tiger, maybe--so beautiful and sleek on the outside But even as you ad with fear, because soer, this is death There was a coiled power to Duncan, as if it was barely contained within his skin It demanded all her attention, and yet, outwardly, he was just sitting there, still and quiet, waiting Just like that tiger

E Her teachers used to scold her constantly for her twitching, as they called it But the truth was she had too y to be still It would burn her up from the inside if she didn’t use it somehow

"Was this the first time your friend joined Victor at one of his events?" Duncan asked

Emma stifled her jerk of surprise at his sudden question "No," she ad in DC was reed to come with me for the social scene There’s a party of soht in this town More than one ed, then hesitated She didn’t want to tell Duncan the rest of it, didn’t want him to think badly of Lacey, but

"Lacey’s sort of obsessed with you all," she added reluctantly

"You ‘all’ what?"Duncan pro "She obbles them up Paranormal romance mostly, and most of that vampires She met Victor at a VIP function hosted by the co, big ht happier than I’ve ever seen her, because she’d finally met a real live vampire Two days later, there was an invite in her work e-mail, a party here at the embassy"

"Here"

"The first party, yeah That was o I’d have to look it up to be sure I don’t keep track of Lacey’s social calendar, but I’uys at least once a week since then"

"Were they feeding frohtforward question She’d asked herself the sa a thousand times, but she’d never asked Lacey She didn’t really want to know

"I don’t know," she admitted to Duncan "I never saw--" She drew a shaky breath "I never saw any "

"You wouldn’t necessarily It is likely, however, that your friend was per--"

"Lacey," Eed the correction with a dip of his head "As char as I’m sure Lacey is, I doubt Victor would have continued to invite her unless she was providing blood It’s not uncommon, you understand"

Eave her a pitying look "There are er to serve as a blood source for vampires It can be quite enjoyable for them"

She frowned "You mean for the humans? How can that be enjoyable?"

"Sexually," he drawled, and the word seemed to whisper seductively from his kissable mouth directly to her ear It was so real she could feel the war her cheek as his voice curled around her senses

Emma’s heart beat faster Sweat popped delicately between her breasts, and moisture of an entirely different sort pooled deep between her thighs She felt her nipples tightening and was glad for the heavy fabric of her jacket which would keep anyone fro Except the heated look on Duncan’s face said that he knew she was aroused, knew that her nipples were scraping exquisitely against the lace of her bra She wanted to clench her legs together against the ache, but refused to give hiers around the chair arritted her teeth, forcing her brain back on track "Look,deli she said "I don’t know anything about human and vampire interactions I don’t even like the uys, and now she’sShe hasn’t co’s happened, and I want to knohat you’re going to do about it"

"Is it not possible, Ms Duquet," Duncan said patiently, "that Lacey hasan extra few days alone with him?"

"She’d have called me She knows I’d worry"

"Did you call her office?"

"Yes, of course"

He gave her an inquiring look "And?"

Erily Damn him "And she supposedly took the week off"

"Ah"