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"No," he said firmly

"But--"

Duncan used his vampire speed to step very close to Emma, very fast To her, it would seem as if he hadn’t h that her breasts brushed against his chest when she inhaled, close enough that he could feel the heat off her skin and hear the pounding of her heart And he saw the flash of arousal in her eyes

"Eainst the velvet softness of her cheek, wishing he didn’t have to leave her here But there would be other nights He would oing," he said "You’ll have to trusther ret "Miguel," he said and turned, heading for the door

Louis twisted the doorknob and stepped into the opening, pausing long enough to check out the street and get the go ahead signal fro down the steps

Duncan walked through the doorway Behind hi first that nothing he said would satisfy her, and second that there was no way he was going to let her go with them Even if he didn’t have plans to stop at the blood house, he agreed with Miguel’s assess house of Victor’s, and he didn’t want E at this sudden protective impulse he had for her

Emma’s footsteps hurried across the wood floor behind him as he descended the stairs outside Louis was already holding the SUV’s door open while his driver, a vampire named Ari, stood in the open driver’s door and confiruel was close at Duncan’s back, blocking E to follow

"Go back inside, Ms Duquet," Miguel said i softly, and Eer flaring abruptly Miguel stood next to E to Duncan that he hadn’t touched her But E her eyes

"What happened?" Duncan dean, but true to for here is built like a brick wall I tried to follow you and ran into hiuel isHe is also very serious about o with us this evening As a friend of hed at her expression--she was gaping at hiuel were down the stairs and inside the SUVs before she’d recovered her wits, and the last thing he saw as they pulled away frorily in his direction

E, blackdown the narrow street of her old neighborhood All they needed was a big woofer in the back and they’d look like every other pihtfully, and suddenly remembered the feel of Duncan’s ainstShe shrieked angrily He’d done that on purpose! He was trying to distract her, to lull her into being a good little human An obedient human

"We’ll just see about that, vaed her keys and her cell phone fro, then turned around and raced back outside, delaying only long enough to lock her front door It was cold, but she pulled her hood up and tucked her hands into the front pocket of the sweatshirt Her car was right in front of house, and once she got inside, she could crank the heat as high as she wanted

But she was not going to let theet aith this She’d heard what that va the SUV with Duncan in it He’d called over to his buddies and said so to Leesburg now?" Or close enough