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Well, it was a free country She could go to Leesburg, too Even better, she could find out if Victor had a house there Did Duncan think he was the only one with connections? Well, think again She worked for a da problems for constituents too lazy to do it for theht soressmanor his staff And, coht But the upshot was that E out ned a piece of property pretty much anywhere in the country was a piece of cake
She snapped her Bluetooth over her ear and was already placing phone calls by the ti blood house was crohen Duncan and his teaant house in the suburbs, like the one where Brendan and Erik hosted their tasteful weekend get-togethers This was a blood house through and through Backing up to a thick stand of trees and sitting on a wide open expanse of what had probably been farmland once upon a time, the house was a two-story red brick hite triood-sized place, but dwarfed by the huge lot,it seem smaller than it was Cars were parked haphazardly all around the front, and Duncan couldn’t help wondering what the neighbors thought was going on here Not that they were close The lights of the nearest house were barely visible in the distance, but the traffic of sofrom here should have been noticeable Or maybe the people who lived on those comfortable estates didn’t bother hat happened outside
His driver, Ari, grunted unhappily at thethe wheel to one side, he cut across the field and pulled around back instead Miguel and Louis both bailed from the SUV when it stopped, but Duncan sat and waited while the second vehicle parked behind them and his security tea the crowded house, separating humans from vampires, or perhaps the other way around Vahter to his empathic senses than the huht vauel opened the door next to Duncan "My lord," he said
"Thank you, Miguel," Duncan said and stepped out onto the half-frozen ground He studied the back of the house There were low lights in every , and this close, he could feel the deep thue was off to the left To the right was a snaled as Duncan started for the porch One of his va quick work of the lock Not that it was a bad lock, but his staff were very good at such things He ta to size the place up before announcing his presence
The music hit him as soon as the door opened,it outside So, because modern houses weren’t usually built that way The extra sound da hie was paying attention
Duncan entered the house with only Miguel and Louis, leaving the others to secure the outside perimeter If he needed them, they could be at his side in seconds, but he washim down froiven the parking situation out front The back door opened onto a long, narrow kitchen and den area, with a breakfast bar in between The kitchen was nearly empty, but the room beyond was packed wall-to-ith va to the ed in other pursuits What furniture there was had been pushed up against the walls to make more room for the dancers And he could both hear and sensesex from the sound of it, which was perfectly nor That’s what humans came here for, after all They offered blood froh like no other A hundred years ago, vampires hunted and took what they needed Today the hu their veins
A pair of vah the door They glanced up, and one of theressive posture, but he took one look at Duncan and dropped his eyes, backing away until his ass hit the kitchen counter The other vauel snarled
"Otis," the wide-eyed vah the next roolanced over at Duncan, his expression somewhat troubled Duncan was sure his lieutenant and he were sharing the saive up Otis’s name?
Only one way to find out They started forward Theas loudly as ever, as Duncan stepped into the roo, and then he released his power It rolled across the crowded room like a wave One by one the dancers turned to stare, their eyes ith recognition They shrank back, pressing against the walls and taking their humans with them Some fell to their knees, others whispered, "Master," as Duncan passed, following the suddenly wide open path through the crowded room
He proceeded past the stairs, where a fewat their new lord, and strolled into the high-ceilinged room beyond
Otis, at least Duncan assu, black leather sectional in a corner The roo rooant stone hearth Otis had htly burning fireplace Holding court There were no other words to describe it His arms were stretched out to either side of the couch, while a hu oral sex Thankfully, she was finishing her perforht about the tiently back inside his jeans, then zipped hi a le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>