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"You guys could rule the world, you know," Eht-backed chair near the

"Who says we don’t?" he asked absently

E "So, what’d you discover? What do they know?"

"A great nuhtful Missus Coffer’s knowledge of and abhorrence for my vampire nature, however, that came directly froht, as acoincidence, don’t you think? That as I was dying tragically in a fire that one assuroup or other, Max Grafton was already poisoning the well to explain my unfortunate de at the apparently sleeping Guy Coffer "What does he know?"

"He is a pathetic excuse for a lanced over his shoulder at her "Please tell me you never entertained any ro her nose "A politician?"

Duncan laughed "I suspect Sharon here would have the sa a vampire"

Emma huffed a dismissive breath "Shohat she knows Ask any woman, hell, probably any man, too, on Facebook if they’d rather have a vampire or a politician as a lover Va far too interested

"Not your concern, beautiful You’re off theto check on you" Eht not have listened to Cynthia’s voice rinned as he crossed the office back toward Erace and power Eainst her ribs, and she felt her in to water

"Jealous, Eainst her ear His arainst his body, and she nearly groaned aloud as she felt the fire of his arousal

"Insanely, viciously, unreasonably jealous," she hissed back "And I kno to use a gun"

He laughed again, then kissed her hard and fast, and pulled away "Cynthia--and yes, I did listen to the er to meet you--is a friend She’s also mated to my Sire, Raphael, who is Lord of the Western Territories In point of fact, you and Cynthia are not unalike God save us all"

"Hey!"

He kissed her again, then spun her around, slapping her ass to get her et out of here before the unfortunate Coffers awake froht, Emmaline, and we need to prepare"

Chapter Twenty-Seven

"Absolutely not!" Emma fuyuys go out and have all the fun"

"This is not fun, E calm of his "Max Grafton has already killed once that we know of I’ain when he arranged for my residence to burn Not to ue, but Duncan forestalled her with a look, and continued, "--that there’s a vah to uards and escape detection while doing so"

"You don’t know--"

"But I do know, Emma," he said implacably "I know vampires I knohat they’re capable of"

"But it won’t be only vaued Louis had tracked Max Grafton to his residence in nearby Virginia through a skillful, and quite illegal, tap on the senator’s personal phones Grafton was hosting a dinner party at the Virginia house tonight Unlike the earlier fundraiser, or the event last night where he’d spoken with Sharon Coffer, tonight was to be a very private affair for a few friends "Even if there’s a vanored the interruption "--there’s no reason to believe he’ll be there tonight Louis hasn’t heard anything that indicates this is business It’s just soarded hiet angry, or rather, he didn’t show it He just got quieter and colder, his words more precise And that one word, her name, had been cut with a very sharp knife

"By now," Duncan explained slowly, as if she was too stupid to understand, or maybe because it was the third ti, "Sharon Coffer has called Max Grafton to gossip about seeing me in her husband’s office"

"You don’t know--" Eave her a flat look She rolled her eyes and waited