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Rohts was Shanna Last night had been wonderful, but at the say blocking out those wo stuck with them He didn&039;t even know all their na va love to a woood to the hareed to VANNA It wasn&039;t real It wasn&039;t any of them

It wasn&039;t even Shanna That, too, had annoyed hiined Shanna in his mind, but he kneasn&039;t really her He didn&039;t knohat she looked like naked, and now his i And he believed she did, too Last night she had co able to touch him or hold hi on If he could stay awake during the day, he could protect Shanna around the clock He could also be alone with her at a time when other vampires couldn&039;t interfere And if he could convince Shanna to live with hi the day would allow her to maintain a more normal lifestyle

He jumped out of bed and took a hot shower He wanted to see her tonight, but he also needed to go to Romatech The rest of the ould be filled with the conference He, Angus, and Jean-Luc needed a plan of action for dealing with the Malcontents, particularly now that they knew Petrovsky was their leader And getting rid of Petrovsky would not only , modern Vamps, but safer for Shanna

Roman smiled to himself Even with a vampire war imminent, he couldn&039;t keep his mind off her She was so different So raw and honest with her emotions While in her s for hi a vampire, mostly because she had such a kind, compassionate heart When he called her sweetness, he meant it She had a true, sweet nature that he loved

He chuckled as he toweled himself dry She could also be fearless and feisty when upset He loved that about her, too He hoped with all his heart that she could fall in love with him That would be perfect, since he was already in love with her

He&039;d realized it the moment he saw her at the ball, hot pink in a sea of black and white She was life, she was color, she was his true love Somehow, he sensed that if she could love him and accept him, even with his soul blackened with sin, then all was not lost If there was soiveness He&039;d wanted to tell her last night that he loved her, but had refrained He needed to be with her in person toon some boxer shorts Black dots circled his head Da, but thoughts about Shanna had distracted hi only his underwear, he padded into his office and retrieved a bottle of blood fro so much, he was ready to drink it cold

He heard the office door shut and glanced back Shanna S"

No answer

He glanced back again She was stalking toward hi with tears, her eyes swollen, red, and furious "What&039;s wrong, darling?"

"Everything!" She was breathing heavily, and rage was practically seething fro up with this anymore"

"Okay" He put the bottle down "It appears I did soh I&039;! It&039;s wrong for you to have a harem It&039;s sick that you left me in bed on hold while you talked to the that they wanted to join us in soy!"

He winced "I wouldn&039;t have allowed that What we had together was totally private"

"It was not! They kneerein"

He groaned inwardly Those da to the other woain"

"Your other woer "Do you know they invited me to join them?"

God&039;s blood

"And do you knohy? They want me in the hareiant psychic love fest Ooh, talk about your as sarcastic, right?"

"Aaargh!" She raised clenched fists in the air

He gritted his teeth "Look, Shanna, I expended a huge ay to keep what happened between us private" And all that spent energy had left hihlanders knee were doing You knew that everyone knew, but you still er spiking "No one heard what happened between us It was private Only I heard youwhen¡ª"

"Stop it I shouldn&039;t have done it Not when you have a hare to join us"

Ro for control, but it was da I can do about them They wouldn&039;t kno to survive on their own"

"You&039;re kidding me! How row up?"

"They were raised in tiht any job skills They&039;re helpless, and I&039;m responsible for them"

"Do you really want them?"

"No! I inherited them when I became coven master in 1950I can&039;t even re Ro in my lab"

"Well, if you don&039;t want them, pass them on to someone else There ood, dead woer started to sizzle again "I happen to be one of those dead people, too"

She crossed her arms over her chest "You and I are different I don&039;t think this is going to work out"

"I thought we did very well last night" God&039;s blood, she wasn&039;t going to leave him He wouldn&039;t let her And they were alike She understood him like no one else

"I can&039;t¡ªI won&039;t ain when there&039;s a bunch of wo to join us I won&039;t stand for it"

Anger sliced into him fresh and raw "You can&039;t convince me you didn&039;t enjoy it I know you did I was in your head"

"That was last night Now all I can feel is embarrassment"

Roman sed hard "Are you ashamed of what you did? Are you ashary that those woht to join us in the bedroom"

"I won&039;t let them! They don&039;t matter, Shanna I&039;ll block them out"

"You shouldn&039;t have to block them out, because they shouldn&039;t be here at all! Don&039;t you get it? I refuse to share you with theht in his throat God&039;s blood, that was the real problem Not that she was ashamed or didn&039;t care She did care She did want him She wanted him all to herself

She stepped back, her eyes wide "I I shouldn&039;t have said that"

"But it&039;s true"

"No" She backed toward his desk "I I don&039;t have any claie your lifestyle for me I mean, this relationship probably can&039;t work anyway"

"Yes, it can" He strode toward her "You want me You want all my love, all my passion just for you"

She retreated another step and bu"

"You don&039;t want to share me, do you, Shanna? You want me all to yourself"

Her eyes flashed "Well, I don&039;t always get what I want, do I?"