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Toni leaned over to study the ood" Carlos would ation "Menina, I know I’ve been teasing you about Ian, but I’et involved with hiuy, but he is a vampire"
"He wouldn’t bite lorious kiss filled her mind "At
least, not for food" Carlos frowned "After we rescue Sabrina, you should quit your job here and forget these vampires exist"
"That would be rather rude, don’t you think? To just use Ian for his super abilities, then tell him adiós And how can you tellto work here?"
"You have special plans with Sabrina I don’t And the truth of the matter is Ian is not your kind" She planted her hands on her hips "I’m surprised at you, Carlos I would expect you, of all people, to betwo humans want to do with each other, but he’s not exactly human" "He’s more human than anyone I know And I love him" "You’ve known him exactly a week" "And a hell of a lot has happened in that ti a
different person now I feel like I’ into a whole person--one who’s capable, strong, and worthy I’ to ht, then" Carlos touched her shoulder "I’, then wandered to theto peek out the blinds "The sun has set I’ll go get Ian" "Okay And change clothes Dress all in black" Carlos moved to his laptop "Give me your cell
phone" "Why?" She removed it frotone" He took her phone "Love is no longer a battlefield for you" "Put on so nice," she warned him, then left to find Ian He was in the silver roorinned at hied through her
suitcase and found soo pants "Carlos wants us to dress in black"
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Ian’s eyebrows rose "Are we doing it tonight?" "Yes Is that all right?" "Aye" Ian set his eht in case Jedrek
tries so to teleport yer friend out"
She located a black T-shirt, but unfortunately it had bright white letters on the front Am I Crazy or What? She showed it to Ian "The perfect shirt for breaking into a mental institution" He chuckled "Ye do want to be properly dressed for every occasion" His face grew ht" "There’s no need to apologize I rong to ever consider telling your secret" His eyes gleaths to help yer friend Ye’ve survived a brutal
attack, ye’ve taken a job with the Undead, and ye’re about to do so That kind of loyalty is verra rare" Her eyes grew misty as her heart swelled with love "You tell s" He lanced at the surveillance camera, then e clothes?" "Right" Toni gathered up her black clothes and dashed into the bathrooasped when Ian followed her in and shut the door "What--?"
He pulled her into his arms and planted his mouth on hers Her clothes tumbled to the floor as she
melted into his kiss He suckled her bottoetting out of yer clothes?"
"You rascal" She slid her fingers into his soft hair
He tugged her navy polo shirt up and slipped his hands underneath "I want you" He surveyed the tiny bathrooe" "Ian" She placed her hands on his cheeks "We don’t have tiht now And I don’t really
want a quickie in the bathroorinned "I think you’re very ro upstairs, and we have a job to
do" "I understand" He kissed her quickly on the ed clothes, then found hi a black sweater over his head He had
on black leather pants and looked deliciously naughty She almost called hio" She grabbed her coat and took the elevator with Ian to the first floor "We were getting the ballroo party"
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He nodded "Phineas said he would teach me how to dance more modern, so I could dance with you I only kno to do the rinned at him as they exited the elevator "You want to dance with me?" "Aye Phineas said I needed to kno to do pop blocking and ja to hip-hop in a kilt?"
"Actually I’ll be wearing a Santa costu with ninety-nine other men" "How come there are so many Santa costumes?" She motioned to the locked door across from the dental office "What’s the deal with the secret Santa thing?"
"If I told you, it wouldna be a secret" She swatted his arm "I told you my secrets" "No’ all of them I still doona know yer full nae that at this time" "It canna be that bad My naood name It’s easy to confess" She opened the door to the conference roo planned" "I’ "Good evening, Carlos" "Hi, Ian Nice pants Love the leather Here’s your phone, Toni" She slipped her cell phone into a pants pocket Ian examined the map of Shady Oaks "This is Ward Three" Carlos pointed at it "That’s where they’re holding Sabrina There’s a guard
just inside the front door, but I spotted a back door here Do you think you can teleport in undetected?" Ian gave hiley undetected" Carlos arched a brow "Then I’ll take that as a yes" Toni stifled a grin She hoped these two guys wouldn’t get into a pissing match
Ian nodded "I can do it" "I’ll wait for you in the car I can park here or here" Carlos indicated the front parking lot and the back service entrance
"Use the parking lot," Ian said "It’ll be less conspicuous" "Agreed" Ian slanted a look at him "Ye’ve done work like this before" Carlos rolled up the e places and situations"
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"What kind of research?"
"Unusual, primitive cultures, mostly in South America and Southeast Asia" He moved to his laptop "This is the route I’ll use to drive us to the hotel It’s an inconspicuous place in Queens I paid cash in advance"