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get into costurinned "Cool! I always said you needed a cape" Sabrina frowned "What are you going to do my uncle?" "Doona fash I’ll no’ be violent" Ian smiled "But I doona believe yer uncle will enjoy his

encounter with Count Dracula"

Chapter Twenty-three

"You look very handsome" Toni adjusted Ian’s black tie He’d just materialized in the alley behind the Proctors’ house in Westchester

"I’m supposed to look scary," he ant black tuxedo His black satin cape was lined in red, and his black hair curled inside the stand-up collar "If I wasa vampire movie, I’d hire you in a second"

Carlos cleared his throat "If you two are finished adet on with this" He

approached the back kitchen door and knocked lightly The maid peered out theand smiled when Carlos waved She opened the door and spoke to him softly in Spanish He motioned to Toni and Ian, and theme sneak up the back stairs," Carlos told them "I’ll collect Bri’s stuff and meet you downstairs She says the doctor’s in the library at the front of the house" "I’ll go around" Ian disappeared into the shadows Carlos slipped up the back stairs, while Maria escorted Toni to the library

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Dr Joe Proctor was pacing behind his desk, talking on his cell phone "Look, Jenkins, you’re supposed to be the best PI in the business Don’t tella hand over his balding head "Yeah, I realize shehelp It’s--" He spotted Toni at the library entrance "I’ll call you back"

He dropped his phone on the desk as he approached Toni "Who are you?" "I’m Toni Davis, Sabrina’s roorin "Toni, hoonderful to meet you You must be terribly

worried about Sabrina Letno expense to find her You wouldn’t happen to know anything about her disappearance, would you?"

"You’ll never find her" His smile morphed into a snarl "You helped her escape, didn’t you?" He strode back to his desk and grabbed his phone "I’ you over to the police Of course, you could avoid being arrested if you just tell me where Sabrina is"

"Go ahead Call the police I’d like to report some crimes Let’s see, there’sBri was delusional when she wasn’t"

He lifted his chin "Any psychiatrist would agree with nosis" "Then there’s the e her prisoner so you could steal more of her money"

He snapped his phone shut "You can’t prove any of that"

Toni strolled toward hiate your financial records, it’ll be very clear You imprisoned Sabrina You poisoned her mind You tried to steal her entire life from her" "No, no" He waved a hand in the air "I wouldn’t have kept her locked up forever I just needed a

littledebts" "And then there would have been uys would have killed uys are the least of your problems Have you wondered how Bri escaped?" He watched her warily "Of course I wondered" "You locked her away because she said vampires are real But only a vampire could have helped

her escape" "You’re as crazy as she is" Proctor’s eyes lit up "I’ll lock you both up" Toni smiled "You can try But first let me introduce you to so outside by theHis body asped and stepped back "What? This--this is so his cape wide "You doona believe in the existence of the Undead?"

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Toni bit her lip to keep fro Ian’s fake Transylvanian accent still had a touch of Scottish in it

"Im-impossible," Proctor breathed Ian zoomed toward the desk at vaainst the bookcase

"Ye will believe" Ian levitated into the air

Toni winced as his head al At least Proctor looked truly terrified as he cowered behind his desk She just thought Ian looked incredibly cute He dropped onto the desk, and with a flash, his eyes glowed a brighter blue and his fangs sprang

out Toni flinched That wasn’t very cute Proctor huddled on the floor, lifting his arms in a defensive posture "Don’t hurt me Please" With a hiss, Ian flipped his cape back over his broad shoulders Toni wobbled as her knees greeak Good grief, he was in full monster e that the Malcontent attack had left her terrified and disgusted, while the thought of Ian biting her le with anticipation

Her face heated up, and she flushed all over, feeling the rush of blood through her veins Rushing

faster and faster as if it needed to escape, as if it were calling to hie of lust nearly knocked her off her feet She gasped as the blue glow of his eyes turned red hot Oh God, he knew she was turned on

She stepped back, lifting a hand to her throat Her heart beat wildly Her thighs squeezed together

with sudden, hot need Good grief, no wonder women had offered hi doctor, huddled on the floor He reached out his right arm, and Proctor flinched as if an invisible force had struck hilowed an intense blue, and Toni realized he was using mind control "Ye are lowly, and I am yer master" "You are lowly, and I alazed Ian grimaced "Nay I am the master" "You are the rin Ian wasn’t very good at being an evil monster No wonder she adored him "Listen and obey," Ian ordered "Ye’ll never steal froain Ye’ll never interfere in her life Ye’ll be an honorable uncle to her Do ye understand?"

"Yes, Master" Ian turned to Toni "Anything else?" "Call off the police," she whispered

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