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Why should he? Gregori thought What har to a few feht’s outing? To give Abigail a taste of the vampire world?

Unfortunately, he suspected that taste would be sour

Chapter Eleven

"Hello, there I’ail turned to find to booth One was fair and blond, the other a beautiful brunette Both were s Vampires And if she wasn’t mistaken, these were the saori at the DJ’s station

"I a the h in a way thatspit on

"Who are - " Constanza’s brown eyes widened "Santa Maria, you are hhhue, you’re right! You can always sori He was in line at the bar, but he atching her with a worried look Charles was standing about ten feet aatching her, too

Constanza huffed and tossed her long black hair over her shoulder "I can’t believe Gregori would stoop so low"

"Precisely," Pru agreed "He’s never dated a mortal before What could he possibly see in this chit?"

"Maybe she tastes good"

Pru sniffed again, then shook her head "Type O Dreadfully coail cleared her throat "Excuse me?"

Pru winced "Sorry, luv, but it siori date a er to date him?"

"Hhhundreds of them," Constanza clarified "They say hhe is excellent in the sack"

Abigail sat back Gregori was aplayboy?

"I would sleep with hhim in a second," Constanza added

"Any sensible wo ht you already did it! I saw you kissing hhio"

Pru se, that man can kiss I haven’t been kissed like that since 1762"

Abigail blinked "You’ve been a va?"

Pru shook her head "I wasin a tavern in Dover when a dashing young highwayave me a kiss that curled my toes Then he asked rinned "And you said yes?"

"Of course Any sensible woman would"

"And then what happened?" Constanza asked

"I became his assistant," Pru continued "I dressed in knee breeches and hid ht and had a jolly ole tiued It was like talking to a live historical figure "Did you say, ’Stand and deliver?’ "

Pru nodded "Of course Everything was just dandy until we stopped a coach that belonged to a vahwayail gulped Her gaze shifted to Gregori Did he ever attack people like that? Surely not He’d claiht that he and his friends werethe bad vampires in order to protect mortals

"So what happened to you?" Constanza asked

Pru smiled "The vampire was a rich and handso woman, he offered ree to be his mistress I said yes, of course Any sensible woail winced, wondering if Pru had left her dead forlish, don’t you know" Pru’s eyes narrowed "We were happy for years until he tossed me aside to marry Lady Paed "All water under the bridge The point is I’ve known quite a few good kissers over the years, but none of theail’s gaze drifted back to hiing on hiet over her attraction to hie psychic powers Three major points she could never reconcile herself to The sad truth was he was impossible Completely, irreparably impossible

A heaviness settled in her chest, and she closed her eyes briefly It shouldn’t hurt this bad She’d only ht

But she’d never met anyone like him before Physically, he made her heart race, her knees weak, and her dopamine levels skyrocket Intellectually, he fascinated her With her mind and body both drawn to him, how could she resist?

"So why didn’t you sleep with hhim?" Constanza asked

"I wanted to I invited hi "You’ll never guess what he told ail eased closer to make sure she heard

"He said the sun would rise in thirty h tiht where I could be worshipped and pleasured to my heart’s content" Pru pressed a hand to her chest "It was the ail’s heart squeezed Wow He sounded like one of the heroes from her mother’s books If he ever talked to her like that, she’d probably melt at his feet

"Ooh, he is so hhhot" Constanza turned to Abigail "You are so lucky, hhuht"

"Any sensible woman would," Pru added "And it’s still early, so you can let hiht long "I-I’ him"

Pru sat up with a hopeful slanced at hilass in each hand and his eyes focused intently on her Her heart started to pound You must resist He was completely, irreparably impossible

But she could pretend, couldn’t she? Just for one night, she could pretend that a handso her over everyone else

"No," she whispered "He’s with ave her a wry look "Any sensible woer "How do you intend to keep hireed "You can’t even do levitation sex"

"Excuse ail asked

"You know" Constanza pointed up in the air "On the ceiling"

Abigail’son the ceiling of the Oval Office Levitation sex? Was such a thing possible?

Pru shook her head and tsked "You’ve never done it on the ceiling, have you? Do you really think soori satisfied?"

The man in question set the drinks on the table with a clunk and frowned at the two vampire women "If you will excuse us, I’d like to be alone with my date"

The ladies scooted out of their booth and rushed over to lean against hiori," Pru whispered

"Me too" Constanza ran her fingers down his arht He’d called her et rid of the vanored that notion and thuail, then flipped their hair over their shoulders and strode back to the dance floor

Gregori slid her drink in front of her, then sat, not across froht next to her She eased to the side just a fraction Hopefully he wouldn’t notice