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He sed hard They’d succeeding in lamorous, but she still possessed a wide-eyed innocence, a fresh-faced, wholesoly enough, sexy as hell

"Are you ready?" Maggie asked

Abigail nodded

"You know your lines, Gregori?" Maggie asked "First you say, ’Mortal, I have you now’ Then after she says, ’Take me,’ you say, ’No, I’ different I want Blardonnay’ "

He nodded "Got it"

Gordon settled into the director’s chair "Let’s do it Roll ’eail was tempted to pinch herself to ital Vampire Network And now she was about to do a vaet a kick out of this story It was crazier than any of her audio books

The vain Abigail took a deep breath, then ran into the alley, not too fast since she was still wearing high heels

A blur zoo her, and she stopped with a jerk Gregori? No need for her to act startled She was startled He’d moved incredibly fast

He advanced toward her with the fierce look of a predator She stu into the brick wall

"Mortal, I have you now" He planted his hands on the wall, pinning her in, then leaned forward to study her face

A hunter exa of her heart He was so close she could see the strong line of his jaw and the shadohisker stubble Her gaze settled on his mouth, his wide, expressive lips; and Pru’s words flitted through her aze drifted upward, she found his eyelids lowered, fringed with thick, dark eyelashes Her heart squeezed in her chest Such a beautiful ht be able to reconcile herself to hi a playboy After all, a rake could possibly be reformed But a vaht back to life

She realized with a s, his downcast eyes were focused on her breasts The rascal Her heartbeat quickened He looked up, and her breath caught His eyes had lost their grayish-green tint and turned a brighter ee in him? Her emotions ricocheted froe of awe that she wielded such wo desire that ht hand touched her neck, gently caressing her skin until he located the throbbing pulse of her carotid artery He leaned forward and his breath tickled her ear

She shivered With his fingers, he traced the line of her artery On the other side of her neck, the tip of his nose nuzzled her

She held her breath, wanting, longing to feel his lips against her skin Kiss ? She was standing on a set, being watched by about twenty people She couldn’t let this continue Why didn’t he say his lines?

Oh, she hadn’t said hers

She inhaled a shaky breath and whispered, "Take roaned, then drew her earlobe into his mouth At last, his mouth on her skin Her eyes closed as sensations washed over her His lips nibbled a path down her neck His fingers reached her shoulder, then trailed her necklace over her collarbone and down to her breasts

"Your line, Gregori," Maggie whispered

Abigail’s eyes popped opened Good Lord! She’d forgotten for a second where she was She placed her hands on his shoulders to push him back, but then his lips brushed across her cheek Oh God, was he planning to kiss her ers curled around the strand of rhinestones, and his knuckles nestled in the valley of her breasts

"Gregori!" Maggie hissed

"Cut!" Gordon shouted

With a jerk, Gregori released her necklace His gaze lifted to her face

Red glowing eyes! "Aagh!" She pushed at his shoulders "You’re going to bite ori stepped back "I wasn’t - "

Bam! Josh body-slammed him onto the floor

"Abby!" Madison ran toward her "Are you all right?"

She pressed a hand against her thundering heart "His eyes turned red! Glowing and red!"

"Really?" Madison glanced at Gregori, still pinned underneath Josh

"I wasn’t going to bite you" Gregori frowned at Abigail, his eyes returning to their usual grayish-green

"His eyes were red?" Siail whispered She’d been a fool to let herself be attracted to a va other than a snack

"Abby, I can explain," Gregori told her, then glared at Josh "Get off me! I could teleport away Or throw you across the rooe "I can’t allow you to hurt her"

"I’ori shouted

"It’s true!" Maggie said as she stepped onto the set "When a vaer He wasn’t going to bite her"

"That’s right" Phineas gave Abigail an encouraging smile "Chillax, dudette He didn’t want to bite you"

She wondered if she’d overreacted "He didn’t?"

"Naw" Phineas smirked "He just wanted to jurowled "Let gie told hiail "I’htened I would have warned you if I had known Gregori wouldreact like that"

Abigail nodded, still stunned She didn’t knohat to say, but a ind of thoughts kept circling in her mind He wants you A vampire wanted her A playboy was attracted to her It wasn’t political It wasn’t an act He actually wanted her

Gregori pushed at Josh "Will you get offyou Keep a distance fro to hurt her"

"No, definitely not," Maggie agreed "The fact that his eyes turned red proves that he hasdeveloped tender feelings toward her"

Phineas snorted "That’s putting it ed "Don’t give me the evil eye You were the one about to star in an X-rated porno flick"

Abigail gasped He wanted her that badly?

"Oh lared at Phineas "Don’t you knohen to shut up?"

Phineas grinned "We could call it Undressed by the Undead Or Debbie Does the Undead"

"Enough!" Gregori yelled

"C’est iori cannot desire a woori spun toward the French ay!"