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Most of the houses were on regular-size lots, but Daskill had obviously bought up the residences to either side of hio by, there had to be at least an acre of land behind it

Quinn touched his ear lightly, his expression intense as he listened to Jack speaking through the earpiece His face held a slight sheen thanks to all the sunscreen he’d lathered on - mine probably did, too With ht I’d better start protecting myself I just had to hope that it didn’t develop into so deadly The one vampire condition I didn’t as their need to stay out of sunlight Well, that and the need to drink blood

I could hear Jack’s voice echoing lightly, but it wasn’t clear enough to understand A second later, Quinn leaned forward and kissed o Jack will contact you when I’ve taken down all the guards"

I rancare not to touch any skin and disturb the sunscreen "Be careful"

"There are only four of them Piece of cake" He smiled and winked, then cli hi black fence The security calanced around, then with a leap any shifter or ould be proud of, disappeared over the fence

I blew out the breath I’d been holding, and Rhoan glanced at me "He’ll be fine"

"I know The uards, however well trained, weren’t going to present much of a problem for a man who spent hundreds of years as a hit man for the vampire council "It doesn’t stop the worry"

"Then you knohat he goes through every time you walk out the door"

I raised an eyebrow "Now, there’s a case of the pot calling the kettle black"

"I was a guardian when Lianderinto"

"I still worked for the Directorate I handled the care and feeding of a boatload of vampires That’s not a riskfree job"

He raised an eyebrow "But it doesn’t exactly hold the sauardian, does it?"

"No" I drew in a breath and released it slowly "Which is why I’ to Jack about what?" Jack said, into my ear

I jumped The external earpieces were so cootten they were in

"It’s not iot any word on Quinn’s progress?"

"Two guards are down, and he’s just tackling the third now" He paused "The third one is down"

"And the last?"

"Inside theto draw hih the back and take care of him Riley, your task is Daskill He’s upstairs with his wife"

Great Just what I need to see - a bad guy having sex "I’et to the doors?"

"Sal’s finishing it now She reverse-coded, so it’ll appear on when it’s off"

"Give et around the back," Rhoan said, his hand on the car door handle "And be careful"

"If one e into punch theot you back Give it a week and we’ll be back to our uncaring selves"

I snorted and pushed hiet this done, the sooner we can get back to the real business at hand"

The amusement fell from his eyes He knew just what that involved And, like h it had become a necessity if ere ever to live free of Blake’s shadow

He touched a hand lightly to my cheek, then opened the door and climbed out Like Quinn, he disappeared easily and quickly over the wall

I glanced at rabbed the car keys, cliht be a posh area, but that didn’t mean unlocked cars were any safer

I shoved my hands into the pockets oftowered overthe top, let alone hauling e

I really needed to work on antly on the other side

The laere landscaped and there wasn’t a blade of grass to be seen, but the shiny white rocks clashed nicely with the green and red cordylines and native wild grasses

My skin craith sudden awareness, and I glanced around to see Quinn walking through the shadow provided by the towering fence Although walking was so would have been more apt

Rhoan’s in the house He stopped beside aze on the house Daskill and his wife are still upstairs There is a second life-foruard, you mean?

Yeah I suspect it’s either the butler or the chef I know Daskill employs both

Lazy bastard

Aa-rich do like their little treats And he probably won’t live long enough for theet old

There was no probably about that

Okay, he added, the guard is down Rhoan is o