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Finally, I spotted the man of the hour himself - Randall Dekes The vampire was just as handsome in real life as he was in the headshot Finn had shown leah lines crept out froreen eyes His trie pal silk tie He was easily one of the ht so, judging fro looks that the other women and even a few men shot his way

But what the photo hadn’t quite captured was the constant crackle of ic that ein, and tried to puzzle out what kind of power it was Even when they weren’t actively using their power, ic, like heat radiating from the sun even when it was behind the clouds Since I was an eley Most of the sensations followed a pattern Magic from a Fire ele at my skin, while power fro through the sky An Air ele creeping over the landscape, while a Stone eleic could see his or her body

The sensation rolling off the vampire slid across ure out which specific eleifted in - Air, Fire, Ice, or Stone So off his at once Hot and cold, soft and hard

I frowned Everyone knew that Dekes was a vampire, but Finn hadn’t been able to deteric as well The vah his veins as an ele it from the blood of his victi the sensation was Unless I was seriously mistaken, Dekes had just as much elemental juice as Mab had had, which meant that I had to be even inally planned to be

As I watched the vampire, a tall, slender woman stepped out of the crowd and headed toward Dekes She pressed a kiss to his cheek, then looped her arnized her from another photo that had been in Finn’s file Vanessa Suarez, the va into her background, but he’d learned that she came from a prominent Fire eleotten involved in one of Dekes’s real estate deals, and she’d o Finn didn’t knohether theelse, but it didn’t ot in my way, then I’d deal with her the same way that I would her husband - in a brutal, bloody, permanent fashion

Vanessa was as beautiful as Dekes was handsome, with cinnamon-colored skin and ink black hair and eyes She was a bit overdressed for a press conference, but her black evening gown hugged her body in all the right places, and a wide choker eleamed around her slender neck For some reason, the necklace re cuffs that were just as wide adorned Vanessa’s wrists

I eyed the jewelry Even with all the other,worn by the various e of their own beauty like the others were, Vanessa’s diary, hurt notes - al - and uedfrom Vanessa No flickers, no flares, no fiery waves From Finn’s file, I knew she was a Fire ele one Perhaps her poas self-contained, likeas I didn’t actively use ic, other eleottenin Dekes’s ear The vampire nodded, and the two of them headed over to the wooden podium and microphone that had been erected beside the casino model Dekes stepped behind the podiuentleet started"

It took a few moments for the crowd to quiet down I slipped into the ranks of the other reporters and pulled outto be just another journalist here to cover the press conference

"Thank you all for co smile "As you know, I asked you here today to forest project that this island has ever seen"

The next hour dragged by Eventually, after a series of speeches by Dekes, theabout hoonderful the new casino would be, the press conference wound down Dekes stepped away from the podium, with Vanessa still by his side He took questions from the various reporters and did a few TV interviews before shaking hands with all the businesspeople in attendance

I kept an eye on the couple and drifted in and out of groups of people for about half an hour, waiting for the perfectishers left, and I sidled up to hiet their hooks into hi sratulations on your new casino development"

"Why, thank you," Dekes said "I’m most honored by your presence"

His voice was low and smoky, with a throaty, seductive rasp, and it ood looks perfectly The vamp took my hand in his and lifted it to his lips for a chaste kiss His thuht wherebeside hiht trail down to my breasts, but he kept his eyes on mine Still, despite his polite ser in his face

Perhaps this would be easier than I’d thought I’d be happy to offer Dekes the chance for a quick, clandestine fuck if it et hiet his dick out of his pants while I had one of le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>