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I regarded him for several seconds "Was it a Bride-of-Frankenstein type of thing? The irlfriend?"

His eyes widened in shock, and it was all I could do to keep frood, no I never would have turned you for that I swear! But you were dying, and that cocksucker had drugged you--"

"Marcus, it’s cool," I said, grinning "Look, dying was the best thing that ever happened to ood that you had to die, but, you know"

"How long have you been one?" I asked "I mean, Ed said the two of you had been friends since you were kids" Then I scowled "And yet he was still ready to kill you"

He let out a soft sigh "Yeah, Ed and I grew up together About six years ago Ed and , and we came across a faot bit"

I frowned "I don’t get it You becariot rabies Turns out that raccoons and bats are the big carriers of rabies in the US And unless you get the shots within the first couple of days after a bite, it’s pretty , it’s too late"

"Rabies Are you fucking serious?"

"Completely!"

I blinked "Wow I had no idea That’s so weird So, who turned you?"

"My Uncle Pietro He felt responsible even though I was the duave a small smile "One of his businesses is a funeral home down in Thibodeaux He keeps ain I took a few seconds to digest everything he’d said "There’s one thing I don’t understand" Marcus looked at ave him my best suspicious look "Why the hell was I naked when the ambulance showed up?"

"The blood," he stated, completely seriously "Your clothes were torn and covered in blood--both yours and the driver’s" He surprisedan embarrassed wince "I undressed you and, uh, dunked you in the bayou to get the blood off Then took you as far away as I could so no one would connect you with the accident" He grimaced "It was stupid coincidence that I decided to ‘find’ you on the same road where a murder victim would be found at about the same time"

"Oh" That actually made sense Of course that also meant that he’d not only seen me naked but had also had his hands all over me Oh, hell Now I needed a cold shower

"We, uh, should probably get out of here," I said, hoping he wouldn’t notice how suddenly flushed I was "I don’t think Ed will be co back any time soon, but there’s always the chance"

Marcus nodded "You’re right There’s just one thing I want to do first"

I suppose I should have seen it co, but I was still completely taken by surprise when he slipped a hand to the back of my neck and pulled me in for a kiss My surprise only lasted for about half a second though, and after that I was pretty cool with the whole thing More than cool To hell with the cold shower

An eternity later we finally pulled apart, though his hand rery," he

"Me too," I replied So about brains

Chapter 37

Together we et my Honda unstuck, but before we headed back to toe returned to where the four-wheelers were parked We drove theood ways into the woods, then I stayed put while Marcus veered off down a trail He returned on foot about ten minutes later and cli