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"Dresner’s not expecting a crowd," he told Bastien "And I’ll need an invitation into the house Sidonie and I will go alone"

"What if she recognizes you?" Sidonie asked, staring nervously at the brownstone they’d parked in front of "She knoho you are"

"I’ll stay to the shadows"

"She has a porch light"

Aden slanted a look at her "Don’t concern yourself," he said shortly "Just get us in the door"

"Fine No need to get snippy about it"

Aden reet close to Dresner, that Dresner was probably the one who’d betrayed him to Silas He also promised himself that in the very near future, he would lay Sidonie Reid out on his bed and leave his mark on every inch of her pale skin That alone made it hile to put up with her disrespect

The attitude was so he didn’t consider to be a change for the better But he was also minded of Raphael’s recent admonition, that soation, or, as in this case, information and contacts

So, he didn’t take Sidonie over his lap, pull up her skirt, and redden her ass like he wanted to At least not yet

SID SNUCK A sideways glance at Aden as theythe last few miles of their drive here, he was fully back with her now She could feel his awareness of their surroundings like a faint electrical charge in the cold night air He fairly buzzed with energy as they stepped up onto the covered porch It was like the static charge one got on a hot, dry day She expected to see blue sparks shooting off of him Plus, she didn’t kno she was supposed to keep Dresner froht came on It wasn’t as if he could hide behind a potted plant, after all He was nearly as big as the whole porch

Okay, so that was an exaggeration, but knowing that didn’t give her any better idea of how to concealoh

She stared at the place where Aden used to be, seeing nothing but shadow, even though she could still feel the static electricity of his presence Frowning, she reached out and touched a hard- to see what her fingers told her was there

"Control yourself, Sidonie," he said drily "Your friend is about to open her door"

Sid snatched her fingers away He was such a jerk all the time Well, maybe not all the time He’d seemed almost human for a while back there in his office Better than human, actually She’d never met a human male as as seductive as Aden, ly succumbed to But then he’d turned off the seduction like a switch, which aured he must have lots of notches on his bedpost Maybe hundreds if he was as old as she thought he had to be

The porch light ca Sid’s attention back to their current proble in her open doorway, giving Sid a curious look

Reht visit, Sid painted a nervous s us come over so late"

"You seemed upset," Dresner said absently She tilted her head and leaned to one side, trying to get a look through the screen door at Sid’s supposed friend But the shadows Aden had wrapped around hi to be nothing ht

"Could we co Dresner cautiously

"Of course," the professor said at once "Where areyou out in the cold? Co not to show the depths of the relief she was feeling What would have happened if Dresner had refused? Or if she’d phrased her welcome to include Sidonie only?

"Don’t look for proble darkness dissipated as if it had never been more than a trick of the eye He stepped up to her side, pulled open the screen door, and gestured for her to go ahead of hi all too pleased with himself

Sid scowled over her shoulder Had he read her mind? She knew that some vampires could do that

"No, I didn’t read your mind Your concerns ritten on your face"

"Stop that," she snapped The asshole just grinned and stepped inside, closing the door behind the polite rooood look at Aden, she backed all the way to the open archway leading to her living roo

"Introduce us, Sidonie," Aden drawled, his dark eyes heavy-lidded as he watched the professor shrink away from him, her eyes wide

"Professor Dresner," Sid said obediently "This is Lord Aden"

"I knoho you are," Dresner said, her words defiant, despite her obvious fear "You think you’re going to be the next Lord of the Midwest," she sneered