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A ure it out He needed so else to talk about before she walked away The only thing ahouse and a few other houses, and a convenient store He knew she didn’t live near hiave her a lopsided s you to walk by yourself, but if you insist I would feel better if you allowed me to check on you later to ave him a weird smile "Sure…that’s fine," she said slowly as if she was a little confused

He cocked his head to the side and studied her There was so very familiar about her Even fifteen feet away he felt like he wasHe decided to push forwould reotten your address, perhaps you could take pity onlater"

She laughed

At hi foolish, he was sure of that Sure he was out of practice, but he felt that he was being char with humor as she shook her head "I’ll see you later, Ephrai away from him

He was about to ask her as so funny when a gust of wind swept her beautiful black hair up The wind carried her fragrance to his nose He stumbled backwards and landed his ass on the hood of his car It couldn’t be

She looked over her shoulder at hihed again as she turned her head around He could only sit on the hood of his car, watching her go

He dropped his head in his hands "This is not happening" This woman was supposed to be a tomboy She was supposed to be unattractive to keep theh that he craved her blood, but now he desired her body This was not good This was a test This was a test to see if he could resist temptation That’s what this was

No wo It was too in? When he thought she was a toin? Itbeauty with blood that sang to hiht as well place a target on her neck

He pushed hi as they both rehouse she was safe He had rules after all and he never broke theet the rest of his body in line and he would be fine because feeding froinal Madison was not an option She was the only wo, he would take her body and life as well That would wreck everything

Things were different these days Back in his day he could feed off as many whores and cri deal No one would miss them Occasionally he over fed in one area and had to flee but as he learned to control his feeding by usinga life Today, they could track hi It would be seen as a depraved lunatic and they would hunt hi else they could find He didn’t want to be forced into hiding, but that was exactly ould happen if he touched her No, Madison was safe from him

Chapter 4

Madison shook her head, laughing softly as she walked inside the house ten minutes later That was really weird She couldn’t deny that she found the little episode endearing He’d been so cute when he was trying to flirt There was no doubt in herto stop herself fro were obvious, aard and unpracticed and unbelievably adorable There was really no other way to describe it The big brooding man was utterly adorable She recalled the expression on his face the last tihed

He looked coh her head, worried that sheto upset hi Perhaps he was overly sensitive and wasn’t happy that she hadn’t played along? Whatever it was she didn’t have time to play around

She spotted the reason as she passed the living roo her nails while she talked on her cell phone Madison took a deep breath and stalked forward unable to hide the ether in confusion

Madison snatched the phone from Jill’s hands "Whoever this is you’ll have to call back in aabye-bye for a very long time"