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"First, thank you But I’ie Or her perfect size either And second?" I sniffled as tears filledbut couldn’t seem to dry up "Do you think that wouldright lately You are the love of my life No e" He buried his face inaroundin ed my throat "Your words are just fine"

He raised his head and gazed into my eyes "Believe me then When I met you, all I saas a full-blooded, delicious human woman with the kind of curves a man could lose hiet that, Gloriana No matter what nonsense MacDonald or that Siren fills your head with And it wasn’t your damned blood either"

"Thanks, Jerry" I kissed hi hiotten him, I wanted to keep him But I couldn’t do it unfairly Da serious "Yes, I had to have you But I didn’t want anyone else to have you either Remember, Gloriana, that I selfishly made you mine I killed you, not the other way around"

I shuddered when he ran his thu it clear that heto taste hiency between us It was still and always there, the need that kept us together His fangs scrapedas my own pierced his lip I could have kissed hi of ether

Only when I heard the tapping of high heels co down the hall’s hardwood floor did I finally ease away from him

"I love you, Jereure out what to do with this news Please?" I stroked his cheek He hadn’t shaved, obviously co here as soon as Rafe or Laurie had called hi on Laurie

"Just keep in mind who told you this news No matter what ‘proof’ MacDonald may have offered And the Siren has not been a friend to you either Will you?" He caught up my hand and kissed the back of it

"Yes" My mind whirled Paranoia on Jerry’s part? Or could I hope…? "I want to hear what Aggie has to say"

"As you wish I’ll be waiting for you" He shtly as he stood and looked down at et into it with MacDonald Laurie is standing guard between us Valdez is still here too They seem to think you want the doctor alive for now"

"Yes, I do" I saw Aggie in the doorway "Co"

"So I heard Yes, keep the doctor alive I still have a few uses for him" She winked as Jerry strode from the room "Ian told me the blood test shoe’re a match You were once a Siren" She pulled up a chair and sat, then just stared atit Never saw one of the sisters with an ass like yours"

"Do you always have to be such a bitch?" I adjusted the pillows at ot settled in the bed

"Sure It’s in the job description" Aggie laughed and tossed back her hair Now that I really looked at it, I could see that the color was very sihts Guess she actually could go out in the sun My few streaks were courtesy of a clever beautician when I had time and money to visit her

"Tell end says you sing to lure sailors and their ships onto the rocks" I sed "To their deaths"

"Yeah, well That was old-school Too et aith random shipwrecks Achelous--that’s the Stor up the bad weather but we have to stick to certain areas for our luring We use the Berle and a few other areas where ships and even planes disappear on a regular basis" She laughed "Can you believe aliens get the credit?"

"Why?" I couldn’t i as a sport which is what this sounded like

"Why kill people? Destroy ships and planes?" Aggie shrugged "Beats reedy and bloodthirsty There are spoils, money, of course I’m just a worker bee, do what I’ain, obviously a habit with her "We have a treet lots of action before you, well, I can see you don’t like the fact that we dispose of our lovers after we’re done, but that’s Achy’s policy They bite it with a sh with them" She actually looked proud of that