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He shoved his hands into his pockets Best to go back hoed He was about to head back to the casino when Kaitlyn appeared at the frontOne look and he knew he couldn’t let her go, not yet He had been alone too long, waited too long to feel the warh hier not just for her blood, but for the sound of her laughter, the beauty of her smile, the chance to hold her close in his arain And if she broke his heartwell, he would just have to live with it, because he didn’t want to live without her

Zack was leaving the cover of the shadows alongside Kaitlyn’s house when he caught the scent of a stranger It could ht It could be a tourist out for a walk, the mailman, a repairman, except there was no reason for any of them to be in this particular place at this particular hour

He took another breath, co his way up to the front porch

Kaitlyn answered his knock al hi for him--or for the man whose scent he had detected only moments earlier

The look in her eyes when she saw him, the warmth in her voice as she invited hi her name, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her until she protested that she needed air

"Da that the awe in his voice and the heated expression in his eyes was the nicest compliment she had ever received

Standing on her tiptoes, she folded her hands over his shoulders and pressed her lips to his

Without breaking the kiss, Zack lifted Kaitlyn into his ar the kiss, he settled her on his lap and wrapped his arms around her She fit into his embrace as if she had been created for no other purpose than to mold her body to his Her skin arrant with the scent of honeysuckle, her lips soft and pliable His body reacted as expected when a soft moan rose in her throat

"Katy," he said, his voice thick with desire

She fanned herself with her hand, thinking one o up in flames "I think I need a drink," she said "Can I offer you soazeno doubt in her mind that she hat he wanted

"Besides that," she said, sliding off his lap

"Wine, if you’ve got it"

Nodding, she walked into the kitchen and went straight to the refrigerator where she poured herself a glass of ice water She stood there aheart If she could harness the electricity in Zack’s kisses, she could probably light up the world

After taking one last callasses, then returned to the living roo on the sofa where she had left him He accepted the drink she offered hi the seat beside hiarded her ahi fro your pardon?"

"Maybe the better question would be, what are you?"

"I’ about"

"And I’ his preternatural senses, he tried to read her ain, with no success "You’re not mortal, are you?"

She stared at him, her eyes wide

He canted his head to the side, his eyes narrowing "So, what are you, Katy? Fairy? Werewolf? What?"

Kaitlyn’s heart skipped a beat Zack hadn’t mentioned va otherworldly about her Striving for callass on the end table It was strictly forbidden for her people to tell anyone else the truth of what they were It had been druh to understand that no one else was to know "I think you should leave"

Zack drained his glass and set it aside before gaining his feet "Not until I get so the short distance between them, he took hold of her wrist and pulled her to her feet

"Let o"

He studied her speculatively There was no fear in her voice, and none in her expression

"I feel the strength in you," he mused, and then frowned No doubt he would have noticed it before if he hadn’t been so smitten with her "You don’t smell like any vampire I’ve everher ar behind hierator There, as of blood He sniffed the air, then glanced over his shoulder "Type AB negative, right?"

Kaitlyn looked at him as if she had never seen him before "How do you know that?"

He stared at her, one brow arched "Can’t you guess?"

"You can’t be one of us" And yet, deep down, hadn’t she suspected that very thing? She shook her head It was impossible "My father’s never heard of you"

"That’s okay," Zack said flippantly "I’ve never heard of hi her hand, Zack led the way back into the living roo his seat on the sofa, he pulled Kaitlyn down beside hihts"

"And why I couldn’t read yours" She grinned, thinking how remarkable it was that Zack was a vampire, too She could hardly wait to tell her mom and dad What would her dad think, when he learned that Zack was indeed one of theed to stay under the radar?