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"I take it she knows I refused her offer," Zack said dryly
Kaitlyn shrugged "It’s no big deal It’s probably just as well"
"Oh?" He lifted one brow "Why is that?"
"Because she couldn’t keep her eyes off of you"
"Don’t tell
"Of course not" Shequickly to the stairs "This floor has been remodeled," she remarked when they reached the next level
There were no n here, since this level was underground, but plenty of overhead lights to turn away the glooe recreation rooms," she said "Of course, that was before my time The dorms and one of the rec rooms were turned into individual bedrooms when my father took over"
"You don’t have any reason to be jealous, you know," Zack said when she refused to look at him
"The second rec rooht, have it your way," he said, amused by the fact that not only was she jealous of a mortal woman, but she refused to discuss it
Zack peered into the playroo with toys, shelves filled with books and DVDs, a wall-mounted TV, several sofas, chairs, and tables, as well as a crib in one corner
All the coht as he followed Kaitlyn Yet it still a vampires, to trade their blood for a place to live Bizarre Totally bizarre
"Our people live here," Kaitlyn said when they reached the fourth level down
There were no overhead lights down here The corridor was dark As dark as a toht Which, in a hat it was, at least when the sun was up He glanced at the narrow door at the end of the long hallway and shivered in spite of hieon belo es past? It was obvious the vaer kept prisoners locked up, since there had been no scent of fresh blood--other than his own
When they returned to thefor the black hair and beautiful brown eyes stood beside hih like Kaitlyn to be her older sister
The woman took a step forward, her hand extended "Hello, Zack I’m Kaitlyn’s mother, Elena"
He shook her hand, hishers He was surprised to find a ht her how to shield her thoughts "Pleased to meet you, Mrs Sherrad"
"Just Elena We were on our way upstairs to watch a lanced at Kaitlyn, hoping she would decline The thought of spending the evening with her father was less than appealing
Unfortunately, Kaitlyn smiled at herZack by the hand "Wait until you see this"
He slid a wary glance in her direction as they passed through the narrow doorway that led up to the tower
"Don’t worry," she said with a reassuring sht What was there to worry about?
As they cliht the sound of excited conversation and laughter, and the scent ofbuttered popcorn?
He couldn’t hide his amazement when they entered a room filled with not only vampires, butto see Three of the walls anda splendid view of the valley below and the star-studded sky above A long table held bottles of wine, cans of soda, a variety of candy bars, and an enormous tub of popcorn Rows of chairs took upthere, Zack overheard conversations in several languages, including English It wasn’t surprising Vaood way to while away the hours He, hihts diuided Zack to a pair of chairs in the back row "This wholeis a new addition," she whispered "Myhearts didn’t bother hihts at the casino But he could have done without the combined smells of popcorn, candy and soda, not to irl sitting on her mother’s lap in the row ahead of hi doors opened on the rooe hts went out And theout loud when he read the title It was the old black-and-white filosi as the infamous Transylvanian count
When the movie was over, the humans hustled their children off to bed The va the wine bottles which, as it turned out, didn’t hold wine at all
A few of the vampires went off with the huht froot an odd look on your face," Kaitlyn re about?"
"How bizarre this all is"
She glanced around the roo as how you grew up here," Zack replied "But believe me, this is like some kind of I don’t knowa fever dream, maybe" He shook his head "It just isn’t natural"
"No," she said slowly "I guess it isn’t"
Zack took her arm and they moved to the side as a couple of male vampires quickly folded up the chairs and put them away The doors closed over the screen, the projector slid back up into the ceiling
A woan to play a waltz