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He stared up at her, and then burst out laughing "No, you’re not"

"You’re right," she adrin "I’ain!"

Drake stood in front of the hearth, his arms crossed over his chest, as Zack told hi "And you think Nadiya is behind it"

"She’s the ed "Why you?"

"Maybe she wants to separate the two of us Or o withho plans, and I’m sorry about that, but I need to take care of this"

"Of course you do," Elena said

Kaitlyn glanced at Zack, as sitting on the sofa beside her, then set married in Tahoe"

Elena and Drake exchanged looks

"Is that what you want?" Drake asked quietly

"We want you both to be there, of course," Kaitlyn added quickly "And Grandmother and Stefan"

"Whatever you want is fine with us," Elena said "It isn’t as though we’ve sent out a hundred invitations and rented a hall"

"I think Kaitlyn should stay here while Zack goes ahead and takes care of whatever he has to," Drake said

"No way!" Kaitlyn exclaiht," Zack said "You’ll be safer here My lair is toast A threshold in a hotel or a rented room doesn’t offer any protection from intruders, supernatural or otherwise"

"Then you won’t be safe, either," Kaitlyn said

"I’round somewhere"

"But"

"It’s only for a few days, Katy I’ll find a church and set the date for a week from today" He kissed her cheek, then whispered, "Just think how happy you’ll be to see ain"

"I don’t want to stay here without you," she said, pouting

"Katy, I can’t guarantee your safety during the day Not in a hotel And I’ her hands on you again"

Nadiya, she thought glu Kaitlyn and Zack would like to spend a few hours alone before he left for Tahoe, Drake and Elena decided to go into town

"To do a little shopping and"We won’t be too late"

"Ya know," Zack said when her parents had gone, "I have a feeling they knoas going on in "

Kaitlyn stared at hied "Just a hunch"

"No way If my dad knew" Kaitlyn shook her head "Well, he would have said so"

"Are you sure about that?"

"Of course WellI don’t know Why do you think they know?"

"Like I said, just a hunch"

"Well," Kaitlyn said, grinning, "you’re still alive, so they must not be too upset And since we’ve already done it, and they already know"--she looked at hi--"

"Yeah," Zack said dryly "I know exactly what you’re thinking"

She jumped to her feet, her hands fisted on her hips "Are you saying you don’t want to?"

"You’re a wild, wicked woman, Kaitlyn Liliana Sherrad"

"If I aht about s-e-x until I met y-o-u"

"Sure, blame otten"

"Not likely," he said, grinning

"I’ht, Mr Ravenscroft Have a pleasant trip" And so saying, she flounced out of the roo else, Zack ered on the angry sway of her hips and her curvy behind "All mine," he said And he wanted her, now and for always

He was sitting on her bed, legs crossed, feet bare, the pillows propped behind his back, when she opened the door