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Sitting back, he lass “Can I buy you another?”

“I don’t think so I’d really like to kno you transform into the wolf”

“You and a couple hundred other people”

“Would you tell me if I promise to keep it a secret?”

“I’ll show you,” he said, “but it will cost you”

“How much?”

“No money involved”

She canted her head to the side “What do you want?” she asked suspiciously

His gaze slid across her lips “A kiss”

She blinked at hi with your promise that this is completely off the record”

Her expression betrayed the battle between her hunger for a good story, her ethics, and her curiosity

He leaned back in his chair, his elbows resting on the ar on his folded hands as he waited for her to make up her mind Even if she wrote the story, most people wouldn’t believe her The war between the Vao Mortals being what they were, they had quickly brushed aside what they couldn’t explain once the conflict was over Since that ti a low profile But it would only take one sensational story to bring the hunters out again

“So,” he said, “do we have a deal?”

“Yes” Savanah glanced around the club Did he mean to kiss her here, in front of all these people?

“We’ll have to go outside,” he said “For the kiss, and for the transforged “The parking lot out back?”

She thought about it a ment to be alone in the dark with this man, but she was a woman and a reporter and her curiosity would not be denied “All right”

She told herself she had nothing to worry about as she followed him out of the club There were people on the street, and she had a healthy set of lungs if he tried anything funny, not tolot wasn’t as dark as she expected, thanks to a full ht affixed to one corner of the club’s roof

Rane stopped between two cars, which would afford the by on the street or walking down the sidewalk

Savanah looked up at hireed to this? If she screamed, would anyone hear her?

Rane lifted one brow “Have you changed your mind?”