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The scent of her fear filled his nostrils, arousing hiot out of the car After taking a couple of deep, cal breaths, he opened her door and helped her out He felt the tre it there He sher into the shadows and inhale her very essence

The Midnight Sun was a hangout for the under-thirty crowd A typical pick-up place, it had a live band, a large dance floor, and a lot of dark, intimate corners

Rane found a table for two near the back, and after seating Savanah, he went to the bar to order their drinks—a strawberry daiquiri for her, a dry red wine for hiht jeans and a low-cut T-shirt sidled up to hi

“Hello,” she said in a breathy voice “I don’t think I’ve seen you in here before” Her smile, the tone of her voice, the come-hither look in her eyes, all proclailanced over her head to the table in the back Had he been alone, he would have taken what the brunette was so blatantly offering, but Savanah aiting for hiht, darlin’,” he murmured

“Why not now?” she asked with a pout

“’Cause I’ernail down his cheek “I’ll be here until closing if you change your h to eat”

He wondered if she would have sly if she had known heup the drinks the bartender set before him, Rane returned to Savanah

“Is she a friend of yours?” Savanah asked, glancing at the brunette sitting at the bar

With a shake of his head, Rane dropped into the chair across from hers “Never saw her before”

“Really? She certainly seeed “Can I help it if women like me?”

“I don’t know Can you?”

In truth, he could, if he put his mind to it, but for the most part, he didn’t bother All Vampires possessed an aura that was almost irresistible to mortals He could subdue it if he chose to, but why bother when ithiain “I like wo therinned, amused by the spark in her eye and the jealousy in her voice “Yes, ma’am, I’ll do ive it a whirl?”

Savanah took a sip of her drink, wondering if being in the arood idea, and then shrugged What was there to worry about? They were in a public place, after all, and she very , she put her hand in his, felt a fale as his skin touched hers, and then he was leading her onto the dance floor

He drew her into his arms with the ease and assurance of a man who kne to please a woman The music was like the man—dark, sultry, and sensual Her body reacted immediately, to both the music and the sheer ainst her own He held her close, so close she knehich way he was going to move before it happened Butterflies fluttered in her stomach; her heart pounded like thunder in her breast When she risked a glance at his face, his heavy-lidded gaze captured hers, led in cool silk sheets