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He smiled, a slow, sexy smile “I hope you don’t play poker”
“What does that hts are as easy to read as print on a page”
She had forgotten he could read her mind “That’s not fair, you know”
“Honey, I don’t have to read yourYou don’t trust me”
She started to deny it, but as the point? He would know she was lying So she went on the defensive instead “Can you blame me? Vampires killed my parents, and—”
“Dammit, Savanah,” he said quietly “I didn’t do it”
“I know that, but…”
“Forget it I don’t blao home?”
“No”
He studied her face a ot out of the car
She watched hientleman, he opened the door for her She didn’t hesitate when he offered her his hand For better or worse, her fate was now tied to his
In spite of her brave façade, she followed him somearily into the house A wave of his hand and a fire sprang to life in the stone hearth She figured sheused to the Supernatural, since she hardly jue, rectangular roo and dark red velvet draperies Thite sofas were placed on either side of an enormous marble fireplace In one corner, a round black table polished to a high sheen sat between a pair of overstuffed red velvet chairs Several paintings decorated the walls A sword in a silver sheath hung over the mantel There were noup beside her
“It’s very nice” When he’d mentioned a place in thecabin decorated with deer heads and secondhand furniture “Who did you say this belonged to?”
“I told you, an old friend of the farinning, “but it’s rumored she knew Cleopatra”
“I don’t believe you! Nobody, nothing, lives that long”
“Maybe not,” Rane said with a shrug, “but that’s the rumor Come on, I’ll show you the rest of the place”
In addition to the living room, the h, round oak table and four chairs, and shuttered s There were two good-sized bedrooain, there were no mirrors to be seen The décor was sparse, but what there as quality She glanced at the Monets hanging in the bedrooms and the Picasso in the hallway She wasn’t an expert, but they looked like the real deal She thought the frames alone probably cost more than her car
“And this is the playroo the way downstairs
The basee satellite screen Savanah shook her head No expense had been spared in decorating this roo leather sofas sat on either side of an enored in a cozy grouping A regulation-sized pool table occupied the far end of the roo shelf filled with books, puzzles, and a score of electronic games She saw a desk with a state-of-the-art computer and a twenty-one-inch monitor at the other end of the room A doorway led to a roomy bathroom, and beyond that, a laundry room