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He opened his senses as his thoughts drifted to the other wo about in the kitchen upstairs, no doubt preparing soer He needed to feed again It was the only way to ease the pain that burned through his over the edge of the bed TheHands clenched, he took several slow, deep breaths Damn, why hadn’t he said yes when Mara offered hi so badly now One thing was for certain, if she runted softly Little good that did hi, he went into the bathroom and turned on the water in the bathtub He ran his hands over his face, wincing as his fingers brushed singed flesh For the first tiining how hethat Savanah hadn’t run screaht

He undressed while the tub filled, his hands exploring the burned flesh on his ars had escaped the sun’s wrath

With a sigh, he stepped into the tub, sank into the blessedly cool water, and closed his eyes

Savanah glanced at the clock It was after four Rane was usually up by now Of course, being badly hurt, he probably needed ht with a shudder She wondered what he would say when she told hiree, try to convince her to stay here, or silass of iced tea, then went down to the rec room, kicked off her shoes, and turned on the satellite screen Picking up the reh the channels until she found a movie she hadn’t seen, then settled back on the sofa Try as she ht, she couldn’t concentrate on the screen Instead, she kept glancing over her shoulder, expecting Rane to appear at any ertips on the arht? Maybe he lacked the strength to rise

She sipped her tea, her anxiety groith every passing moment Where the heck was he? A sudden coldness clenched her insides What if he had died in the night? No! She shook her head That was impossible

But what if he had?

She was thinking about going down to the subbaseet into Mara’s private quarters when Rane walked into the roo at him

“I’d tell you it looks worse than it feels,” he said dryly, “but it would be a lie”

“Are you all right, otherwise?”

He shrugged Because he hadn’t trusted hione hunting earlier, so made possible by the heavy cloud cover that obscured the sun He had preyed upon four young men he had found camped a fewand healthy, football players by the look of the the need to keep his distance from Savanah, he sat in the chair across from the sofa He had never been vain about his looks; he kneoely embarrassed by his ht, since he was a monster on the inside no ht be

“What did you do with the Werewolf?” Savanah asked

“I dumped his body in a deep ravine at the top of the mountain”

“Did you know him?”

“No Why?”

“I just wondered I’ve never killed anyone before, you know” She shrugged “I didn’t even know his na to his driver’s license Does that make you feel any better about it?”

“Of course not!” she retorted “I killed aa life may be old hat to you, but it’s a new experience for h his hair “I’ruff “I didn’t ht I know you didn’t mean it We’ve both been under a lot of pressure in the last feeeks”

“That’s no excuse I kno difficult this er mortal when I made my first kill It came easily to me,” he said quietly “Perhaps too easily”