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Yet the only rettably, they also happened to want her dead

Whichsx would be reading about it in the ing in her rich fantasy life Which also in Merely awaiting confirmation from Guinness

And people wonder why I prefer fantasy to reality

Her ears twitched with awareness No, she wasn't si Her senses were alert

Hastening her pace, she carefully wound around the people on the street, negotiating the ninety-eight-point-six degree gauntlet Even the briefest contact with another's skin would burn her A conundru lots of hers

When her frosty breath fogged in the ware to scream, and peeked over her shoulder once, looked to beunusual about him

Was he even hus He could be an i her

At thatin her direction, so she took the opportunity to duck into an alley beside a hotel Leaping up four stories to the hotel's flat roof, she crossed to a low ledge wall overlooking the street, then crouched between two flags - one had a fleur-de-lis covered in beads, and the other said Pardi Gras!

Tilting her head, she studied the ently, with a lock falling over his forehead His face was fantasy-worthy, with a strong, masculine jaw and chin

He wore tasteful clothes, a black button-down and jeans with a jacket thatthe thinnest backless dress she could find

He strode with an air of confidence The eous -and he knew it How could he not, with the wo at hi coeds in low-cut tops angling for his attention

His body was big, muscular in a way that hinted at i his size, he was probably a de the Valkyries' turf as bold as they pleased

Or could he be a va for the rise and fall of breaths Seconds passed Historically, the vaht her Valkyrie coven had heard thatvampire armies, the Horde and the Forbearers, could be out in the Quarter

What they didn't knohy

His chest is still Bingo Varay and clear - not crazed and red with bloodlust - that meant he was a Forbearer, one of an arht from the flesh

Vampires who didn't kill At least, that was theirto see how that worked out for thehting, she couldn't take her gaze off him What was it about this vampire? She are of only two Valkyrie who'd ever been with his kind One still lived Danii knew the danger; so why this attraction?

Yes, he was breathtakingly cocky, with his leading-man face and broad shoulders, but she'd never been so absorbed by a male Not a real one, anyway

Broken-doll Daniela wanted Him A vampire

When he was almost directly below her, she noticed that he seemed burdened, preoccupied even Hardly the expression of so her

But if he hadn't been, then who -