Page 47 (1/2)

"I’ll treat you to the full-court press once you adave her a slow, devilish smile, his tradeet him whatever or wherever he wanted

Sunny just scrunched her nose up at him, utterly unaffected "Admit what?"

"That you’re not human" He folded both aresture "Not even close"

"Of course Sunny is hu down the stairs "And about tiuests co brother Thanks for being co, "Howhow can you not see it, too?"

"Jamie" Shay eyeballed him hard, but before he could explain that he really was just calling it like he saw it, his sister linked arms with Sunny and Kate "Come on, ladies Let nore Neanderthal Ja toward the dining roo about Sunny Renfroe wasn’t right; he was sure of it He didn’t get an evil vibe off her, but his senses were definitely picking up that she was supernatural in nature He just didn’t know if she was a threat He knew enough about evil, too, to realize that it often ca prettyand a lot like what you et that the wards protecting their property had been compromised several times lately

Yet how could he explain the instant attraction he’d felt awaken inside of hinetic pull toward Sunny Renfroe? He prided hily to any female; he had far too many walls in place to do so

Besides, she wasn’t even his type, although he’d always had a thing for big brown eyes like hers And for curls, and she a head full of light brown corkscrew spirals that tu those curls bounce as she walked into the dining rooe to rush after her and stroke one, wrap it around his pinkie

But evil often ca pretty and full of seduction He vowed to re Kate and the Savannah-area vampires, but whatever Sunny wasWell, he’d made no promises not to expose or hunt other paranormal creatures

After everyone had wrapped up brunch, Mason brought out a arita machine, and the vampire crew all seemed to think that cocktails in the afternoon was a splendid idea

Pain in the ass, that hat it was Ja out the door by now, not settling in for the long haul He’d participated in enough Cinco de Mayo celebrations to realize that onetwo or three

Ja to read the machine’s directions

"So tell lanced up at hiirl is supernatural in nature It can’t be good, either, considering she’s cavorting with known va the directions again "Having a vampire in the house has your dander all in a knot Chill and be nice to them"

"I was plenty polite to them both I even pulled Kate’s chair out for her at the dining table"

Mason sood-citizenship award for gentlemanly excellence?"

"Da you--that feht She’s not human, and she’s here, in our house What’s to say she’s not doing recon work as we speak? Trying to find the way into the cellar to destroy so room," Mason told him o aret that new Glock of mine"

As if to underscore Mason’s sarcasht, sweet-sounding laughter as she said, "He’s not that hot"

Hi at hiround out

"What are you saying, then? That she’s a delance he’d probably used to intimidate privates and even squeaky-new lieutenants under his command back in his Marine Corps days " ’Cause we both know she wouldn’t have hed "Didn’t stop you froo, the fact that she’d gotten past the protections--and it turned out you were right"

"Partially right," Mace corrected "Juliana had accidentally bound herself to a deet past the wards"

"So then why are you auto, not that ? Just like you were on the right track with Juliana But no, I’s that aren’t there!"

"Jamie, come on, now" Mace set the directions on the kitchen counter and turned to face hi to you"

"But you don’t believeabout her--so to speak" Mason laughed and Jaave him a mirthless look in return "I could sense Juliana’s deued "With Sunny, I get nothing Shay’s obviously got nothing, too"

"Maybe I’m just a better hunter than you both"