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Breath catching, she rose onto her toes and slid her ar her breasts to his chest, her hips to his arousal

He swore silently when she tore her lips froroaned and kissed her again, teasing her lips apart and sliding his tongue within to stroke and dance with hers

"Whoa!" Cam blurted

Etienne had been so distracted, he hadn’t even heard his Second approach

"Ah, hell," Sean said "I knew it! I knew she was falling for hi his

He tightened his hold h

Cam stared at him as Krysta took a couple of steps back and sheepishly aze

"What?" Etienne de," Cam responded "JustI didn’t think you had it in you"

Krysta frowned "We were just kissing It’s not like you walked in on us having sex"

Etienne fought back another groan Don’t put that iht

She tossed hirinned Nice

He shook his head Not e’re fighting vahed

"Hey, don’t knock it," Cauy He hasn’t been on a single date since I started serving as his Second"

"Really? How long have you been his Second?"

"About as long as you’ve been hunting vampires"

She winked at Etienne "Cool"

Da his head, he et out of here before I do so that will embarrass you in front of your brother"

Sean held up a hand, alarht?"

Krysta rolled her eyes "No, we’re going to park in Lovers’ Lane and spend the next several hours " She headed past the duo and out into the hallway

Cam raised his eyebrows as Etienne approached "You have everything you need?"

"Yes"

"We’ll be here if you need us"

Etienne followed Krysta down the hallway and out the front door "Relax," he heard Cauy You can trust hiuy, too Steady So and could be a handful)

Etienne’s last Second had been killed in a car accident Etienne hadn’t been able to believe it at the ti up an i, then had died because soht

"So," Krysta said, skipping down the front steps, "how are we going to do this? Do you pick the caet there?"

"I thought I would pick the place--I’reat and, for sohed and led the way to the Tesla Model S Cae for him while he and Krysta were in the armory "Why? Because I can run as fast as one?"

"Yes And that is totally cool"

It really was

"Speaking of cool," she said, ad the shiny black sedan, "this is nice Very sleek"

"Thank you It’s electric"

Her eyebrows flew up "Are you serious? I thought all electric cars looked like a toddler’s shoe Thislooks like er door for her "I like it, too There are zero eets a break froo up to three hundred e"

"Daaaaaamn I--and as has been kicking my ass"

He smiled down at her as she sank into the coet one if you co for the Immortal Guardians comes with a low or no emission, fuel efficient car of your choice"

"No way!"

He nodded "Sean will get one, too"

"Wait We’ll each have our own car?"

"Absolutely" He closed the door, zipped around to the driver’s side, and sank into the seat Ca wheel

The engine started as he buckled his seat belt

Krysta’s eyes widened, then fastened on the touch screen

Hell, if a cool car would entice her to join theot two of the She was ile It was only a edy struck

And he didn’t want to think about that

Krysta strolled through Duke’s ca she had learned earlier Her heart raced at his nearness

Oddly, it almost felt as if they were out on a date

Maybe he was just naturally gallant, opening the car door for her, often guiding her with a hand on her lower back Even his speech sometimes seemed old worldish