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She thought aboutthat no one had introduced her to the other two vampires, but she was too tired to care "Where will Ethan and I sleep?" Cassie didn’t want to think about the nightht, but she couldn’t stay awake uestroom left It’s the one Ethan used when I first turned him You can share it with him" His sive a daether to keep fro at Zareb He’d enjoy it too much Instead she turned to Ethan "I’ll sleep on the couch"

Zareb didn’t even turn He threw back over his shoulder, "Can’t It’s a sofa bed and I’uests, but I want to be the one closest to the door if trouble co My three friends here are still a little loopy and Ethan’s Second One would overreact You? You’re only a human Sorry"

He wasn’t sorry She watched the cat leap onto the couch It lay down and watched her fronized the self-satisfied feline set to sleep on the couch while she’d be sleepingShe glanced at the floor Maybe with a few blankets and a coed frolasses still in place "We can share my bed It’s not far fro awake looking for my chance to pounce on you" He strode past her, headed for the hallway

And because she was so exhausted that her brain felt scrambled, she followed him

He opened the door at the end of the hallway and stepped aside for her to enter She had a vague ie space, a massive four-poster bed, and furniture scattered around the rooed in soinally Zareb’s rooreat castle he conquered" Ethan laughed softly "The one with the throne and the willingMy ic bastard"

Cassie stared at him stupidly "Huh?"

"But then Zareb decided he had to lass along with a big-screen TV that takes up a whole wall"

She didn’t give a damn about Zareb "Shower"

Cassie didn’t really need a shower Her last adventure at Eternal Rest had been a bloodless one Ethan’s kills were terrifyingly tidy and her knife had produced no splatter She could skip the shower But even though there was no physical evidence of death, she still needed to wash the feel of it froht now herthe show

While she stood in the middle of his room and tried to keep her eyes open, he disappeared, only to appear a few seconds later with a nightgown and robe Where had he? Then she remembered The hall closet with all the extra clothes When she turned to go back out the door to reach the hall bathroom, he stopped her

"The room has its own bathroom" He pointed to a door in the far wall

A few lorious shower It could hold a sh to peel the skin from her body and then scrubbed and scrubbed When she finished, she turned off the water and sank onto the stone ledge for a short rest Yes, she was putting off the o back into the bedroom and face Ethan She closed her eyes It would only be for

When she opened her eyes again, she was lying in bed staring at the clock on the nightstand next to her Almost noon She turned her head Their bed

Ethan lay on his back next to her Asleep

How? The last thing she reod, she’d conked out He otten her out of the shower, dried her, and pulled on her nightgown Then he would have had to carry her to the bed How had she slept through all of that? The wet and naked part ed at her

He wore a sleep mask, but no hoodie She dared to look After all, if he slept, then the Second One probably did too

Ethan’s face left her breathless Even without being able to see his eyes, she felt the inexorable pull that the Second One’s victims th--to drag her gaze from that full lower lip, the lines and planes of a face that would bring hule