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She laughed "Are you kidding? I could do this all day"

"We have been doing it all day The sun is setting"

She glanced at the clock with surprise "It is?"

A week had passed since her transformation, which had been pretty miserable Fortunately, she re there for her through it all

"We’d better get ready" There was no disguising her reluctance They had spent one week of pure ecstasy together No work for her since she quit her job No hunting for Richart, Seth having given hies No stress or strife Just hours spent in bed or out of bed,even more about each other than they had already known

She hated to see it end, but John had invited his study group over to the apartht and Jenna intended to capture the vaave a nervous flutter

She had never physically fought anyone beforeaside froht Richart had rescued her from the vampires, but she didn’t remember that

Richart see, she could easily subdue the vampire if he did as hoped and snuck into her bedrooun to believe such was possible if she hadn’t grown ht and overpowered Richart, holding hi," Richart draith a?"

"That I’ve never been soaggressive before," she admitted

"Lucky me" He stole a quick kiss

"You really don’tabout it , she sat up and faced hier than you now?" He had been right She didn’t know if it was because Roland was several hundred years older than Richart or because he was a healer, but his transforer and faster than Richart

He sat up beside her and stroked her hair "No, I want you to be safe The stronger and faster you are, the better Your being able to overpowerI didn’t want to do" He leaned in close and rubbed noses with her "And everything you did to hly enjoyed"

She pressed her lips to his "I love you"

"And I adore you Now let’s go kick soest i John

"I appreciate your anger," Richart told hih you know nothing of the vampire’s nefarious deeds"

"I don’t understand e couldn’t just invite the ones I suspect and kick their asses until one confessed"

Richart sighed John had narrowed it down to two ht were the likeliest candidates, but really it could be any of them "John, just do as we’ve asked," he advised "Behave as you normally would No scowls or confrontations And let your mother and me deal with this"

When John opened his ainRichart held up a hand "I know your every instinct tells you to protect your h that wall over there with very little effort now"

John eyed his mother skeptically

Jenna raised an eyebrow "Want a demonstration?"

He cracked a s you couldn’t do that back when I was in high school and broke curfew"

"I would have been seriously teet it I’ll stay out of it and let things play out the way you want them to"

Richart clapped him on the back "Excellent" He roup arrived Jenna did hersnacks and drinks, then said she was heading for bed

Good nights trailed down the hallway after her as she entered her bedroo the door until it was alht to illu shadows, Richart winked at her as she drew back the covers, clied them up to her neck Quiet enfolded the of che room

Richart’s heartbeat slowed until even Jenna had difficulty detecting it But his scent lingered

Won’t he siveaway, but Richart had shaken his head

John hassoether earlier and ers on you

Why that had made her flush, she didn’t know

Minutes passed An hour Finally so the bathroohtened the hallway The bathrooht enough to escapeopen and closed so swiftly she almost missed it A tall form approached the bed