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She rushed toward the door "I want a drink"

"Do I get a veto?" Salvatore muttered, then as Harley threw the bolt and yanked open the door, he hurried to her side, taking her arrip "Damn Wait for me"

She shivered as he led her across the lobby, hisinto her skin as if atteo"

"Trust me, there’s every need," he said in dark tones, his brows lifting as she unconsciously rubbed her prickling arne?"

An oddly rueful smile curved his lips "Dolce & Gabbana Do you like it?"

"It’s…memorable"

"More like eternal"

She frowned "What?"

"This way" He ignored her question and pointed toward a set of double doors guarded by aset of vampires

And what vampires they were

Yow

Chiseled perfection with the polished golden skin of ancient Egyptians, they had ebony hair that hung down their backs in long braids Their faces were sculpted h cheekbones, hawkish noses, and noble brows As she neared, she realized that they had a heavy band of kohl tattooed into their skin to emphasize their almond black eyes, and a hint of color on their full lips

As if their stunning beauty needed any artificial assistance

They were h in their teeny tiny loincloths that revealed the sort of bodies that must have made Cleopatra howl in appreciation

As they neared, the two silently pulled open the heavy doors, their gazes lingering on Harley with silent invitations of sultry pleasure

Salvatore swept her past the demons as if they were invisible, his profile hard as they started down the wide stone steps that led deep beneath the building

"You’re sure about this?" he de on her arathered crowd

"I’ve lived with a pack of curs for thirty years There’s nothing that can shock me" Her unfounded bravado lasted until they reached the bottom of the steps and Salvatore shoved open yet another door, this one of steel, and the full force of the gathered deht have spoken a little hastily"

"Do you want to leave?"

Harley barely heard his question, her attention focused on the scene spread below her

In contrast to the airy elegance above, the vast room was circular and made of black marble that terraced doard On each tier were a series of steel tables and stools that were bolted to the e e set in the lowest level of the chaht on the crowd of guests, battling back the shadows that twined along the edges, hiding those guests who preferred to rehtclub

Salvatore bent to speak directly in her ear, the cla

"Do you want to leave?"

Herspecies The only thing they had in coible sense of violence that crackled around theood old-fashioned coer

She’d alanted to discover the world outside Caine’s lair, hadn’t she? Well, here it was In all its glory

Or rather, its lack of glory

"Not on your life," she said, tilting her chin with a display of courage she was far fro at two hulking trolls ere eyeing Harley as if she were a tasty appetizer

With a lift of his slender hand, a beautiful female imp with pale red hair and ivory curves on full display in a tiny spandex dress rushed to do his bidding And if her s included taking off that scrap of spandex

Harley gritted her teeth, but Salvatore seemed oblivious to the woman’s blatant invitation

"A booth," he commanded "As far frolance toward Harley, the i them to a shadowed alcove that held a small booth Harley slid onto a steel bench seat and Salvatore settled opposite her, his gaze sweeping the crowd rather than focusing on the imp who had practically thrust her breasts beneath his nose "A drink, lover?"

Harley cleared her throat "A Bloody Mary," she ordered, her tone warning that her drink wasn’t going to be the only bloody thing if the bitch didn’t back off

As if sensing the sudden tension in the air, Salvatore studied her flushed face with a s smile