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"Obviously you rowl "I was there for three weeks I had to eat rats"

"I hear they’re very nutritious" Dante grunted as the fingers tightened on his throat "Dammit, Sasha, I wouldn’t have locked you in that bloody cellar if you hadn’t tried to stake me"

"You knoould never have done it I was only playing"

"Playing?"

"You used to like our little ga chained to the--"

"Chains are one thing, Sasha, but a stake is quite another," Dante hastily interrupted "I didn’t particularly care to stick around and discover where you intended to put it Call ave a loud sniff "It was still rude"

"You have ies," Dante muttered "As well as ain"

There was a long pause before Sasha’s features softened to a seductive pout, and she lowered Dante to the floor

"I suppose I could be convinced to forgive you"

’You are nothing less than a saint"

Allowing the hand that had been choking Dante to smooth its way down his chest, the vaainst him

"Now, do we kiss andas the woainst Dante like a cat in heat She wasn’t sure if she wanted to smack Dante or Sasha the Slut But she most certainly wanted to smack someone

"Actually, I’m in rather a hurry I need to speak with Viper"

The pout beca off And alith so toward the silent Abby "Or is this dinner?"

With a s to Abby’s side, his expression stark arning

"She’s not on the menu"

"Predictable" Sasfaa’s voice was pure venom ’You really should spend more time with your own kind, Dante These creatures ry sniff, Sasha turned to stalk away, her ivory curves perfectly visible beneath the thin gauze

Alone with Dante, Abby shot hi"

"Sasha’s a bit… emotional," he ruefully conceded

"More than a bit if she tried to kill you"

He shrugged "Every relationship has its share of danger You admitted that yourself"

"Not death by wooden stake," shesense of resent intimate with the beautiful vampire "The woman was clearly deaze to sweep over her stiff features

"As I recall, you’ve threatened to stake me more than once"

’Yes, but that was different"

"How?"

"Because it was"

"Ah" Dante’s lips twitched with a flare of wicked amusement "I think I knohat has you in such a twit You’re jealous"

She slapped her hands on her hips Well, duh Of course she was jealous Sasha ly beautiful and drenched with the s passion that ed to ensnare Dante with her seductive skills Or perhaps it was the chains, a nasty voice whispered in the back of her mind

In any event, she had possessed what Abby had lusted after for months

Of course she was damn well jealous

Not that she was about to admit as much She did have her pride For whatever that orth

"Get over yourself, Dante My only concern is knowing how ht leap out of the ork Things are bad enough without vindictive wo you"

He reached up to trace her lips with the tip of his finger, "You’re a terrible liar, lover"