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"Yow," she breathed "That’s… spooky"

Dante was in full predator mode With uncanny ease, he melted into the shadows and held hi, nointo his back Hell, there wasn’t even any tedious breathing to stir the air

If she wasn’t vibrantly aware of the tension coiled within hiht he had been turned to stone

Shifting slightly, she closely studied the alabaster features that were aluish pirate This was the warrior vale of unease down her spine

Feeling her gaze, he turned to stab her with his silver gaze

"Do you sense anything?"

’Yes" She absently rubbed her ar over her skin had started the rounds of the house "I just don’t knohat it is"

’Tell me" His voice was a whisper of velvet

"It’s like I can almost hear whispers in the back of my mind I can’t make out the words, but I know they’re there"

’The witches?"

"That would be s ran out and his hands curled to claws The demon was in full force "What was that?"

"What?"

"Did you just growl?"

"I don’t like this" His gaze returned to the house, his tone flat "It’s too quiet"

"Hardly surprising theyattacked by the wizard They’re not likely to be having a party"

"And yet they have no spells to guard the house"

"WhatoftheShalott?"

He sniffed the air "It must be within Or dead"

Abby shivered Or dead…

Those weren’t exactly words to bolster a girl’s confidence

She licked her dry lips

"Then I suppose there’s nothing to stop us, right?"

He slowly turned back to her, his expression gri"

Her head dropped into her hands as she heaved out a rasping sigh "I knew it I just knew it What is this thing?"

"This is a private home"

"And?"

"And I can’t enter without an invitation"

She jerked her head up ’You’re kidding me?"

"No"

’You don’t live in a crypt and you can’t turn into a bat, but you have to have an invitation to enter a house?" Abby hissed

A reluctant amusement softened the flat eyes ’You wanted me to be vampirish"

"Not when it’s inconvenient"

"Sorry"

She wrinkled her nose, realizing just how ridiculous she was being "No, this is for the best," she forced herself to say "Until we knohat’s going to happen, I would rather you stay away from the witches"

He didn’t so er Great, just great She had ainst his vampire pride A certain means to ensure he would bull his way headfirst into the nearest danger

Sometimes her stupidity amazed even herself

’You want me to hide in the bushes?"

"Dante, it onlydae "I need you to be able to rescue o in there alone"

She reached out to touch his arranite

"We don’t have ht Not the hts