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She gritted her teeth, continued toward the cabin, and fought the fear that if she wasn&039;t really careful, he
Wouldn&039;t it?
Three thirty couldn&039;t have come any slower The new sheet, pillowcase, blanket, and Lysol helped, but she kept waking up every few minutes With the cabin out in the woods, the only noises were a few aniht&039;s sleep However, being a vaht
Last night she&039;d blas Funny how the idea of bedbugs kept shifting to Steve&039;s kiss Then Steve&039;s kiss led her to think about her s about Lee
Was she over him? If so, why did it still hurt? But if she still loved hihts went to her a about Lee and her parents helped block out the thoughts of the kiss
Still in bed and staring at the stained ceiling, Della heard water running, which one to bed she&039;d given the shower a good spray of Lysol, and took a quick stand beneath the speater herself
When she&039;d left the shower, Steve had been sitting on the sofa, staring at the bathroo sexy
Poor guy had been disappointed Or she had thought he&039;d been for about two seconds, until his gaze had lowered and then traveled up again as a slow sexy grin appeared in his eyes
"You were right," he&039;d said "And you rong"
She liked the part about being right, but? "Wrong about what?"
That seductive sain, and stopped on her bare feet "Right that I have a foot fetish Wrong aboutyour naked feet"
She used those naked feet to run off to the bedroom The second after she slammed the door, he&039;d called out that they needed to talk about theThen she&039;d dropped into bed
Even five hours later, re the way he&039;d looked at her-at her feet for God&039;s sake-made her feel all fluttery inside Now, as the sound of water froes Herunder a steamy spray of water And she had the oddest desire to see his naked feet And other things
She groaned and pressed her pal a deep breath of resolve, she told herself to get over it Besides, today was a new day Slipping out of bed, she brushed her hair, and adjusted her bra Feeling a tiny bitroom to wait her turn in the bathrooo over the plans for their o do what they had to do Catch themselves some bad vampires
She didn&039;t have time to think about how hot Steve was, or how his kiss hadear of corn It was tiue vaers on the top of her knees, she saw the file they had to go over with their instructions sitting on the sofa She really didn&039;t need to review it She&039;d read it a dozen times and memorized it Because vamps could read a lie in a person&039;s heartbeat, they&039;d come up with a form of the truth that hopefully wouldn&039;t read as a lie She, Della Tsang, had been turned va school She wasn&039;t big on the school&039;s rules, so she and her friend Steve the shape-shifter had run off But due to the known difficulties of obtaining blood for her, they had decided to join a gang
The bathroom door squeaked open, and Steve walked out He washe was half naked, and baaze lowered He had socks on
For some odd reason, she recalled that sohteen He looked eighteen, probably a year older than Della Muscles rippled over his chest and arms She kneorked out, but ht in her throat for a second She&039;d seen hi all that bare skin and hiht back the memory of his kiss and of how his waraze and s to the chair, he slipped on a dark green T-shirt Thank goodness
"You ready to go over everything?" he asked
"Need to brush my teeth" Need to find my self-control and I&039;m pretty sure it&039;s in the toilet She popped up and ran to the bathroom When she came back three minutes later, she&039;d taken her frustration out on her teeth There wasn&039;t a speck of plaque on her pearly whites And while she didn&039;t find her self-control in the potty, she&039;d given herself a good talking-to about not acting like some hormone-crazed teen
Sure she was a teen, and probably hormone crazed, but she didn&039;t need to act like it
Steve had the open file in his lap when sheroom She sat down on the opposite side of the sofa and he started going over the info
She didn&039;t tell hiht need to hear it Fiveto re around I won&039;t leave you"
Della cut her eyes to hi, but if they insist you leave, I&039;ll be fine I can take care of myself Besides, they know you&039;re a shifter, Steve Don&039;t do anything that will ruin this"
"I won&039;t do anything to ruin it But I&039; you" His tone came out determined, protective "I&039;ll be careful They won&039;t realize it&039;syou&039;re a shifter don&039;t you get?"
He stared at her a long second before speaking "So they&039;re shtened her eyes at him "What&039;s that ht You sawpuzzled "I don&039;t"
"I was your neighbor&039;s dog and then I was the kitten If a shifter is careful what they become, we blend into the environment and are never suspected Why do you think we&039;re one of the most powerful of the supernaturals?"
First, they really weren&039;t one of the most powerful supernaturals, vampires were, not that this was a cohtened and her face heated re Hadn&039;t she said so her crotch?
"Don&039;t do that to lanced back over her shoulder "It&039;s tinated spot of the state park five , secluded from any road or hu could happen and there&039;d be no witnesses Della scanned the area, seeing only tall pines mixed with a few oaks and tons of thorny underbrush
She didn&039;t like it
Fro, one would think the area was abandoned Only a few stars lit up the night sky But one good nose of air told her the truth They were here
Hidden
Waiting
But for what?
To attack?
And while her nose couldn&039;t count, she sensed there wereso the FRU? Or was this just the way the gang welcoer brushed over her skin As exciting as it was, fear crowded her chest She remembered the pictures of those who had died at the hands of suspected vas Aadvocating murder for initiation, who had taken innocent lives, they needed to be stopped and the risk orth it Sure, Burnett didn&039;t believe this was the gang, but he had to have doubts or he wouldn&039;t have sent them on this mission
"They&039;re here," Steve whispered
"I know," Della said
A stirring of underbrush sounded to their right and then one to the left And then behind theht at thereat
They were surrounded