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Instead he released her and h the door He stopped in the doorway, looking at the two of the him for an instant

"Your sisters are fine," he told Caitlin in a clipped voice "I’ you home now"

Caitlin was about to protest that she wasn’t a baby, and how dare he, then realized that would only make her sound like the baby she clai with Ryder, and she didn’t want to talk to hi else that could and obviously would happen if they were alone together

"Good," she said, and shot Ryder a superior look

Jagger held the door for her, and she marched out of it Ryder followed In the dark hall outside, Jagger locked the door behind theest we meet for breakfast, and you can fill all the Keepers in on what you know"

"I’d be delighted to ht face, but his eyes slid to Caitlin

She felt herself treain, and instantly was furious with herself for even responding

A shifter The last person--rip

She stuck close to Jagger all the way out of the building

Chapter 8

Caitlin was uncoer’s unmarked Cavalier as he drove the few short miles back to the Quarter and the small compound she shared with her sisters

His too-perfect vampire profile was chiseled, stony, beside her, and his disapproval rolled off hi until they were through the security gates and parked inside the co her across the courtyard to her front door Vampires and their eternal manners

He stopped outside her door, under the shadows of nolias "Caitlin, we don’t know each other well yet But I knew that one about a century ago" He didn’t use a na in the shadowed dark

"And I don’t want to see you hurt You shouldn’t trust him," he finished, earnestly

"I don’t need you to tell me that," she flared And then she couldn’t help herself; she went on to say soivable "You don’t have to worry about me Keepers and Others shouldn’t mix, period It’s a conflict of interest"

She pulled open her door and flounced inside, but not before she’d seen the startled look of pain on his face