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“I’m here waiting, beautiful.”

I don’t know if it was courage, impulse, or adrenaline that made me dial his number but whatever it was totally dissipates when I end the call and I second guess my actions.

Bitch, get it together.

None of my sources of motivation to call him return after a few deep and slow breaths, but I still shift my ride out of park and head to the address on my phone. The navigation prompts for iMaps lead me to a beautiful home on the outskirts of town near the woodlands. My heart races as I pull into the driveway in front of the three-car garage.

“Damn!” I marvel at the massive house and land. He lives here alone? I wonder as I flip my visor down to check my appearance.

Chapter

Eight

She’s here.

Standing in front of me looking beautiful as hell is Enani.

She’s been crying. The whites of her alluring eyes and her lower lids look extra shiny, almost reflective. She has to be mine because everything in me just wants to protect her and do whatever I can to make sure she never sheds a tear. I was hooked when I saw her and we barely exchanged a hundred words, but when she threw her arms around me at the scene, I was gone.

She’s infiltrated my thoughts all fucking day. Anything she asks of me will be granted. She’s dangerous and has no idea how much. There’s a pull to her that’s beyond even my powerful control. She’s my weakness and as a vamp I only have a few. She’s so fucking perfect; every inch of my body reacts to her presence. Shit, her scent alone has my fangs wanting to taste her sweetness.

“You didn’t have to meet me outside. I was about to walk to your front door and knock,” she says with a nervous laugh.

“Is this where you really want to be right now? I bite and I can’t guarantee that I’ll keep my fangs to myself,” I admit honestly.

“But that’s why I’m here,” she says and fuck! “I was serious about offering my blood.”

I crowd her space and slowly back her onto the front of her Jeep. After resting my arms on the hood, capturing her full attention, I ask, “Have you ever let a vampire feed on you?”

No real response is needed because I already know she hasn’t because I don’t sense or smell one on her. Besides just wanting to be closer to her, I also want to see how she answers.

“No, never,” she admits while breathing heavily. Her full breasts heave under my glare.

I flash my fangs and she flinches. “Are you afraid of me?” I ask.

“No, honestly,” she begins, then sighs. “You make me nervous, but in a good way. I felt it the night we met and I get that same feeling whenever I’m around you. It’s not fear at all. I could never fear anyone kind enough to save my grandparents then go out of his way to check on them in the hospital. You also made a part of my day easy by getting that report for me and now, this.”

“This? This what?”

“Me here. It’s been a not so good night, and when it got worse, you were the first person I thought of. I just met you, you’re a vampire, and yet I’m here, and fear is the last thing I’m thinking about.”

“What’s on your mind?” I ask curiously because her confession honestly surprises me.

“Oh, you can’t read it?” she asks with an amused smile.

“No. I can’t. At least, not yet. Each vampire has different powers. I can absorb fire. Mind reading for me requires a blood link.”

“Oh good because if you could I might be a little embarrassed.” She smirks then laughs.

“Now, I wish the fuck I could read it. I want to know everything about you, especially what has you looking like that?”

She merely continues to smile while shaking her head. “I do have a question though?”

“Ask, beautiful.”

Her eyes focus on my fangs. “They look sharp. Is it going to hurt when you…bite me?”

“No, maybe pinch a little, but it doesn’t hurt. I would never hurt you.”