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Not in front of him. “We had a visitor.” Now she was the one to back away. Because that soft touch wasn’t something she could handle.
Hard, wild, and rough—yeah, that was more her style.
Chase’s hands balled into fists, then fell.
“And you noticed the…ah…visitor with your tongue down this guy’s?—”
“I’ve got a name. It’s Simon Chase.”
“—throat?”
She stared at Jude. Long and hard and waited until his blue gaze dropped. That was better. “The visit came first. Some sweet little ball of fluff sporting bite marks on her neck.”
Jude sucked in a sharp breath. “A lure?”
“No.” Well, maybe. Vamps were known to use sexy women to draw in other prey. Worked wonders for them. Most folks were always attracted to a pretty package. You followed the package and found hell waiting with open fangs. “She was sent to deliver a message to me.”
“Huh.”
Chase glanced between them. “Why send the woman? I mean, if you think a vampire sent her?—”
She held up her unused stake. “They knew I wouldn’t hurt her.” Much.
“What did she say?” Jude asked.
Dee hesitated.
Chase didn’t. “The bitch told Dee she was going to die.”
Well, so much for subtle.
“Sonofabitch.”
That pretty much summed things up nicely.
“And you let her get away?” Jude growled. A very deep, rumbling growl. His beast had to be close.
“I got distracted.” The six foot three, two-hundred-pound distraction shifted beside her. “It won’t happen again.”
“Don’t count on it,” Chase murmured.
Her gaze jerked to his.
And the bastard smiled at her.
Trouble. Why, why did trouble always find her? And why did this trouble have to be so sexy?
Chapter Three
Dee awoke screaming, her skin slick with sweat and her drumming heartbeat rattling her chest.
It took her a minute to banish the blood. To choke back the fear.
So long ago, but the dreams still came.
Dee jumped out of bed. The neon digits of her clock glowed too brightly. Four-oh-eight. She’d slept for an hour. Shit.
Her T-shirt clung to her body, damp and too confining. Every muscle in her body quivered. Her skin burned and her belly knotted.
