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it on and rushed out of the bedroom. She threw open the door with a
smile on her face, ready to demand a ride from Dante.
Her smile quickly dissolved as she realized Dante already had a
passenger. Beck was seated on the back of the big bike that now
hovered two feet in the air. The wheels of the bike had disappeared,
and there was a noticeable cloud of dust under the vehicle.
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“Crap.” Dante looked up from strapping his gear on the back, his
face falling when he saw her. He stood beside the bike. “We have
company.”
The last was said to Beck, who turned and stared at her with dark,
surprised eyes.
“I left you a note,” he said almost defensively.
Meg felt her heart seize. He’d left her a note? Why did he need to
leave her a note if he was just going joyriding with his cousin? That
was all it could be, right? “Where are you going?”
Dante backed off. Meg could tell the vampire wasn’t sure this was
a good idea, but he seemed determined to stay out of it.
Beck didn’t get
off the bike. He turned to her slightly. “I
explained it all in the note. I have to go to work. The best work I can
get is on the Vampire plane, working for Dante’s company. It’s rough
work in a dangerous part of that world. I’ll be back in a few weeks.”
“Weeks?” Meg practically shouted the question. He was leaving
her. They had been married for two days, and he was leaving her. All
her old doubts flooded back like a tidal wave. At least Michael had
stayed for a couple of years. Beck wasn’t even staying for a week. He
was leaving her with Cian, a stranger with a bunch of problems. She
had no idea how to help him. She was completely lost in this strange
