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“No.” He stepped back from her, putting a few feet between their bodies. “What do you see?”
Her breath caught.
“I thought so. You see my life, don’t you? Flashes?”
“Yes.” She knew that wasn’t supposed to happen. Sure, vampires could use their power to look into the mind of prey, but she hadn’t been focusing, hadn’t been trying, hadn’t even wanted to see?—
“You saw with Leo, didn’t you?”
“I saw him kill his wife.”
Simon blinked.
“I saw that asshole Grim, standing over them, laughing.” She’d seen Leo cry. If he’d been enjoying the kill, he wouldn’t have shed a tear. Maybe, back then, he’d still had a conscience. A soul.
But no control.
“Borns don’t have to focus their power to steal memories.”
Steal memories. Not her plan.
“They have to focus not to do it. Their psychic power is so strong, the images come automatically.”
Well, damn. She’d been afraid of that. “You don’t have to try and convince me anymore.” Time for her own honesty. She crossed her arms. “I know what I’ve become.”
“Knowing and accepting are two different things.”
Hit. They were and she was a long way from accepting her new “life.” “We’ll hunt him together,” she told Simon as Dee straightened her spine. “But if I think you’re turning on me…”
He marched to the bag she’d thrown to the floor last night. Pulled a stake out. “You’ll shove this into my heart?”
Her gaze fell to the stake.
No. Not that easy. Not anymore.
Because the vampire had gotten to her. Made her care. Made her feel.
He tossed the stake into the air, then caught it easily with his left hand. “I’ll prove that you can count on me. Trust me.”
Maybe. If only she could.
She turned away from him, unnerved by his stare.
“Dee?”
She didn’t glance back because she was too worried about what he’d see in her gaze.
“I’ll take the lust. I’ll take anything you can give me.” His fingers brushed her shoulders. He’d moved fast and soundlessly. She should have heard him, with her enhanced hearing, she should have?—
“And one day, I’ll take everything.” His breath blew over her nape. “Just like you’ll take everything I have.”
Dee shivered.
His mouth pressed against her skin.
She leaned back against him. His strength and power surrounded her. Seduced her.
And someone rapped against their door. Her nose twitched.
