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shoulder. While being a vampire had certain advantages, it
also had some major drawbacks. Sensitivity to the sun was one of them.
    The biggest perk
of the job had to be Ramses’ magnanimous skills of seduction. He could transfix
female victims with a single glance and command their total submission. Not
surprisingly, sex was his preferred form of manipulation. Women were like chess
pieces simply waiting to be wielded by Ramses’ potent powers of persuasion.
Even though it hadn’t gotten that far with Maliyah, it wasn’t for lack of effort.
He’d tried, to no avail, to mesmerize her with his compelling gaze. Instead,
she was the one who had him by the balls, enthralled by her every sultry move.
    After entering the
apartment, Ramses rushed to close the blinds and block out the sunlight. Then
he collapsed on the bed, weak from too much exposure to ultraviolet rays. Half
awake, he felt the familiar pang in his stomach and realized he’d been so
preoccupied with Maliyah that he’d forgotten to feed. But finding sustenance
was the least of Ramses’ worries.
    I just hope that meddling woman doesn’t get into too much trouble
while I’m asleep.
     
     

Chapter Four
     
    The Entombment
     
    Maliyah was
jostled from slumber by the sound of someone knocking on the door of her suite.
She pried open her eyes, lids and lashes still glued together at the edges.
Perspiration gathered in the hollow of her arched spine as heat from the desert
sun streamed in through the sheer window coverings. She peered at the
nightstand on the side of the bed. Eleven o’clock.
    Oh shit! She was supposed to be up hours
ago in preparation for the trip to the sacred pool of Amun .
    “Maliyah, are you
awake?” she heard Salma’s voice call to her from the other side of the door. “ Husani’s chomping at the bit. Hurry and get dressed. Anat has breakfast ready for you in the kitchen.”
    “Be down in ten
minutes,” Maliyah said as she jumped to her feet. She stumbled across the room,
nearly falling into the shower stall. Its hot jets beat
down on her muscles as she closed her eyes and let the warm steam seep into her
bones. The sensual heat of the spray was so soothing, she could feel her body waver, on the verge of surrendering itself to sleep
once again. But with little time for personal hygiene as it was, Maliyah grabbed
a loofah and got to work lathering her body into a
thin sheen of suds. The pliant fibers of the sponge made her skin tingle.
    Maliyah reached
between her legs and glided the loofah over her sex,
reveling in the feel of her sudden arousal. Her nipples beaded into tight, achy
peaks as images of the previous night bombarded her. Thoughts
of Ramses Shakir . His clean, earthy scent
wafted past her nose, while she relived the memory of his cock massaging her
through her form-fitting clothes. Leaning against the cool, vibrant tiles of
the shower, Maliyah’s head began to swim. An unexpected bout of dizziness came
over her as she dropped to her knees, rendered almost completely immobile at
the notion of having had such a strong, virile man in close proximity.
    She turned off the
faucet and sat with her back against the colorful blue and gold mosaics; her
breath came out in short, erratic huffs. Still wet from the shower, a trickle
of moisture drizzled down the ridges of her sex; its thick consistency pooled
at the junction of her hip and thigh. Maliyah groaned as she reached down to
gather up its slickness, rolling it between her thumb and index finger.
    What is it about Ramses that has me so bewitched?
    Maliyah had never
been one to fawn over men. Yet, this particular specimen had her panties in a pile.
Too bad she couldn’t trust him.
    After her heart
rate slowed, Maliyah dried off and got dressed, sweeping her damp hair into a
messy ponytail. She hurled open the door to her suite, and rushed down the
stairs as the heavenly aroma of food assailed her. She was hungry. Utterly famished, in fact. Lucky for her, Anat had prepared a