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Roni stopped. “Why do I all of a sudden feel like such a slut?” She'd fuck Corbin again in a heartbeat with no shame. A human had brought the daughter of the Alpha of the Engelmann pack low.
    "Because you had sex on the first date.” Her mother could barely finish her sentence before Roni heard her father's booming voice in the background.
    "She did what?"
    "Eduardo, shush, I'm talking to Roni,” her mother called back. “Don't worry, honey, your father will come to accept a human in the family."
    Roni cringed when she heard her father shout, “I would never!"
    "Baby, I've got to go deal with your father. Call me later.” Katriena's voice remained calm and confident. She'd managed her volatile mate for many years.
    Roni could have sworn she heard the brick hit the floor as her mother hung up, cutting off a string of cursing in Spanish, which she thought really odd seeing how her father was born in Indiana.
    "Well, fuck, now what do I do?” Roni thought she heard a higher power laughing when Ana barreled through the front door and flew into the chair practically on top of Roni.
    "So how did it go? Tell me everything.” Ana straightened out her legs so that both of them could sit comfortably in the oversized black velvet chair.
    "It went fine.” Roni hedged automatically with Ana, who violated anyone's privacy with complete disregard. Nothing was sacred to a vampire who'd seen it all in her un-life.
    "Oh, don't be cryptic. What happened?” Ana, who used her position as lifelong friend ruthlessly, wasn't above begging, either. She wheedled like a kid denied a treat.
    Roni sighed dramatically and refused to look into Ana's bright blue eyes. Vampires had an ability to mesmerize, supposedly to make hunting fresh blood easier. “If I tell you, will you leave me alone?"
    Ana knew the old game well and kept dipping her head into Roni's view, pretending to use her “mojo” on Roni. “Of course not, but would you tell me anyway?"
    Trapped and amused simultaneously, Roni shrugged her shoulders at Ana's pestering. “I had sex with a human last night.” Once again, Roni spit the words out like she'd committed a crime.
    "You got laid?” The high-pitched squeal that reverberated through the house nearly shattered Roni's eardrums. Ana clapped one hand over her heart and pretended to faint over the arm of the chair.
    Exasperated at her best friend's antics, Roni folded her arms. Ana was the most hyperactive drama queen, dead or alive. “Yes, I got laid. Did you miss the part where it was with a human?"
    Exhibiting perfect muscle control, Ana flowed upright and stole Roni's cooling cup of tea from the side table. “So? I'm sleeping with a bird-slash-human. What's your point?"
    Roni looked at Ana cross-eyed. “You know, Ana, not all of us are lucky enough to fall in love with a Nephylum. Damn angel-human crossbreeds keep vampires up way past their bedtime."
    "Yeah, I know. Isn't he a peach?” Ana's happy sigh and soft tones happened only when she spoke of Jon. Something about her Nephylum lover calmed Ana and softened the cynicism out of her blue eyes.
    "He's something.” Roni personally found the calm, soft-spoken surgeon soporific. Like all of his kind, he was a vegetarian. Hanging with him was like living with a particularly ascetic monk as far as Roni was concerned.
    Ana nudged Roni back to reality. “So tell me, how did you meet this guy? What's his name? How was the sex? Is he well hung?"
    "Would you slow down for a minute, you energizer vampire?"
    "Sorry, please continue.” Ana's eyes crossed and she sat very nobly with her hands in her lap and her nose slightly turned toward the ceiling. Her perfect blonde hair fell down her back in a ruler straight line. She did haughty very well when she chose.
    Roni tried again. “His name is Corbin. I met him online..."
    "You used the dating site I signed you up for?” Another squeal from Ana shattered Roni's eardrums.
    "Yes, I did.” Roni shook her finger at her friend