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would taste on his tongue. “Not a common angel name.”
    “Too many Gabbys in the family.”
    He chuckled, soft and sexy. She really didn’t like the way the sound shivered on her skin.
    “You seem to know a lot about my kind.”
    He shrugged, a move that somehow reminded her of Manakell. “I had plenty of time to ask questions.”
    Dina let the pause stretch as they walked side by side in companionable silence. His scent still hugged her. The park was now replaced by tidy fences and mowed lawns. Humans living in those neat curtained houses had no idea who went bump in their nights.
    “When were you turned?” She didn’t like how her voice turned tentative.
    “Turned. Right.” The short laugh didn’t have a trace of humor. “There’s no turning. The thirst just grows in you. You fight it.” His tone changed slightly, grew more rough. “You fight it until you give up.”
    “Did you?” She’d seen him push away a willing female.
    “Plenty of necks going around.”
    She was surprised to hear disgust in his voice. As if he hated those who freely gave their throats for him to feed on. “Were you waiting for the kid?”
    He gave her a swift look, his green eyes shadowed. “I wanted to see if he would struggle.”
    She frowned at him. “Why?”
    “So I could help him.”
    “You sat on your ass watching him being drained.” A hot quick stab of anger. “But if he screamed, you’d help?” Hadn’t she been saying something similar, ever since Darlene was turned into a vamp? Hadn’t she wondered why she bothered saving humans when they did nothing to save themselves?
    His voice stayed quiet. “If that kid wanted help I would have given it.”
    She only shook her head, hearing her own thoughts thrown back at her. Nothing made sense. Not this, not her own body and its lack of strength and magic. Not this strange and intense need for his touch.
    The vampire stopped in front of a sprawling Victorian with peeling paint and wooden shutters. “That’s me.”
    Like she was idiot enough to trust him and go up there. And yet the need to touch him, to see if he tasted as good as he smelled, crawled through her veins.
    A lone window was lit amidst its dark mates.
    “My friend lives in the main house,” he said as if reading her thoughts. “He won’t bother us, unless you’d like to meet him.”
    Right. As if she was about to walk into a vampire nest.
    His lips curled in a mocking smile. His eyes stayed quiet and intense on hers. “Walter is human.”
    “Sure.” She wasn’t going up with him. He was a vampire. And she… At this point, Dina didn’t know if she trusted herself. “Just…forget it.” She started to shrug out of his jacket.
    “Keep it.” His eyes nearly burned her. She frowned—maybe now he would show his teeth, make this whole thing easier. She didn’t need to think when she was fighting. She didn’t want to think.
    He gripped her arm when Dina took off his jacket.
    She bared her teeth at him. “You don’t get—”
    “Yeah.” In a blur Luke closed the small space left between them. “I don’t get.” His mouth hovered above hers, sweet, hot and teasing.
    She had the chance to kick, to slam her fist into his ribs, to curse him. Instead, she just moved in.
    Her pulse roared in her ears. Dina fisted both hands in his hair, feasted on his lips. His arms banded around her, his mouth harsh and brutal, savaging her, soothing the burn while enflaming it. She pushed herself into his chest, felt his heart thunder. His taste exploded on her tongue, his scent driving her wild while his lips moved hot and restless over hers.
    She moaned when the rough heat of his fingers pushed under the thin cotton of her shirt and found skin. Slow, torturous, his palms slid over her, caressed her back, his thumbs brushing the undersides of breasts that suddenly felt heavy. His lips trailed pleasure on her neck, licking at the feverish skin, pressing small, burning kisses just below her ear.
    Before her