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on your doorstep.” How insulting . She couldn’t deny that someone had thrown her there, but she would have retained her dignity…and her clothes…had she any choice in the matter.
    “So you just fell on your way to my door?”
    Her teeth nibbled at her lower lip. “That’s a subject for a different time especially since I’m not quite sure how I got here. Although, if I thought it would ensure my sister’s safety, I would do anything.”         
    “Including die for her then?”
    A lump formed in Mischa’s throat.  “If I have to.”
    “I don’t know your sister, Mischa.”          
    “You’re lying.”
    Fury flashed in Rhad’s eyes, and he got to his feet.  “I believe I’ve already told you that I do not lie.”
    She got to her feet to stand in front of him, determined not to back down from the danger he presented.  “That’s a load of bullshit. I know you know my sister. She spoke of you often when we talked on the phone.”
    “And did she tell you the things I had said to her?”
    The first inkling of doubt tickled the back of her mind. The conversations she’d had with Rianna had almost always been about Rhad but never about any communications Rianna might have had with him.
    Determined not to let her own doubts sway her, Mischa shot back. “That’s beside the point. I know my sister, and it’s obvious you’re not a figment of her imagination.”
    Though Rhad’s jaw tightened, he ran one finger down her upper arm and dipped his head lower.  “You should not take chances when you do not have all the facts.” 
    Dark and dangerous, he stared into her upturned face, and Mischa wondered if she’d pushed him too far.  Anger flashed in his eyes, and though she wanted to take a step back, she forced herself to remain in place. 
    “I have what I need.”
    His hand traveled to her face and he gently stroked her cheek.  “Mischa, if you think to threaten me because a story in cyberspace told you I was one of the undead, then you really don’t know anything about me.”
    She clenched her teeth to keep them from chattering. “What makes you think I found out about you online? Perhaps you’re not the only vampire I’ve seen.”
    His chuckle was infuriating. “Do not play games with me, little one. I have never been defeated.”
    Realization struck like the chiming of a grandfather clock, and a cold chill swept over her body. “You really knew I was coming, didn’t you?” Common sense told her to back out now…to get the hell out of Dodge while she still could. But it was too late. Running wasn’t an option.
    “Would my answer make any difference? Would you not have come anyway? You just said you would do anything for your sister so I assume you would change nothing about your current situation.”
    She hated his mocking tone.  What she hated even more was her body’s reaction to his touch.  Places tingled she was pretty sure had never tingled before.  And his eyes mesmerized her.  She’d never seen that shade of green on a man, but on him the color was appropriate.  It allowed him to hypnotize his victims.  She found herself staring into the liquid pools and leaning toward him.  Her will power was crumbling like the Berlin Wall.
    Forcing herself to hang onto her determination, she threw caution to the winds and gripped a hand full of his starched, white shirt, trying to shake him.  “Where is she?  Tell me where she is, or I swear to God, I will kill you myself.”
    Rhad covered her hands with his.  “You mean because you took a course online?  You think that really will teach you how to handle someone like me?”
    How did he know so much about her? And the class? Could he read her mind? The thought unnerved her. Mischa licked her dry lips.  “I did have a stake with me, but it must have gotten lost prior to my arrival.”
    He dropped his hands down to his sides.  “Perhaps that was for the best then.”
    Her arms folded underneath her