07/02/2026 09:57

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You get the gaze with the fangs, I said. I'll call for a doctor, Micah said. Because if these vampires were left up there as sacrificial lambs, then they used me to kill them. Help me pry him loose, I said, voice low.

I threw the flogger at Jean-Claude the way you'd throw a baseball bat when you want someone to catch it. DNA came back, and my worst fears were confirmed. I was shivering, but it was only partly from the wet hair sliding down my neck. But it was more than just physical attraction.