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He tapped his foot on the floor, hoping to get an agreement out of her. He just hoped they could work well together, and they were able to take down the perps and come out unscathed.
“All right. My place.” She gave him her address.
“Lakeview Estates.” He smiled. He lived in her neighborhood. “I’ll be right over.”
It was a posh place to live where a mix of humans and hunters had taken up residence. No vampires, that he knew of, so he was hoping he wouldn’t have any trouble with anyone who took exception to a vampire suddenly living among them. And now there were two of them. That at least they knew about. Maybe more had been turned but they were keeping it a secret. What did he know?
He jumped into his pickup truck and headed over to her house that was just a few streets north of his place and parked in her driveway. Before he could get out of his truck to knock on her door, she was headed outside wearing a black leather jacket, black leather pants, and thigh high black leather boots. Her jacket was zipped up part way, revealing her black tunic underneath. Her beautiful red hair flowed as she walked, and he swore he was mesmerized by her beauty. She had high cheek bones and a sultry mouth, and her catlike eyes were narrowed a bit. She looked like a huntress who meant business.
“How did you get into my gated community without me giving you the passcode? Oh, you know someone living here and already knew the code.”
“I live several streets behind you.”
Her jaw dropped. Then she smiled. “There goes the neighborhood.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, two vampires in a mostly hunter neighborhood? I’m sure some wouldn’t be happy about it.”
He was relieved she wasn’t making a jab at him for some other reason and really didn’t like him. “I was thinking the same thing. I miss not being able to go to one of the hunter clubs. I’m not sure we would be welcome at a vampire club either.”
“I know. I guess we could go to a human club.”
He glanced at her, surprised she would say so.
She quickly added, “I mean, you know, like if you wanted to go to a club, you could go to a human one and nobody would know that you were a hunter or a vampire.”
“Ah.” He had thought she was saying she would go out with him to a club, and he was about ready to jump at the offer, if she had, so he was glad he’d used restraint. “Everyone at the meeting mentioned how family or a friend had killed the vampire who had turned them, but you. So what happened?” He hoped the vampire wasn’t still living or she could easily be influenced.
“Did I mention that my hunter friends dumped me after I was turned?”
“Yeah, hell. So you’re telling me the vampire that turned you is still alive?”
“Yeah. His name is Heskel, the twin of Moulson and when I dug further into his background, I learned he was the same as his brother as far as disposing of blood bonds that they got tired of. They were sharing them. But his twin brother had taken all the blame and was put on a termination list. Heskel hadn’t been.”
“Even so, he would be on a terminal list for turning you. He didn’t have to attack you. You hadn’t attacked him.”
“True. I expected it for revenge, but because of his action to take me down without me being able to call a truce, I didn’t have any choice.”
“Exactly. Has anybody gone after the vampire?”
“He’s on a termination list now, and the police said they would inform me when a hunter eliminated him, but he’s still out there as far as I know.”
Dane didn’t say anything for a while and then he finally said, “We have to take him down.”
“Yeah, but I can’t.”
“Right. But if I don’t do it on my own, I’ll solicit the rest of our therapy group members to help me take care of him.”
She frowned at him. “I…I don’t know. I mean, we only just met them. I don’t even know if the other two huntresses are still hunting.”
“Hey, we take down bad guys. If the ladies aren’t game or don’t feel they can do it, I’ll ask my brothers.”
She let out her breath in relief and suddenly brushed away a couple of tears. “Thanks.” Her voice was choked with emotion.
He reached over and took her hand and squeezed. “I’ve got your back.”
“That means a lot to me. Thank you.”
