You want to go play with your new friends back there? The really pale ones with the taste for plasma? --Shane
Rachel CaineOh, he is cute!โ Shane said in a fake girly voice. โGee, maybe we can ask him out!โ โShut up, you weasel. Claire, hit him!
Rachel CaineShe was staring at you.โโ โโWhat can I say? Irresistible.โโ โโShane, itโs not funny. I justโyou should be careful.โโ โโAlways am.โโ Which was an absolute lie. Shaneโs eyes fixed on hers, and she felt a burst of heat inside that crept up to burn in her cheeks. He smiled slowly. โโJealous?โโ โโMaybe.โโ โโNo reason. I like my ladies with a pulse.
Rachel CaineMyrnin, who hadn't said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he'd suddenly decided to snack on her neck... but it was just a hug. His body felt cold against hers, and way too close, but then he let go and stepped back. "You've done very well. I'm extremely proud of you," he said. There was a touch of color high in his pale cheeks. "Do go home now. And shower. You reek like the dead." Which, coming from a vampire, was pretty rich.
Rachel CaineHe's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee.
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