Angel At Dawn by Emma Holly

Author:Emma Holly [Dawn, Angel at]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Fiction, Romance, Ghost stories, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal romance stories, Motion picture producers and directors, Occult fiction, Ghosts, Occult & Supernatural, Love stories
ISBN: 9780425239650
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Ten

With everything else he had to occupy his mind, Christian was only half as nervous as he’d expected for his first official appearance in front of Wade’s cameras. The crew was setting up for what everyone was calling a “walk and talk.” He (as Joe Pryor) would accompany Viv (as Mary Reed) through the deceptively peaceful suburbs of Haileyville. In the script, Joe had already saved Mary from a group of human bullies on her first day at her new school. Now, because night had fallen, he’d play her guard dog against the threat posed by his father’s gang of bloodsuckers.

Christian would also be expected to imitate a teenage boy trying to impress the girl he was falling for.

No one had to tell him which of those personas would present the greater challenge. Regrettably, that had never stopped a human from offering her two cents. Viv confronted him as he exited the makeup trailer, planting herself dead center across his path. She’d been dressed as a schoolgirl, with saddle shoes, plaid flare skirt, plus ponytail and bangs. Wardrobe aside, if her fans had seen the steely glint in her big brown eyes, they’d have known the littlest Forrester had grown up.

“It’s time to cowboy up,” she announced.

They stood amidst the other trailers in what was colorfully called the circus. For tonight, it was located on an undeveloped plot of land at the edge of the neighborhood they were shooting in. The grass was longer than any suburban lawn was allowed to be and wet beneath Christian’s boots. Squaring off on it with his leading lady, he couldn’t help but think of High Noon. Which one of them was Gary Cooper was up for grabs.

“Cowboy up?” he repeated.

“You know what that means,” she snapped. “You have rodeos in Texas.”

Liking her moxie, he allowed one corner of his smile to show. “You mean you need me to come out of the chute with a good grip on the bronco between my thighs.”

“You need a grip and then some. This movie is my chance to reinvent myself. Viv Lavelle isn’t going to end up on the heap of once-loved and now-pitied adult child stars. I can act, Christian, and you’d better prove you can, too. So help me, if you drag me down with you . . . ”

“Viv,” Grace interrupted, appearing from around the end of the next trailer. “I’m not certain threats are the way to bring out the best in your costars.”

Grace was smiling, but Viv looked horrified all the same. “Grace, I didn’t mean—”

Christian stopped hearing her the instant Grace’s gaze turned to him. As it seemed to do too often when she was near, his mouth emitted words without forethought.

“I didn’t expect to see you tonight. Thanks for coming.”

“There’s nothing to thank me for. We’re shooting. I’m working. It’s my job to be here.”

The stubborn set of her jaw dared him to mention her suburbaphobia or any of the other reasons she might not want to be here for him.

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