Night Stalker by Nikki Jefford

Author:Nikki Jefford [Jefford, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nikki Jefford
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The sun descended into the ocean as we made the journey back to St. Maarten. It might have been romantic if Cassie hadn’t expressed her irritation at me for baiting Stan the shmuck for the umpteenth time.

If I had to hear “he’s one of us” one more time, I might just be tempted to throw myself overboard and backstroke the remainder of the way to the island.

In the end, we made it back to the harbor dry and as clueless as when we’d left as to what had really happened to Ronald or the other two vampires who’d recently expired. But at least Cassie’s shoulders relaxed, dropping with the setting sun. We reached St. Maarten in the afterglow between sunset and nightfall. In that moment, a sense of serenity washed over us.

“Stan was a bit of a sap,” Cassie acknowledged, eyeing the dock as Michael maneuvered us in.

“But I’m sure Ronald was a real prince,” I said.

She snorted, turned her head, and gave me an eye roll. “Well, anyway, we got the best information we could given Stan wasn’t with his friend that night. Nothing more we can do tonight besides enjoy Bastian’s bash.”

“And I do enjoy hanging out having a good time,” I said with a wink.

As Cassie laughed, all last traces of irritation left her body. “I hear that’s code for partaking in female companionship,” she teased.

“Are you offering?” I asked in a husky voice, my gaze dropping to her lips.

Cassie placed a hand on her hip. “You’ll forget all about me once you see the smorgasbord assembled tonight. A’s. B’s. O’s. Come hungry,” she added before jumping over the side of the boat onto the dock below.

I threw a thick rope down to her. Cassie caught it easily and set to work winding it around the dock’s boat cleat. As I watched her bent over, looking as cute and sexy as ever, it occurred to me she would be the one to forget me that night, not the other way around.

A heaviness filled me, like an anchor dragging me down. This felt like New Zealand all over again. We’d flirted and laughed, playing off one another blow by blow. The perfect pair. But Cassie couldn’t see it back then, and the present wasn’t improving my odds.

I suppressed a sigh but couldn’t prevent a bitter smile from cracking over my lips. Luckily, Cassie still had her head bent and missed my look of disappointment.

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