The Vampire's Secret by Hart Raven

Author:Hart, Raven [Hart, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345479778
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2007-03-27T07:00:00+00:00

I put the top down on the ’Vette even though it was wicked cold. I needed to cool myself off in a lot of ways. Sullivan was standing in front of Connie’s apartment building as I’d told him to. Connie was standing beside him, bundled in her coat over what looked like slinky silk pants. I waited at the curb, looking at the two of them out of the corner of my eye. Before he turned to go, she laid her hand on his arm. My fangs grazed my lower lip and my vision started to go red. Get a grip, man, I told myself.

I hadn’t gotten into details with Sullivan on the phone because I didn’t want him to give anything away to Connie. I’d just told him there was a “situation” that needed his immediate attention. The last thing we needed was for the human population to get wind of a killer virus on the loose. Iban had said that the humans at the California colony had died, too, and Gerard had ordered a quarantine for all the swans who had partied with the vamps last night. If Sullivan had exposed Connie to something that could kill her…

I wasn’t going to think about that. Yeah, right. No more than I was going to think about what she and Sullivan had been up to at two o’clock in the morning in her apartment. He got into the car and shut the door.

“Geez, Jack, isn’t it a little cool to have the top down?” Sullivan rubbed his arms.

“You’re the warm-blooded one. Deal with it.” I put the car in gear and floored the accelerator, flattening the human back against the seat. “Buckle up, buttercup.” I wished I was back on the highway, where I could give him the ride of his life. As it was, I could only bob and weave around the squares, throwing Sullivan up against the passenger door as he struggled to buckle his seat belt.

“Hey, mortal on board, man!” Sullivan held on to the door for dear life. Dear life. Now there was a phrase that could resonate. I sometimes forgot how dear their lives were to humans. And how fragile.

Tough shit.

“You’re the second guy tonight to complain about my driving, and I just hate that. Don’t be such a pussy. Besides, would I hurt Iban’s most trusted human?” I looked at him finally, showing full fang. He froze and I saw real fear on his face.

“What’s this about, Jack? Is there really something wrong or is this a trick to get me out of Connie’s apartment?”

I stomped on the brakes so hard that if he hadn’t buckled his seat belt, he would’ve become a warm-blooded hood ornament. The humans in their mansions were snug in their beds and the only sound was the purring of my motor. I pinned him with my eyes, which could glow greenish blue in the dark. “Don’t ever again accuse me of manipulating Connie if you value your life. I don’t care whose little helper you are.

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