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"I can’t hand this off to soure out a way to do it h to take a breath and stare at a spot between us

"You have a club to run And, frankly, I can’t afford your rates" I kneas expensive, I’d seen the bill he’d sent to Jerry

"As if I’d charge you, Glory" He grabbed my hand before I could stop hiot involved with a nut-job like this woer" He squeezedto have a talk with him"

"No, Rafe You two don’t talk and you know it That conversation will end up in a fight" I laid , fast And he was so warm, shifter warm

"I’ll leave you two to thrash this out, but, Rafe?" Sienna stopped with her hand on the doorknob "I can afford to pay you We need security Whether this woo out on the road again too Maybe you can hook uys you trust to be my new security teauring things out but I’ Ray take e no matter what I have to do"

"Good for you" Rafe sured out how to live a, she calls it It’ll be tougher for you because you’re a public figure, but even that asshole Ray Caine has ed it for the past year That should show you it’s possible"

"Yeah If he can do it, I can I can’t believe we sang together at the Gralanced at me "He was vampire then, Glory?"

"Sure was And you didn’t have a clue, did you?"

"No, just got pissed because of his weird rehearsal schedule And you know the label went along with it Is Chip?" She shook her head "Na I’ everyone, even the label’s owner, is a vampire How stupid is that?" She looked down at herself "What do you think, Rafe? Is this the costu at your club Or we’re supposed to Ray and I Not sure I can stand to be onstage with hiain"

"Publicity has gone out You’re coned contract Of course you can do it" Rafe let go of my hand and stepped toward her "And wear that costu a stupid jerk Used you as his blood donor, didn’t he?"

"Yeah And lost control Typical addict behavior" She shuddered "Da to have to watch myself Stay away from mortal boyfriends" Her eyes filled and Rafe settled his hands on her narrow shoulders I thought for ato pull her close and ht to be jealous

"If you learned nothing else fro play Look what happened to you Stick to paranormals who can hold their own around you" He nodded towardtalk with Glory about the joys of paranorht, sweetheart?"

"Shut up, Rafe" I felt ive you a discount"

"Thanks" She winked at me "Paranorertip down Rafe’s black tee with the red N-V logo "But a demo would be even better"

Rafe cleared his throat "Slon, Sin" He glanced atyou been a vampire?"

"Twenty-four hours, more or less" She smiled "And I’m not a fan of slow unless it’s--" She leaned close and whispered in his ear

Rafe actually flushed "Oh, yeah, I hear you If I hadn’t just told irlfriend I was all in, I’d be up for that" He stepped back fro’s off" He turned to o over with irl either But I’ll handle it"

"Oh, no, Rafe! Maybe you shouldn’t--" I knew Lacy wouldn’t be happy that he was riding to hts out Maybe Lacy would be cool with that

"It’s okay She lives across the hall fro the day" Rafe shrugged "If she can’t handle that, then maybe we aren’t meant to be, you know?"

"No, I don’t I can talk to her" I really didn’t want to h pain in the past And Lacy was er I didn’t want to alienate her either This had been a bad idea all the way around