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Chapter One
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The bar Cassie Moore sat at was U shaped The dress she as siren red and ridiculously short Her dark brown hair was styled long and sleek She was a olf on the prowl, and while she ht look dressed to kill, to the coerous
The silver stars taped to her back said differently One of those badge sized, well planted stars was all a warrior like herself, in the olf society’s Royal Guard, needed to kill one of the rebel wolf’s trying to overthrow her governed on blood until they were nothing but monsters
With that thought, Cassie’s gaze lifted fro to the va her from across the bar, a fellow ether in a rare alliance of their govern, raven hair touched his shoulders, his deeper than ht black eyes fixed on her with an intensely possessive look that said he still wasn’t happy about her role in tonight’sto stand up and atteaze, silently warning him to stay where he was
His power rushed over her, tossing the warning in her face, telling her how close he was to calling this off Oh yeah, she wanted to kill this particular vampire, preferably with pleasure But since she didn’t believe he’d ever trust a wolf again, not after the one that had betrayed him, and she wasn’t into pain, she’d just have to find another non-lethal way to deal with his attitude tonight They’d just have to suffer through the sexual tensionthem both crazy
Cassie forced her eyes away fro vampire she wanted and would never have, to fix her attention on the wolfishto want He was one of a good half dozen wolves in the bar, all part of the rebelLike it hadn’t been enough for their race to deal with the vicious killers, the ‘Reds’, humans infected by a wolf virus, and naer No Now, they had to deal with the Reds and a full out civil ithin their natural born race
Cassie batted her lashes at the wolf, willing to endure an unsavory encounter with hiet to one of the newest local packthe she wolf bitch, and former member of the Royal Guard, who’d been key to a foiled plot to take down the Society and Vampire Nation with one fatal attack She’d also been Troy’s fiancée, and like Troy, a member of the two teaotiations between their races that had resulted in Blood Sport Cassieto help her king, and her vaet their wolf
Cassie turned away fro out Troy to find he’d e to scan for hio down We’re too close to screw this up, she silently whispered in herhe could hear her
“Can I buy you a drink?” caravely male voice notfor a male wolf to find a female wolf in a crowd and stake his claier
Cassie wet her lips and cut hilance “I already have one” Wolves liked the chase
“I’ll buy you another”
Cassie hesitated and then turned her body towards his, her legs between the she wasn’t shy, but then, being the only feuard, her assets had co thee
“I don’t accept drinks from men I don’t know”
His gaze raked over her areen eyes lifted to hers Finally, the wolf got above her neck “Then perhaps we should get to know each other better”