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He leaned toward her and his quiet words were
so intense Alexia couldn t help the shiver of fear
that raced down her body. She had ignored any
thought about her personal safety, worried only
about her parents. But she knew he was right, she
could be in danger as well and, until they knew
why and who, anything was possible.
His hot breath fanned her face and she tried not
to think about his soft lips so close to her own, his
hard body radiating hot angry concern toward
her. Concern for her safety, it was something new
to come from a source other than her parents.
Alexia s body reacted instinctively to his
nearness, her lips parted and her body leaned
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toward his. Her blood pounded through her veins
and her fangs elongated. Her sudden hunger for
his body and his blood was overwhelming. It was
like nothing she had ever experienced in all her
short life, and he was right there, so close she
could reach out and take from him what her body
so desired, so hungered for.
She could almost taste his skin on her tongue,
his blood rushing into her sucking mouth. Feel his
hands caressing her body, touching her intimately
where no one had ever touched her before, where
she had only rarely touched herself, feeding her
body the passion and blood that it so desired, so
needed. She was sure she was going to die if she
didn t have it, have him, right this minute.
 Alexia? His rumbled question broke her out
of her passionate daze.
Alexia jumped back and glared at him
accusingly.  I won t sit around and be frightened,
Ian. My parents are all I have and I will do
everything I can to find them. She was amazed
she spoke at all, and she wasn t sure it made
sense, but she thought it must have because he
nodded at her in acknowledgement.
 Get in the car, I will drive us home.
He held out his hand for the keys, and although
she wanted to refuse, she was too shaken by the
feelings he had evoked in her. She didn t think she
would be capable of safe driving right now. She
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tossed him the keys and walked around to the
passenger side with as much dignity as she could
while her legs wobbled with hungry desire and
her mouth was full with hunger of another kind.
The drive home was torturously long and
silent. She was confused by her reaction to him
and more than a little frightened by it. Never in
her life had she wanted to drink blood, and to have
that desire mixed with a very passionate desire for
his body, another first, it was more than she could
sort through. She wished more than ever that she
had a girlfriend to confide in, someone with
experience to guide her through these things.
Alexia didn t even look at Ian as she stalked
from the garage to the house. She was hungry and
she was angry, but most of all she was confused.
She went straight to the kitchen and rummaged
around for anything that might dull one or the
other of her new desires, chocolate perhaps? As
she started to pull her head out of the fridge, she
remembered her plan from that morning. She was
going to make sure Ian didn t forget what she was.
Now more than ever she needed to distance him.
 Alexia, I know you are worried. There are
some keepers arriving today from my father s
pack, they will help us. I questioned most of your
father s pack last night. None of them had any
information that will help, but they were all going
to do what they could. We are all meeting here at
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dusk. Tonight is the full moon and it might be our
best chance of connecting with your father. The
full moon merge can carry a linked thought much
farther, and hopefully we can connect with him,
get enough information to find them all. Ian s
voice was calm, gentle and just short of soothing
to her fiery nerves.
Alexia pulled her head out of the refrigerator
with a package of blood in her hand. She wanted
to drink it in front of him, shove it in his face that
she was half-vamp, but if she was going to want to
merge anyway, then why torture herself with
drinking unnecessary blood?
Ian eyed the package in her hand with open
disgust.  You& I watched you eat food last night,
he stated warily.
 I am half-vampire, Ian, don t forget it. Alexia
let her fangs descend and punctured the package,
slurping it down as fast as she could. She held
back the grimace at the taste and locked eyes with
him, glowing yellow with glowing red and
yellow.  I am not like you, I will not be your mate,
Ian, and I think you can admit it is best that way.
She turned and left the room, a hurt twisting in
her gut that she told herself was only a fraction of
what he would cause her if she let herself believe
they could have any kind of normal life together.
That was one fantastical fairy tale she knew was
bullshit.
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Chapter Five
t wasn t hard to avoid him the rest of the day.
I She stayed in her room and ignored the
cowardliness of it. About an hour before dark, Ian
knocked loudly on her door, demanding entrance
without saying a word.
Her wolf perked up from her position by the
door and wagged her tail happily.
 What, Ian? I am a vampire, I sleep all day
remember, she snapped.
 No you don t, and besides, keepers sleep most
of the day, too. We are drawn to the moonlight,
both creatures of the night, remember, he
snapped back, imitating her snotty tone on the last
word.
Ian opened the door without waiting for her
permission and leaned against the doorjamb.
Alexia was lying on top of her bed, arms linked
behind her head. Her window was open, letting
the last of the day s sunshine fall on her face.
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 See, you like the sun, he said smugly.
Alexia pressed a button and the shades
instantly closed, locking out any rays of light.  My
time was up. Don t want to burst into flames.
What do you want? She didn t look at him, she
didn t dare. She didn t want to see a repeat of the
disgust she had seen there earlier when she had
drunk the blood. It was bad enough that she felt
that way about herself. She didn t need to see it
from someone else. Even though she d been
hoping his disgust would keep him away from
her. She was sure that was what she wanted, she
was sure that was what she should want anyway.
Ian walked into the room. He swung her desk
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