Page 128 of The Cruelest Undead

It gets you laid, so you should be thanking me. You’re welcome.

Flynn turned in the seat and focused on the two people in the back.

“You two keep the motor running. You’ll be the getaway drivers if this goes bad,” he joked.

Yeah, and it went over like a lead balloon.

“Or not.”

Neither of them looked over at him, and that told him everything he needed to know.

Yeah, he thought so.

“Come on, Tommy and Seth. Lead the way. Let’s go look at a dead body,” he said, as the real detective climbed out of the back to escape the love birds.

“Be right back. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” he added, and Tommy laughed.

When the door was closed, the female vampyre was acutely aware of the man beside her.

Cerise was getting warm as she sat right beside him, and that was saying a lot since she was pretty much cold all the time.

Now, her leg was touching his, and they were sharing space. Their auras mixed, and she could smell his cologne. The scent of this man was intoxicating.

God.

Why did she feel like this?

Was this what it was supposed to be like?

Because she was afraid to screw this up, she reached for the only person she knew that could help her.

Jolie.

I need help. Can you hear me?

It didn’t take her long to reply back.

Of course, I can hear you, Cerise. Are you okay? What happened?

Yeah, I think I’m okay, but…

Jolie was curious.

But what?

She just got it all out.

I really want to have sex with the human detective. I can’t stop focusing on him. I can hear his heart, and it’s matching mine. I can smell his blood. Jolie, what’s wrong with me?

There was laughter in her mind.

Oh, this woman was about to have the adventure of a lifetime. Falling in love with a cop…it was fun.

Because it was clear that her old mistress didn’t do a good job of explaining things, she had the vampyre equivalent discussion to the birds and the bees.

That’s your real mate. He’s the one you’ve been searching for your whole life. The reason you’re feeling likethat is he’s the one you are supposed to be with and mate with. You’re perfect match is sitting beside you. He should be feeling the same thing. Is he?

Uh, she wasn’t sure.

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