Page 10 of Top Secret Vampire

“I do,” I said quietly. “Cape Cod is amazing. I grew up in Mystic Harbor, and I missed it. I’ve said this numerous times.”

“It’s a middle of nowhere beach destination for tacky tourists.” From the way her gaze zipped up and down my frame, I got the feeling Tracy was lumping me in with those tourists. “I distinctly told you not to buy that ancient building near the water. It’s perched high on a steep cliff. One landslide, and you and the money you’ve wasted will slide into the sea.”

“Tracy.” I slumped in my chair, stunned by this woman I’d called a friend. “It’s gorgeous, both the house and the view. And the inspectors and structural engineer signed off on it. It’s not going to slide into the sea.” I gaped up at Wolf, who was scowling at Tracy, his hands clenched to fists at his sides. “I’m sorry. I had no idea she felt this way.”

“As for the shells spelling outLeave Town,” Tracy minced in a pretend, high-pitched voice, “and the lipstick writing on your mirror, I think you did it yourself. The blender was a fluke you tossed in to make all this sound serious.”

“Why would I do something like that?” I asked, now hurt more than stunned. This woman had worked with me for four years, and I’d always considered her a friend. Yet, all this time, she must’ve resented me.

“To draw attention.” Her face screwed up into a caricature of herself. “Please help me, everyone,” she mimicked. “Someone’s trying to scare me! You’re a drama queen, and I’m telling you right now that you’d better straighten up fast or else.”

I stood, returning her glare, my voice deadly. “Or else what, Tracy? I’ll remind you of who employs who in this situation.”

“Well fuck you,” Tracy snarled. “I hate you. And I hate even more that I’m locked in an office right now with a predator who’s eager to drain all my blood.”

“The door is not locked,” Wolf said with the hitch of one dark eyebrow. His thin lips twitched. “And you can trust that I’ll never seekyourblood.”

“Predator,” Tracy shrieked. She raced around Wolfram’s desk and started smacking his chest, screaming at the top of her lungs that he was trying to kill her.

“Tracy, stop!” I flung myself across the top of the desk, skidding and tumbling toward the floor on the other side.

Surprisingly, I didn’t hit the hardwood surface, because Wolfram did a misty thing and melted away from Tracy only to reappear beneath me.

“Oh, um.” I braced my palms on his chest, levering myself up enough to look down on him. His heart beat at a furious pace behind his ribs, the heavy thuds vibrating up my arms. “Thank you for saving me from getting hurt.”

“Performing my duties admirably already, am I not?” he asked.

If I hadn’t caught the gleam in his eyes, I’d think he was completely serious. I liked that he could joke about something like this.

“I didn’t realize vampires had beating hearts.” I smoothed my hands across his chest, wishing I could undo some buttons and touch his skin. Would it be cool or warm?

A shudder ripped through him, and I thought he’d mistify again, but he remained where he was, his body throbbing beneath mine. Of course, I’d made up the word “mistify,” and now I liked it.

His gaze focused on my mouth before it glided to my throat where my pulse beat as feverishly as his. “Nowyourblood, I would gladly taste.”

“See? See?! I quit,” Tracy raged, glaring down at me straddling Wolfram with our groins lined up perfectly and him doing nothing to make me ease away from his stiffening cock.

But wait. What did Tracy just say?

“Excuse me?” I should be looking up at her, but all I could do was stare into Wolfram’s gorgeous dark eyes.

In fantasy romances, it was said the fae could lull a person and make them do whatever they pleased.

Could vampires do the same thing?

“I said I quit,” Tracy fumed.

With that, she rushed to the door, wrenched it open, and stomped out into the hall.

Chapter 4

Wolfram

“Ido apologize,” I said as Tracy left my office, slamming the door behind her.

“For lulling me?” Reese asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

Such a tease. “Vampires only lull theirprey.”

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