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Chapter 3

Reese

“You’re hired.” I sat back in my chair with a smile. I felt so much confidence in his abilities. Surely a vampire would be able to look at my situation in a new way.

I told myself I wouldn’t get involved with someone, but damn, Wolfie was cute. I adored his stilted way of speaking. The way his dark eyes gleamed when he looked my way. And the sweet way he showed off his hint of a tan. “When can you start?”

“This instant.” He stood, looming over me and Tracy. Since I found this position appealing, my heart fluttered, smacking my ribcage.

Wolfram’s gaze homed in on my neck. Could he hear my racing pulse?

Tracy looked like she was going to pass out and slump onto the floor.

“Perfect.” Standing, I struggled not to sound giddy.I get to hang out with Wolfie. I get to hang out with Wolfie,I sang in my mind. “How will we handle this?”

“Reylor has paperwork you’ll need to complete,” he said. “And I’ll ensure you receive it within a day or two.”

“That’s fine.”

“I shall travel with you to your abode and survey the situation,” he said. “I’ll need to remain close to you at all times to ensure nothing and no one harms you.”

Sounded wonderful to me. “Will you turn into a bat and cling to my gutter above my front door or . . .” I wasn’t joking. Not too much. Why did I have an overwhelming urge to tease him?

“I’m capable of assuming mist form, and it’s quite common for a vampire such as myself to utilize this means of travel, but I donottake on the form of a bat,” he drawled.

His stilted way of talking should be a total turn-off, but it made my skin tingle instead.Perchanceit was his drawl. Or what I took for flames flickering in his dark eyes.

No, I told myself sternly. There were no flames in his eyes. He was looking at me as one might a client, not as a woman he wanted to slip between the sheets with.

As for me, I’d bet anything flames blazed in my eyes.

Was I developing a crush on my vampire bodyguard or was this just a transient thing? He could be married, with seventeen born vampire children.

“Are you married?” I asked.

Tracy gasped. “This hardly matters.”

“If he is, she might not like him spending all his time with me,” I said, implying I would be willing to accommodate whatever needs his vampiress wife might ask for.

“I have not yet had the honor of wedding anyone,” he said. “Though I do believe that time will be upon me soon.”

“Why?” Tracy asked, standing again. “Sperm count getting low?”

“Tracy!” I stared at my assistant, wondering what had gotten into her. “You can’t say things like that to Wolfie.”

“Wolf, if you’ll be so kind, please,” he said, his eyes sparkling when he looked my way.

“You don’t like me being assertive, huh?” Tracy whirled around to face me. “Then what can I say? This situation is horrifying. I can’t believe you’re hiring a blood sucker to be your bodyguard. That’s not any different than hiring a wolf to guard your sheep. You’re hisprey, Reese. Prey!”

“She is not,” Wolfram said. “I assure you I only drink donated blood.”

“This situation between us cannot continue,” Tracy shouted.

“What do you mean?” I stared at my assistant, wondering if she’d been body swapped by aliens because she’d never behaved like this before.

“You. You’re the problem. You didn’t listen when I told you it was a huge mistake to sell your apartment in New York City and move to this wretched, backwater place. Massachusetts. Who the hell wants to live in Massachusetts?”

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