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“Well, I wish I had your willpower with this good food! I know the minute I swallow this food, it’s going straight to my hips!” Robin groaned, taking a big bite into her pancakes. “We went to that new club down on West Sixth Street calledTreasure.”
The bell over the door rang, signaling patrons entering the diner. She glanced out the large window by their table, noting two black unmarked cars parked on the street in front of the restaurant. Her vampire vision allowed her to see that the first car was empty and the second car held her guard, Cyran, waiting for her to finish hanging out. A prickling feeling coursed down her arms at the same time the hairs on the back of her neck stood atattention.
That’sweird.
She glanced around the diner, noting the two handsome men who stood in front of the counter, placing their order. The first one stood about six feet tall, with a slim, fit build and sandy blond spiked hair, a dark leather jacket, and jeans. The second one wore dark jeans and a similar jacket, standing about six-foot-three-inches tall with jet-black hair and a nice muscular build. Something about the second one captivated her and the sounds of the girls laughing and talking faded off into thebackground.
As if feeling someone watching him, the second one turned and looked directly at her. Her breath caught in her throat, her heart pounded in her chest as her hands became sweaty. His warm brown eyes held hers; she didn’t want to stop looking into those bedroom eyes. Time stood still and she suddenly had the urge to go to him. The guy behind the counter came back with the mysterious guy’s order, causing him to break eye contact. He turned, laughing at something thecashiersaid.
“Wow! What the hell was that?” Anika said, elbowing Nadira to get her attention. She turned to the girls now realizing that all eyes wereonher.
Lisa fanned herself with her napkin. “Please tell me you’re going to talk to him!” she exclaimed. “If you don’t, I certainly will. Did you seehiseyes?”
Her incisors threatened to descend, making her not able to speak as she tried to get control of herself. A deep dark emotion swirled around in her chest. Never had she experienced this type of sensation before. Is this jealousy? She couldn’t believe it, but right now, she wanted to reach across the table and snatch her friend’shairout.
“I don’t know…” she started to say, while all the girls at the tableprotested.
“When was the last time you’ve gone on an actual date?” Robin asked, earning herself a scowl fromNadira.
“How about got laid?” Lisachimedin.
“It’s been a minute…” she started to answer. Glancing over, she could see that he was making his way over to their table, leaving his friend at the checkoutcounter.
“Oh, no! He’s coming!” she squealed, not knowing if she should flee or hide under the table. The girls laughed at her, enjoying her squirming inherseat.
She had never had this reaction to a guy. Sure, she had dated before and even had sex, but she never had a heart stopping, no one else was around, you were the only two in the world, moment like this before. Just looking at him took her breath away. She flushed slightly, sensing her panties becoming damp, watching him walk towards her. His eyes didn’t leave hers as he drew closertoher.
Could he be herFatedMate?
Almost four hundred years old, she always dreamed of finding her one true love. Her parents were Fated Mates and had been together for over five hundred years. She had longed to find her mate, someone she could spend alleternitywith.
“Good morning, ladies.” His voice was deep and sensual, causing her to close her eyes for a second before opening them, finding that his attention wasonher.
“Well, good morning to you!” Anika, ever the flirt, said. Between the two of them, Anika was the outgoing one, not afraid to say anything to anyone, while Nadira was more quiet andreserved.
He barely acknowledged the others at the table; his eyes locked on Nadira. “Hi, good morning,” she said softly, pushing her deep brown hair that escaped her bun behindherear.
“I’m Zac Cooper,” he offered his hand with a smile. “But my friends call meCooper.”
She looked around at the girls quickly; their eyes were glued to the two of them before she took his hand. His large hand engulfed hers, sending a tingling sensation up her arm. She sniffed a little, noticing that he washuman.
“I’m Nadira Olaru and my friends call me Nadira,” she cringed on the inside at how corny that sounded. He smiled, showing perfect teeth, causing her heart to stutter. She was absolutely mesmerized by him and wouldn’t be able to look away from his mocha-colored eyes if rogue vampires attacked her. Her eyes zeroed in on the pulse beating rapidly at the base ofhisneck.
Good, he was affected bythistoo!
Her incisors broke through her gums slightly. She had to concentrate to get them to draw back up into her gums. The urge to sink her fangs in him and draw his thick warm blood into her throat suddenly overwhelmed her. The warm masculine scent of him surrounded her, enhancing the call of his blood, making it harder for her to remain in her chair. One of them was going to have to leave soon, before she did something that would shock her friends and everyone in thediner.
“So what are beautiful women like yourselves doing in a diner in the middle of the night?” he asked, smiling at everyone at thetable.
Did someone seriously just let outasigh?
“We just got off work and these three gals, just left partying to meet us for breakfast,” Anika said. “Would you and your friend like to join us? I’m sure that we can make room at our table.” Anika said, looking over at his friend at thecounter.
“I would love to, but can’t right now. On duty,” he pointed to his badge that hung aroundhisneck.
“Both of you are cops?” Lisa asked batting hereyelashes.
“Detectives. My partner over there is Sam Colsten,” he said, nodding over to his partner who held up his coffee cup in greeting when all of their eyes turned in hisdirection.
“I hope you don’t think me bold, but I would love to call you sometime,” he said turning his brown eyes back to Nadira. His lopsided grin sent a tingle to her core. She clamped her legs togetherquickly.
Someone at the table delivered a hefty kick to her left shin, bumping the table. Nadira hid her grimace behind her smile as she nodded her head. “Sure, that would be nice.” He pulled out his cell phone while she rattled her number off to him. He gave her his inreturn.
His phone beeped, signaling a text at the same time as his partner’s went off. “Duty calls. I’ll call you soon,” he said with a wink before turning to jog out of the restaurant behind hispartner.
“OH. MY. GOD!” Melhowled.
The girls laughed at her as her face flushed from embarrassment. She’s excited too, seeing how her body responded to him. She never dated a human before; how will she explain her special diet or her sensitivity to light, and that she just happened to be a vampireprincess?
