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help from that quarter.
    Great. Her date was star-struck. Apparently even lawyers weren’t immune to vampire glamour.
    “His brother is marrying my cousin. I’m planning the wedding.”
    “Wow. That’s great.”
    Howard got to his feet as Basil approached. Cora folded her arms, stayed seated and glared.
    “Cora, my sweet, I was looking for you.”
    Before she could protest at being called his sweet anything, the vampire wrapped an arm around her waist and all but dragged her out of her seat, scooped her clutch off the table and shoved it into her hands.
    He gave Howard a patently fake apologetic look. “Sorry about your date but I need to talk to Cora now. Wedding plans, you know. Have a good night.”
    Without giving Cora a chance to object, he ushered her out of the restaurant. “Where’s your little car?”
    “What makes you think I didn’t come here with Howard?”
    “I met Howard…it’s your first date… You’d make sure you had an exit strategy.”
    “You could just fly back to where you came from,” she offered sweetly.
    “Car.”
    Cora sighed. “Over there.” She pointed out where she’d parked in a well-lit area.
    “Good girl.” His hand was still wrapped around her waist as they walked to the vehicle.
    “Why are you here again?”
    “Because you left without saying goodbye.”
    Cora laughed. “Seriously. Were your big bad vampire feelings hurt?” What was really going on here? “Did my cousin send you to check on me?”
    “No. I came to check on you myself. Let’s get you home. I’m sure you have a lot to do tomorrow.”
    She stopped outside her car, key in hand. “I’m almost certain I can make it home without your personal escort. I’ve been doing it for years.”
    “Badly from what Melinda says,” Basil responded, unperturbed by her ire.
    “You can leave now! Go fly back home, little birdy.” She made a shooing motion with her hands in case he didn’t get the point.
    “I think as future in-laws we should get to know each other better.”
    “Your brother is marrying my cousin. We’re not exactly going to be close.”
    “Oh, I think we’re going to be real close.” Basil pressed her against her car. “In fact, I think we’re going to be as close as two people can possibly be.”
    Cora sucked in a breath as Basil’s tall, lean body propped her smaller frame against the car. Miles of muscles slid across her softer form. His hard, firm chest rubbed her breasts, making her body heat with desire. She barely resisted the urge to grind against him. In the little black dress she wore, that action would make her boobs pop out to greet him. She had little confidence in the built-in bra keeping her in place.
    “I wouldn’t mind if they greeted me,” Basil said, his eyes glowing with a green supernatural fire. He slid his fingers into Cora’s hair, tilted her head up and placed the softest kiss she’d ever received on her lips. Strange emotions filled her. The need to jump up and wrap her legs around him burned through her like a raging wildfire.
    I want him.
    The thought brought her up short, snapping her out of the cocoon of lust Basil had cast about her. Cora had never been one of those people who found the idea of a vampire lover particularly attractive. With a hard shove she pushed him away from her.
    Unprepared for rejection the vampire stumbled backwards.
    “You keep your vampire tricks to yourself,” Cora snarled. Quickly deactivating her alarm, she opened the door, shoved the key in the ignition and started the car. Without another look at the vampire king, she peeled out of the parking lot. “Damn, sneaky vampire.”
    She knew he could’ve recovered enough to chase her but for some reason Basil let her escape. Tomorrow she’d call Melinda and tell her she wasn’t going to organise the wedding. Her aunt could do with Cora what she wanted but there was no way she was going back into that dark castle with its vampire king.

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    “She’s immune,”