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to take care of Hargrove. He’s a pain in the ass.”
    Desiree winked at
Sherry. “I took care of Hargrove. He can’t hurt any of us ever again.”
    “Did you kill him?”
    Desiree laughed harder
at Sherry’s reaction. “No, I turned him into the rat he is, and I put a twist
on the spell to make it permanent.”
    “So, what did you do
after the vampire clan carted the others off?”
    Desiree opened her
mouth to answer when there was a pounding on the front door. She shut her mouth
and looked at Mica, puzzled. “Does anyone know you’re back?”
    He shrugged. “Maybe it’s
Caleb.” He stood up from the couch. “I’ll be right back.”
    They both watched him
walk to the front door. “He’s hot,” Sherry whispered to Desiree.
    “You don’t have to
whisper,” Desiree chuckled. “He can hear you perfectly, so don’t say anything
to me now that you don’t want him to hear.”
    Sherry flushed in
embarrassment. “He heard that?”
    Mica laughed and said,
“Yes, he did.”
    She rolled her eyes.
“Give a girl a little warning next time.” Desiree laughed again.
    Mica opened the door
and stared in disbelief.
    “Hello Mica. Aren’t you
going to let me in?”

Chapter Three

 
    Mica opened the door
wider and stepped aside. “Come in.” His voice held a hint of caution. “In the
past when you wanted to see me, you always sent one of your lackeys. What’s the
big emergency that you thought you had to come personally?”
    Drake raised an eyebrow
at his tone. “Hello to you too.” His voice held just
as much sarcasm. “Actually, I came to see Desiree.”
    Desiree jumped up from
the couch to defuse the situation developing at the front door. “It’s Drake,” she
whispered to Sherry. “I’ll be right back.” She hurried to the front door.
    Up to this point Sherry
had been listening to Desiree’s story with an open mind, but her mind still
held some doubts as to what she could logically accept to be real. The idea of
a genuine vampire clan and shape shifters living in New Orleans seemed a little
farfetched to her. Her mind still rejected the idea, and she would have to be
convinced that all this was real, but for the moment, she wouldn’t argue the
points with her friend.
    She stood and faced the
front door. The new visitor, Drake, now commanded all her attention. In her
mind, another powerful god had just suddenly appeared from nowhere, and she felt
a sudden, instant attraction. She didn’t see anything she didn’t like—she admired
every detail. He had long raven-black hair, piercing, hypnotic blue eyes, high
cheekbones, a straight nose, a firm square jaw, and a strong sensual mouth. He
didn’t tower over Mica, but he was certainly his equal. Her eyes traveled the
length of his strong, muscular body. When her gaze finally made it back up to
his strikingly handsome face, their eyes locked and he smiled. She caught her
breath at being caught staring, but she couldn’t summon the will to look away.
    “Drake—Drake!” Desiree snapped her fingers a couple of times in
front of his face, with no reaction. Looking up at Mica, she shrugged, crossed
her arms over her chest, and cleared her throat loudly. “Earth to Drake,” she remarked
sarcastically. When he still didn’t respond, she turned to follow the direction
of his gaze and saw Sherry. She looked back up at Mica and blew out a
frustrated breath. “This is great—just great.” Slamming her hands on her hips,
she stepped in front of him, successfully blocking his view of Sherry. She
locked eyes with him. “You can’t have my friend,” she remarked firmly.
    He crossed his arms
over his chest and cocked an eyebrow at her. “You are in a bold mood today,” he
growled.
    Mica grabbed her by the
arm and tucked her protectively behind him. She tried to step around him, but
he held her back. She poked her head around his shoulder. “I mean it Drake. You
can’t have my friend.”
    “Desiree!” Mica snapped
in a harsh whisper.
    “Mica, I