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the infrequent quiet moments when they came along.
    When some of the band and employees began to leave, Caleb perked up, keeping an eye out for Abby. He'd watched the waitresses and other band members trickle out, but after fifteen more minutes he still saw no sign of Abby.
    Nor Brian.
    He pushed off the tree he'd been lounging against as the door opened once again and tinkling laughter spilled out along with two figures shrouded in shadows. Immediately Caleb sensed the male as a supernatural. Brian . The couple remained wrapped up in each other and oblivious to him as they made their way across the parking lot.
    A red haze of anger settled over Caleb’s vision at the thought of Abby hanging on the bastard vampire or his hands touching any part of her perfect skin. One wrong move on the other man’s part and Caleb wouldn’t hesitate to rip his throat out. Muscles bunched in his neck and shoulders as the urge to attack his own kind swept through him. Mine. Mine .
    As the couple walked into the golden glow of the parking spotlight, his vampire senses told him it wasn't Abby. The slash of vibrant red hair of the girl with Brian looked like a girl he'd seen hanging around backstage earlier. Some of the tension seeped from Caleb, although his instincts still told him something was definitely off.
    Where is Abby?
    Without warning, a vibrating, buzzing noise emanated from the couple as they both began digging through their belongings.
    Brian pulled a cell phone out of his pocket first and flipped it open. “Yeah.” Even with his sharpened hearing, Caleb couldn't pick up the other end of the conversation, but the quick change in Brian's body language put him on high alert. “Don't worry. Everything will be fine. She's all taken care of.”
    Caleb's mind screamed with the implications of that last statement. What she? Was he referring to the redhead or Abby?
    “I'm on my way now.” Brian clicked his phone closed and turned back to the girl. “Get in the car now.” The not-so-subtle change in Brian's appearance and manner worried Caleb. Torn between following the vampire and finding Abby, he watched the couple climb into a dusty old pickup truck parked at the far corner of the lot. For thirty seconds he debated whether to follow them. His gut told him there would be trouble tonight, but leaving Abby unprotected at this point simply wasn't an option. With a final glance over his shoulder at the vehicle speeding out of the parking lot, Caleb strode to the door.

 
    Chapter Two
     
    The bastard! Sometime between when she’d arrived for her shift and when she’d finished singing her first song, she’d obviously lost her mind. He'd felt her up, kissed her senseless and gotten her nearly on her knees panting for him during her break. Who knew what might have happened back there if she hadn't had another set to complete. She’d allowed him to draw her into a sensual haze in the blink of an eye and barely a protest. Abby tapped her nails on the bar in front of her while she struggled to make sense of her reaction. There was the obvious element of lust he’d inspired in her, but that sounded lame even in her own mind. Her job kept her in contact regularly with some of the hottest cowboys in the county and she’d never lost her common sense with any of them.
    For several minutes after their encounter she’d allowed herself to believe something special had happened between them. Until not five minutes later, the coward had slipped out the side door without even a glance in her direction. Now Abby admitted that she’d probably made a huge mistake in allowing someone she didn’t know anything about to get that close.
    Cest La Vie.
    “Another tequila, Danny,” she hollered down the bar to the bartender, who was leaning into the other waitress’s nearly exposed tits.
    She'd had enough. Sick of being alone, Abby had given into the need Caleb had awakened in her, letting him touch her in places she had no idea how long since