but this time, she managed to keep her fingers to herself. Still, she itched to touch him so badly she had to dig her nails into her palms to keep herself restrained.

Her eyes fell to his mouth again. What does he taste like?

She couldn’t recall a time where she yearned to kiss someone as badly as him. There were plenty of boys in high school she’d kissed, and she’d made out with a couple of guys since moving to the city, but they were nothing serious. This would be more like…

Well, she had no idea what it would be like, but she was dying to find out.

“So, your brother also knows I’m not a killer, yet he’s still so friendly to me.”

“That’s because Kyle thinks all guys are like him,” she said as she met his dark chocolate eyes again.

“And what is he like?”

Cassidy glanced down to where Kyle flirted with a group of women who were hanging on his every word. The women all laughed as Kyle flashed them a devilish grin.

“He’s a bit of a… uh… free spirit when it comes to women.”

Her smile remained, but sadness now shone in her eyes. His impulse to comfort her was so fierce he had to flatten his palm on the bar to keep from touching her.

“I see,” Dante murmured as he memorized the curve of her cheekbones, full lips, and the heightened color lingering on her ivory skin.

When her eyes met and held his, her breath caught a little, and her cherry scent grew thicker on the air. He swore that scent was burrowing into his skin and branding itself onto his cells. For the rest of his life, and even if he never saw her again, he would remember her delicious aroma.

Was her skin as silky as it looked? Did those lips taste as sweet as he imagined they did? He was dying to know the answers to those questions. Though he had no intention of doing so, he took a step closer to her.

Inches separated their chests, but he was so close her next inhalation caused her breasts to brush against him. Dante froze as a red-hot poker of lust speared him. His cock hardened to the point of pain, and when her next inhalation brought her breasts into contact with him again, he felt the press of her nipples.

If they weren’t standing in a packed bar with her brother only feet away, he would have taken her right then, and he didn’t think she would stop him. As it was, the reminder of the crowd and her brother were barely keeping him restrained from fucking her on the bar.

He’d never felt almost animalistic with his need for someone before, but the vampire part of him craved her in a way it had never craved another. And he was sure it wouldn’t be satisfied until it had her.

“Cassidy!” Kyle called from the end of the bar.

It took far more effort than she anticipated, but she managed to tear her gaze away from Dante to focus on her brother. Kyle pointed at the clock on the wall.

“Oh!” she blurted. “I have to get back to work. My manager, Rick, freaks if we’re a minute late. I’ll go with you tomorrow night to find those vamp clubs. Mugs coffee shop is down the street; I’ll meet you there at six.”

Before he could reply, Cassidy turned and weaved her way through the tables. She called out hellos to some of the familiar faces before jogging up the steps to the stage. She tried not to think about her words to him. She’d never been the brazen type, but she couldn’t let him leave here tonight without knowing when she would see him again. It would drive her crazy.

These last two weeks were tumultuous enough without having to go through it all again. At least now she knew when and where she would see him next. However, there was the possibility he wouldn’t show up at the coffee shop.

She shoved aside that depressing possibility as she lifted her microphone from its stand and returned to the center of the stage. The buzz of the crowd died down, and she couldn’t stop herself from smiling as she gazed at the sea of faces. Excitement thrummed through her veins; this was where she belonged.

Something more than lust tugged at Dante as Cassidy’s face lit with joy and her eyes met his. A carefreeness came over him that he hadn’t experienced in years. It was as if the joy on her face lifted the massive weight he’d carried on his shoulders since Maya disappeared. Her happiness was his, and he grinned stupidly back at her.

Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes to calm herself as the opening notes of “Piano Man” filled the air. When she opened her eyes, the crowd faded away as she started singing.

Dante sipped his drink while he listened to the song and considered her final words to him. He knew which coffee place she was talking about; it was where he met Missy earlier. He would meet Cassidy there tomorrow, but she couldn’t go with him. He wouldn’t put her in jeopardy to find Julie.

Cassidy was starting another song when the door opened and the vampire couple Dante saw here a couple of weeks ago entered. The man’s eyes latched onto him almost immediately, and he drew the woman closer against his side.

The woman frowned at him before looking toward the bar, spotting Dante, and rolling her eyes. Dante couldn’t hear what she said, but the vamp didn’t relax as he glanced toward Cassidy and then Kyle.

When Dante finished his drink, he pushed the glass and some money toward the edge of the bar. He walked away from the bar and wound through the tables toward the front entrance. As he approached, the vampire remained by the door with his arm locked around the woman.

Dante was almost to the vamp when the man nudged the woman aside and stepped

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