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before I pulled away with a smile. “I had a great time tonight. Thanks for the gondola ride, and teaching me how to play the hooker card game.”
    He wagged his eyebrows at me. “You still have a lot to learn about the hooker card game. Maybe I can teach you more next time?”
    “I’d love that.” I’d love a whole lot more next times.
    “Can I see you again tomorrow?”
    “Yes.” Sure, I’d come here hoping to reconnect with Tristan. But Blade was real, fun, and oh yeah, actually interested in me.
    He lightly put his hands on my face and smiled. My heart pounded. I slipped my hands around his waist and looked up at him smiling down at me. He tipped my chin up and kissed me softly, almost unsure if I’d accept as his lips grazed mine.
    Thank God I had the car behind me and Blade in front of me. My whole world swam as he deepened the kiss. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me in close to his body. I gasped when he let me go.
    “Good night, Callie.”
    I stood outside the hotel, slightly shell-shocked from kissing Blade, and watched him drive away. It was the nicest time I’d had so far in Las Vegas.

Chapter Five
    Molly purred to a stop in front my hotel shortly before ten the next morning. “So what do you have planned?” I asked, slipping into the passenger seat after giving Blade a quick peck as he held the door open for me
    “Are you up for a little adventure?” Blade wore Ray Ban sunglasses and an army green T shirt. This was the first time I’d seen him in daylight, I realized. His skin seemed a little tanner and his hair a little blonder.
    “Sure. As long as I’m back by about sixish. Keisha and I made plans with Janelle and Amanda.”
    “Off vampire hunting?” He teased.
    “I don’t know. Maybe.” We hadn’t bought tickets to any of the shows in advance, not realizing how hard it would be to get in.
    “Ugh. All those girls are trying to screw Tristan Trevosier. And if they’re cute enough, they’ll succeed.”
    My breath caught in my chest hear Blade say Tristan’s name, especially to hear him talk like that.
    “Don’t go,” he said. “Stay with me. I promise you’ll have a better time.”
    Blade was just what I needed to distract me from thinking about Tristan, but even he couldn’t totally derail me from my mission. “Believe me, you make a tempting offer, but if I know Keisha, she’ll start to complain she’s forgotten what I look like.”
    More than anything, I wanted to talk to Janelle to see what she knew about the band. All I ever saw was reports of Tristan at these wild parties, trashing hotel rooms, and getting into trouble. I needed to know what was true and what was made up for their TV show. Then maybe one of these days I could stop worrying about him.
    “I get it. Got to keep the family happy.” Blade sighed playfully as he pulled on the highway and headed south.
    Outside of the city was so desolate. The houses and strip malls thinned and gave way to craggy red rock striped with ancient water lines, scrub brush, and miles and miles of sand.
    “So where does this adventure lead to? I feel like we’re headed into Arizona.”
    “Kinda,” he teased.
    “Kinda?” I wasn’t expecting to cross state lines.
    “Don’t worry; I’m not taking you out into the middle of the desert never to be seen again. I thought you might want to see a landmark that wasn’t attached to a slot machine.”
    “There is such a thing?”
    “Believe it or not, there is. I figured we’d head down to Boulder City and see the Hoover Dam.”
    Blade told me that Boulder City was one of the only cities in the state to prohibit gambling. Ironically, that seemed downright scandalous in such close proximity to Sin City. We wove through downtown, then down a steep hill towards a large blue lake with some sailboats bobbling along the shore.
    “Bet you didn’t think you’d see waterfront property today,” Blade joked.
    “That’s for sure. I can’t believe it’s big enough they