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don’t want to stop. I’ve been
stopping for so long. I wanted you to be absolutely sure … are you
sure, Chloe?”
    Finally.
Finally !
    I nodded and took his face
in my hands. “I have been sure, for a long time now. Don’t you ever think you are
taking advantage of me. I am yours. Do you hear me,” I leaned up to
give him another kiss, “I am yours.
    He fell down onto me, crushing our
lips together so that my last words were lost in our
kisses.
    ***
    I stared at my face in the mirror
above the bathroom sink. I looked the same as I did a few hours
ago, but I certainly didn’t feel the same.
    It’s so strange how something so very
common, that people do every day, can make a person feel so
different. The bathroom was still filled with steam from the shower
I’d just taken and I had a towel wrapped around my body. Drew had
gone back to his room to shower and get ready to head out into the
city.
    That was another thing. Normally I
wasn’t scared at all when we went out on missions, but this time, I
was pretty nervous for some reason. That wasn’t good for me. My
fire power sometimes acted up when I got scared or anxious. The
last thing I needed was to make any mistakes out there.
    I had to admit, though, I was curious
about these survivors.
    I hurried into the bedroom so that I
could throw on my jeans and a fresh tank top before meeting
everyone downstairs. Through the sheer window coverings I saw that
the sun had just slipped behind the trees leaving New Orleans in
that space between day and night, the time when the vampires
started to come out.
    I pleated my hair into two braids and
then strapped on all my weapons into their appropriate places. My
quiver went onto my back and I set my bow over my shoulder and then
I was ready.
    Everyone was already downstairs
waiting for me. It was a little embarrassing, since usually I was
one of the first ones ready to go out on missions.
    Anthony was joining us on our trip
into the city, so he was also dressed for battle. It was a little
strange seeing him with guns and knives decorating his body. I
suppose I thought of him as a super powerful vampire, not a guy who
needed weapons. He nodded to me as I descended the stairs, “Nice to
see you are going to join us, little Hunter.”
    I felt the blood rush to my face. I
don’t know why I was embarrassed, it was no big deal that I was
running late. I guess it just felt like everyone knew what I had
been doing a little while ago. I tried to shake it off. It wasn’t
like I was wearing a sign or anything. “Sorry, I didn’t wake up on
time.”
    “ All right,” Luke
addressed the group as I hit the landing, “Now that Chloe has
joined us, are we all set?”
    Christina adjusted her holster. “Let’s
do this!”
    Everyone agreed and headed for the
door. I caught sight of Drew and moved toward him, he threw his arm
around me as we passed over the threshold and out into the evening
heat, which was far more tolerable than it was during the early
afternoon hours.
    Alice moved ahead of us once we were
on the porch. Her blonde ponytail bobbing up and down over the
swords at her back. I couldn’t help but be proud of how far she had
come since I first met her at Trevor’s. She was a woman who had
been unsure of herself, who had lived a dependent life. Now, she
was a strong, independent woman who had found a purpose in life. I
glanced at Oscar, who was close at her side, and smiled. She had
also found someone who truly cared about her. They weren’t super
public about their relationship, but we all knew about it
anyway.
    Drew opened the back door of the
Escalade for me and leaned down to give me a quick kiss before I
got in. “You ready?” he whispered as he pulled away.
    I nodded, taking in every ounce of
affection from him. “Of course,” I grinned, “Aren’t I always ready
for hunting?” He grinned back at me and then I hopped up onto the
soft leather seats.
    Gavin slid into the car next to me.
His eyes were flicking