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nothing but a lot of fun and five had taken too long and she’d been too exhausted to enjoy the aftermath.
    The third time she’d killed her quad was when she’d seen Gregory. He’d been on the case with some other detectives , or back then they’d simply been cops. And he’d been so nice to her when she’d told him what she’d “ witnessed ” that she’d made sure over the years that he’d get a call either from her or another person she’d made call him so she could see him again. She wished he hadn’t gotten old , but it wasn’t until recently that she realized she could have changed him into what she was and he would have been around for a lot longer. Now , he was old and dying and she was getting bored with him.
    As the sun started to rise Theresa thought of the scent she’d picked up in the bar and wondered who it had been. She thought that she’d go back there tomorrow and sniff around and see what she could find. Maybe she’d be able to find whoever it had been in the room by following its trail. Smiling at the prospect of finding the scent she closed her eyes just as the sun crested the horizon. Theresa was out before the sun was much more than a bright spot in the sky.

Chapter 4
     
    Holly woke with the sun streaming through the windows. She couldn’t believe that she’d forgotten to close the curtains again and started to get up. She realized several things almost at once.
    First , she was naked. That wasn’t really a big thing , but on a scale of one to ten on her what the hell happened last night scale , it rated about a five. The second thing was that she was sore. Sore in places she’d…well, with the naked factor right there , being naked and sore gave her enough of a pause to bring the first score up a notch or two. But what was freak ing her the hell out was the huge arm around her waist. The one that was currently pulling her back into the bed and growling at her. Then he spoke.
    “I didn’t get back in until just a few hours ago. If you go back to sleep now I’ll make it worth your while later after I’ve had another hour sleep.”
    Her heart started pounding in her chest and when he slid his very naked leg up and over hers , she nearly swallowed her tongue. But she had to be sure. And closing her eyes so she could think without screaming she turned slightly before speaking.
    “Phil?” He growled again. “Phil, what the hell are you doing in my bed and where…oh my fucking —w e had sex.” She started to pull away again.
    “Yes , we did. And , if you’re a good girl, we’ll have it a lot more. Just not right now. I went back to the bar to see if I could figure out what it was that— ”
    She leapt from the bed and then jumped back when she remembered her lack of attire. “Where are my clothes? We can’t be…what are you doing here? And the bar? I don’t remember meeting you for— ”
    Then it hit her. Not in a gentle, bits and pieces , sort of slow move through her brain , but a full on assault. Blood and her target. The arm that had landed only inches from where she sat. Phil taking her to this room quickly, so quickly that she’d buried her face in his neck so that she wouldn’t get sick seeing everything blur by them. She pulled the blanket up over her head and waited for something, anything to tell her it was a dream.
    “It wasn’t. A dream. Those people were killed by… Holly, honey , please don’t cry.” She hadn’t realized she had been until he’ d said it. “Come on , sweetheart, let me hold you. It’ll be al l right. I’ve got you now.”
    “How will it be al l right? Did they catch that…that thing that did that to them ? Oh Phil, those poor people. What did that to them?” She wrapped herself around him when he pulled her closer. “I was sitting right there. I could have been kil— ”
    “No. Don’t think like that. You were there , but the person had already killed a woman and you were not what it was looking for anyway. She…I