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her get in and roar away before he returned to the house.
    Adrian, Brandi, and Conner were alone in the living room.
    Adrian rose from the loveseat. “Does she understand we’re not having any shit from her where Rayna is concerned?”
    The question revived Jayvyn’s annoyance. “She was a guest, Adrian.”
    “Does she understand, Jayvyn or do I need to visit her and make it clear?” He bared his incisors. “She’s only been a fem for fifteen years, Adrian. There’s no need for you to terrorize her.”
    “Then see that she understands that neither she nor Eliza will be allowed to terrorize Rayna.”
    “I think both you and Conner made yourself crystal clear.” He turned and stalked from the room. In the hallway, He ran up the staircase to his suite.
    “Uncle Jay?”

    “Uncle Jay?”
    He turned with his hand on the doorknob.
    Rayna walked down the hall from her suite near the top of the staircase. “I’m sorry. I’ll call Toni tomorrow and apologize.”
    He sighed and placed his palm against her cheek. “Don’t you ever tire of wrapping us around your finger?” She took his hand in both of hers before she kissed his palm. “I hate the way she allows Eliza to control her.”
    “Rayna, Eliza is her master. Of course she controls her.”
    “And tries to control you through her.”
    “What?”
    “She only turned Toni in an effort to control who you sleep with while she’s sleeping her way back and forth across the world. What kind of person would turn another woman into a vampire just so she could try to control you from afar?”
    “I have news for you, honey, what Eliza did to Toni isn’t that unusual for vampires.”
    “That’s not something you would do.”
    He shrugged. “Never mind that. I need you to stay out of my personal life.”
    “You’re all over mine,” she protested.
    “I’m your uncle. I would be remiss if I weren’t.”
    “I’m not a child, Uncle Jay.”
    “Remember that the next time you feel the need to be uncivil to a guest in this house. Adults should treat guests in their home with a certain level of civility.”
    “You’re right. I was unforgivably rude. Now please, Uncle Jay. Please don’t take out your displeasure with me on Cayenne. She’s a good woman who needs a little help getting away from that unscrupulous ex of hers.”
    “Leave it alone, Rayna.”
    “Uncle Jay!”
    “Leave it, Rayna!” He sucked in a quick breath and then caressed her cheek to take some of the sting out of his tone. Without waiting for her response, he opened his suite door and stepped inside. Feeling tense, he undressed and took a long shower.
    The cool water cascading over his head did little to ease his tension or sexual frustration. He closed his eyes and allowed his thoughts to turn to the only woman he’d ever loved, his little brown reed. Losing her had ripped his heart out and shredded it into pieces so small he knew that even if he hadn’t become a vampire, he could never love another woman as he’d loved her.
    The day he’d lost her, he’d also lost his future prospects. No matter how Rayna plotted and connived, there would never be another wife or kids for him. Feeling weighed down by his grief, he turned off the water and stepped out of the shower.
    After he dried off, he walked into his bedroom. An envelope lay on his pillow with Uncle Jay written on the front.
    He crossed the room to pick up the envelope. Inside was a three by five card with Cayenne’s full name, address, and phone numbers on it.
    Damn, it would be a cold day in hell when Rayna stopped trying to get her way. The remnants of annoyance vanished. She could be trying at times but he wouldn’t trade her for a hundred more malleable women.
    He dried off and stretched out naked on his bed. When he closed his eyes, a picture of Cayenne Pepper seemed imprinted on his eyelids. Damn. His eyes snapped open. He’d need to be careful or he’d find himself roped and bound like Adrian. And like Adrian, he’d