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grin. “Hello again. Thanks for coming.”
    Tamra nodded, her lips curving up even more. “I appreciate the offer. I…haven’t gotten out much lately.”
    “We’re glad to have you.”
    And I’ll be happier when I have you in my bed.
    As if she’d read his mind, her smile got the tiniest bit warmer.
    * * * * *
    “So, you actually saw My Chemical Romance?” Cat asked after she finally put her fork down. “How cool was that concert?”
    “They were great.” Tam’s tone held real enthusiasm, her tone lighter than Kyle had heard it all evening. “They performed at a college close to mine.”
    They’d sat at the table for the past hour, eating, talking.
    Kyle hadn’t said much, hadn’t wanted to get in Cat’s way. His daughter had a gift for drawing people out, getting them to talk. If they could get a word in edgewise. Cat had inherited her mother’s gift for gab as well as her Goddess Gift.
    “What college did you go to?”
    “ Drexell .” Tamra paused. “I still have a semester to finish but…I don’t know when I’m going to go back. So, where do you go to school, Cat?”
    “In my village. I live with my mom and my other dad there and we have our own school. It’s pretty specialized.”
    Kyle stilled. Cat knew better than to expose too much of their civilization to outsiders but his daughter had a huge soft spot for this wounded young woman. Who knew what she might reveal?
    “Like a charter school?”
    Cat nodded. “Yeah. I study horticulture mainly.”
    “Really? That sounds cool.”
    “It is. So what were you studying at college?”
    Tam paused and Kyle forced his expression to stay calm. He scented her hesitation, her anger and her pain over what she’d been forced to give up. Then he practically felt her force herself to relax.
    “Nursing. I plan to go back and finish my RN. I got my licensed practical degree as soon as I finished high school. My mom and I didn’t have a lot of money so I worked and put myself through the program. I finished in a year and a half and got a job right away. I always wanted to be a nurse, to be able to help people. By going for my LPN and then working on the registered nurse degree afterward, I could work as a nurse while I continued my studies.” She stopped and shrugged, as if embarrassed by her declaration. “I don’t just want to make money. When I was young, I wanted to be a writer but you can’t exactly make a living as a writer.”
    “What do you want to write?” Cat asked.
    Tamra’s soft laugh was at odds with her expression of equal parts yearning and embarrassment.
    “Romance. I love a story with a happy ending. Too bad real life isn’t more like that.”
     
    Tamra couldn’t believe she’d revealed her most secret desire to two people she’d only just met.
    But Cat was so easy to talk to. She had a way of making Tam feel safe enough to reveal at least a bit of herself.
    And Kyle… Kyle made her feel alive.
    As Cat and Kyle began to talk about books, Tam let herself really look at the man. She’d caught herself staring at him several times throughout dinner. And every time she’d had to tear her gaze away before he caught her.
    Her first impression of him as a hard-ass still held true. With the tattoos on his arms, the long dark hair and the hard features, he looked like a man a smart girl wouldn’t want to meet alone in a dark alley.
    Obviously, she wasn’t very smart because she wanted him in whatever dark corner she could find.
    Some of it had to do with the way he treated his daughter. When he looked at Cat, Tam saw his love for her in his eyes. Every word out of Cat’s mouth made him smile. He was proud of her. And he should be. The girl was amazing, able to hold an adult conversation without acting like a snot . And she was smart as hell.
    Tamra wanted to spend all night just sitting there, listening to them discuss everything from books and music to global warming.
    She joined in when she had something to say and they never