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bedroom as near as I could tell, leaving the lights on and the TV blaring. 
    I followed along, turning things off so it wouldn’t stand out as too strange.  By the time I reached his bedroom, he was already lying face down on the bed, snoring softly.  Tugging off his shoes, I left him like that, turning off the light.  As an afterthought, I went back and took one of his t-shirts and a pair of jeans from the dresser by the door for Rob to change into later.    
    I felt strong and whole, more like myself with my legs working properly again.  I was fairly confident I could keep Rob from hurting Laveda and keep from taking a bite myself once her blood was spilled, like I’d planned.  So why then did I hesitate at Laveda’s door?
    Because I was a big fat coward.  Not that there was any going back at this point, not if I wanted Rob to live.  But after he did this... our relationship was about to change, forever.  We would be joined by a bond greater than any I’d felt before, even greater than my ties to Jakob, because I’d never loved my Sire the way I loved Rob.  It might be wonderful, but I couldn’t trust that, not with how many ways my life had turned to suck since I’d first woken up in the morgue.  The first time – you know what I mean. 
    Then again, I never would’ve met Rob at all if I hadn’t been dumped in the middle of vampire intrigue central.  Maybe we could make it work?  He was better prepared for it than most.  I only hoped Jakob didn’t go completely ballistic.  But then I remembered that it was his fault for keeping us in the dark about Lodinn for so long and I realized I didn’t care.  Whether he accepted us as a couple or not, he had to acknowledge the ties I had to Rob now as his Sire.  Maybe this could be a good thing after all?
    I barged in without knocking, glad to find Rob sitting patiently on the sofa, his eyes at half mast as though exhausted until he caught sight of me. 
    “Everything go fine?” he asked.
    “Smooth as silk,” I replied, glad to be able to say so with no reservations.  “Where’s Laveda?”
    “Shower.”  His head jerked toward the bathroom.  “She got all bent when I told her she smelled of two minute noodles and beer.”
    “That wasn’t a very diplomatic thing to say,” I frowned, plopping onto the couch beside him.
    “It was all I could think of to get her out of here.  Her pulse was driving me to drink.”
    I could relate.  “Ah, well then, that was extremely diplomatic of you.  I approve.”
    “What’s this?”  His hand tugged at an orange smear at the bottom of my shirt.
    “Oh.  Cheeto dust.  Trust me, you don’t want to know.”  I grimaced, wishing I’d thought to steal a t-shirt for myself.  Maybe Laveda had something I could change into later.   “Are you sure you’re ready for this?” 
    “As I’m going to be,” he answered honestly enough.
    “I’m sorry it had to be this way.  I wish…”
    Laveda came striding into the room in a cloud of cucumber melon steam.  “There now, fresh as a daisy,” she beamed.  Now she smelled like a delicious Spring salad on top of her natural scent.  Cool beans.  It was time to get the show on the road before I lunged for her myself.
    “Let’s get this started, shall we?” I suggested, holding my breath as I strode past her.  “We should do this in the bedroom, I think.”
    “You want us in bed together?”  Laveda’s lips pursed into a speculative grin and I started to understand some of Rob’s frustration with her sense of humor.
    “No, but Rob will be more comfortable there after I pull him off of you,” I clarified.  Plus, it was all the better to be closer to the bathtub when I needed it.  While I thought of it, I drew a bit of cool water into the claw foot tub and helped myself to a stack of fluffy towels from a rack hanging over the toilet, placing them on the edge of the counter, at the ready. 
    “I think we’re good in there, we’d better