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break-in. By
eleven p.m.
, neck and back muscles aching from bending over the counter for hours and a nauseous hollow feeling eating away at her stomach, Bethany finally decided it was time to quit. "Mr. Yarbro , I think I'm ready to call it a night."
    The bodyguard nodded and together they left the building. As she walked to the parking garage several blocks away, Bethany felt like she was being watched. A flash of something across the street caught her eye and she looked to see what it was.
    A couple of men, their backs to her, stumbled into the open alleyway, at least one of them too drunk to stand on his own. She thought the dark coat of the man supporting him looked familiar and felt her heart lurch in hopeful anticipation.
    A touch at her elbow dragged her attention away. "Ms. Stavinoski , we really should keep moving."
     
    Bethany glanced at Mr. Yarbro's profile as his eyes kept a constant surveillance of their surroundings. His caution reminded her of just how surreal her situation was. She glanced back down the alley and, seeing that the men were gone, allowed Mr. Yarbro to steer her toward the garage. She silently chided herself for silly daydreams that conjured up images of Dirk Adams everywhere she looked.
    Dirk held the dead vampire up against the building behind the trash Dumpster where they were well hidden from view. He counted to ten and then to twenty, resisting the temptation to lean out far enough to catch one more glimpse of Bethany Stavinoski .
    Letting her see him wouldn't do any good and might even prove disastrous. She might wonder why he was following her and he didn't want to tell her that her human bodyguard couldn't keep her safe. Neither could he tell her that she was being stalked by vampires—she'd think he was a nutcase.
    She was observant, though, which was more than he could say for her bodyguard. At least, he assumed that's who the joker in the monkey suit was. The man had been totally unaware of the vampire shadowing them for half a block. If Dirk hadn't been there to eliminate the threat, there was no telling what might have happened.
    He let the body of the creature slide to the ground, the small wood stake barely visible in the vampire's chest. Pushing the body out of sight behind the Dumpster, he left the alley and headed for his Expedition. With luck, he'd have the body loaded and be waiting to follow Bethany and her bodyguard when they pulled out of the  garage. After tonight, there was no doubt in Dirk's mind that he needed to keep an eye on her—even if he did it from afar.
    Bethany went into the lab late the next afternoon to run her experiments. Miles had offered to pull a couple of college students off another project to assist her, but she wasn't sure she wanted to involve anyone new on the project, even if it meant having to spend a little more time in the lab herself. At least this way, she knew the experiments would be done correctly.
Not
that she was a control freak, as Miles liked to imply.
    As they had the night before, she and Mr. Yarbro parked in the garage and walked to the research building. Bethany again felt as if she was being watched and fought the urge to turn around for as long as she could. When she did finally glance behind her, she noticed one man in particular among the other pedestrians.
    He wore a familiar black duster over dark clothes and had shaggy blond hair. His dark sunglasses prevented her from seeing his face well enough to tell if it really was Dirk Adams, but she felt almost positive it was.
    "Is there a problem?"
    She glanced up at her bodyguard and considered pointing out the man she thought might be Dirk, but then changed her mind. "No, no problem."
    She allowed him to lead her away, but after walking about ten yards, she glanced back again. The man was gone and for some reason she found that even more disturbing.
    Her thoughts remained on him all the way to the Van Home building and as soon as she entered the lab, she crossed to the