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hours and already you’re spinning spells.”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “Don’t play dumb with me. You disabled the cameras with your magic so no one could see what you were up to.”
    “Cameras?” She looked around the room. “You’re spying on us?”
    “Most places in Vamptown have surveillance cameras.”
    “Why?” she demanded.
    “For security reasons.”
    She didn’t like his answer and neither did Gram’s cat Morticia, who jumped onto the arm of the denim couch and hissed at him.
    “That your cat?” he asked.
    “Morticia is my grandmother’s cat. That’s my cat,” she said as she hurried to scoot Bella from the creamer she’d been sticking her paw in. Scooping Bella into her arms, Zoe glared at him. “I can’t believe you had the nerve to plant cameras in here. There has to be a law against that. Were you hoping to get some kind of kick out of watching the video?”
    “I don’t watch the video,” Damon said. “Someone else does.”
    “And that’s supposed to make me feel better?”
    “I don’t care how you feel,” Damon said.
    Morticia growled at him. Bella merely yawned. Zoe was well aware that her grandmother’s familiar was being more protective than her own.
    “What I care about is getting those camera feeds back online,” Damon continued.
    “Online? You mean you’re posting them on YouTube or something?”
    “They are linked to our neighborhood security system.”
    Zoe hugged Bella closer for protection. “I don’t like it.”
    “I don’t care.”
    “Does Nick know about this?”
    “Yes.”
    “What about Daniella?” Zoe asked. “Does she know, too?” Something made her add, “And what’s going on with the funeral parlor?”
    Moving with vamp speed, Damon pinned her and her cat against the wall. “What do you know about the funeral parlor?” he growled with clear menace.
    “Everything okay down here?” Gram asked from the stairway before joining them. “I see you met my cat Morticia.” She moved closer to run her fingers over the calico cat’s head.
    Damon stepped away from Zoe and turned to face Gram.
    “Wise move,” Bella muttered.
    He instantly turned to face Zoe. “What did you say?”
    “Nothing.” Leaning down, she whispered in Bella’s ear, “Behave.” She didn’t want Damon knowing that Bella could speak. Zoe’s general philosophy was that the less outsiders knew about her, the better. And that went double for vampires. Triple for Damon, in particular.
    “I expect you’re here about the cameras.” Gram sighed.
    Damon once again turned to face her. “What do you know about them?”
    “Don’t answer him, Gram,” Zoe said before stepping between them to protect her grandmother from any possible vamp wrath.
    “I’m assuming he already knows they’re not working at the moment,” Gram said.
    “And I want that rectified,” Damon said.
    “Haven’t you learned that you can’t always get what you want?” Zoe countered.
    Damon’s smile was sardonic. “Haven’t you learned that vampires always get what they want?”
    “No.”
    “Then consider this lesson number one,” Damon said. “I want those cameras working again right now, so remove whatever damn spell you put on them.”
    “It’s not that easy,” Gram said.
    “I still don’t know why you have cameras all over Vamptown. Are they in bathrooms, too? Bedrooms?” Zoe demanded.
    “That’s none of your business.”
    “Considering they might be in my bathroom or bedroom, I’d say it certainly is my business.”
    “We witches value our privacy,” Gram said. “That’s why I disabled the cameras as soon as I detected them. My decision. I’m sure you understand, Damon.”
    “I don’t give a damn that you value your privacy,” he said. “If you want to stay here, you will abide by our rules.”
    “And how many other outrageous rules are you going to come up with in your pitiful attempt to make us leave?” Zoe challenged him.
    “As many as it takes. Now get