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Dominic, wondering if he knew who the killer was. How many vampiric creatures hidden under the cover of night stalked new victims? Never in a millennium did I realize chasing after a cute guy late at night would turn into a sinister game of chance. “All right, well, I’ve got school tomorrow, so—”
    “Did you need me to come over and tuck you in?”
    “No!” My heart thudded. “I mean, nobody’s done that to me since I was little. I am seventeen.”
    “It was a figure of speech, dear. I didn’t want you to be afraid to be by yourself.”
    I was losing it. Slowly, I let out my breath. “No, I’ll be fine.”
    “Okay, then, Marissa. Call me when you get home from school tomorrow. Goodnight, dear.”
    “Night, Aunt Betsy.” I hung up the phone, worried I’d made a grave mistake by inviting Dominic into my parents’ home. What was worse, I now knew he could read my thoughts!
    “Most of the time, Marissa.” Dominic rubbed his smooth chin, his face an emotionless mask. “Sometimes, when you’re stressed, your thoughts get a little jumbled and it’s hard to read them.”
    I groaned, my mind shifting through a million different notions. What in the world had I been thinking of him? My cheeks heated when I considered him being stripped naked. Never had I seen a boy naked before, well, except for Cousin Jimmy, but he was only an infant and Aunt Betsy was changing his diaper and…
    Dominic grinned.
    My body temperature grew to sauna levels, and I folded my arms in exasperation. “Quit reading my thoughts!”
    “Sorry. I can’t help myself.” He cocked a brow, devilishly sensual and totally unnerving.
    “Can you read Kate’s?”
    He shook his head. “No. I can read only yours. That’s why I know you’re the one for me.”
    Great. Most of the time I could control my tongue, but my thoughts, too? It would be like walking along the edge of a crumbling cliff. Unless I was stressed out an awful lot, I’d have to start curbing my thoughts around him. Then I considered what my aunt had said. “Did you hear how there have been several killings in the area?”
    “Yes. When you thought about your aunt’s comments, I read your mind. You wondered if I had anything to do with them. I did not. The only one I’ve fed off is Lynetta. Until she’s turned me completely, I’m not supposed to feed off anything or anyone else.”
    “Anything else?”
    “Mammals. Anything with warm, red blood.”
    My stomach churning, I made a face. “And me?”
    “I’ll bond to you instead. Since you are truly my intended, she won’t be able to break us apart once we’ve bonded.”
    I walked into the living room and collapsed on the soft blue velvet sofa. The ceiling fan spun around overhead, the way my mind was spinning. Motioning to the couch, I offered for Dominic to take a seat. “Is that all there is to it?”
    To my guarded relief, he kept a pillow’s distance between us when he sat down next to me. I still wasn’t sure I trusted him.
    For a moment, he stared at the fireplace mantle covered with family pictures, then he turned to me. “You have to kill her. It’s the only way to release me from her grasp permanently.”
    My mouth dropped open. Sure, the sick creature appeared evil to the core, and sure, I thought we’d all be better off if she disappeared from the earth forever, but I had to kill her? With mediocre witch’s skills, not even a sliver of the vamp’s physical strength, and not half as fearless as the wicked creature—I had to kill her? Dominic couldn’t have surprised me any more if he’d told me that he wasn’t my supposed lifemate but my long lost brother instead.
    He smiled.
    I frowned, wishing he’d quit reading my mind, at the same time chiding myself for not remembering to watch my thoughts better. “You didn’t tell me that part.” I wondered how in the world I’d gotten myself into this mess. No, Kate. After all, she was the one who made me chase after Dominic in the first place. As