” He overcame her, pressing her against the cold, rough concrete wall. He pinned her there with the weight of his body and rubbed her clitoris vicio...sly, his hot breath pouring down her neck. She breathed heavily and moaned when he thrust his fingers into her. She enjoyed the roughness of the concrete wall against her back, but its chill made her shiver. He quickly noticed, pulling her away from the wall. He pressed her back to his chest, still rubbing his fingers vigorously against her. In the sudden silence we heard the wail of an ambulance, and a helicopter clattered overhead. Alex had picked up a piece of the broken chair and was beating the man with it and screaming something in Thai. Dao said, “She’s asking him where Areeya is.” The door handle rattled, and I pointed the rifle at the door, my finger on the trigger. I would take this one out if he came through the door. “It’s me, Shane, open the door.”I almost collapsed with relief and unlocked the door. He pulled up as he. That was his job, find out all you can to keep your people alive. He thumbed through the titles on the shelf, muttering to himself. His fingers paused on a cover … one he hadn’t seen before. The title was in Saxon runes and he grabbed it and pulled it from the shelf to look at it, flipping the cover open to look it over. It was a chronology of vampire bloodlines. What the heck was it doing in Barnes and Noble? He flipped back to the front to see if there was any printing information. There was. So when I got home for the summer, all de-virginized, horny and full of fantasies, and Mark asked me to house sit while he went away on business, it seemed like a sign from the heavens. Mark was going to be gone for a week.He gave me the key and a slightly lingering hug that was more than a bit uncomfortable on my end, and then he was gone leaving me alone in his house. I told myself that I wasn't just here to ride the Sybian. I didn't even know if I could get into the room. So I wandered.