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days we needed a sleepover that involved actually sleeping together—same room, same bed.
    I cleared my throat. “That’s nice of you to offer, but I have a lot of sleep and homework to catch up on.”
    Fane smiled slightly as though seeing right through my excuse.
    â€œI won’t bite this time.”
    My cheeks burned. I screwed up my face and scowled. Smug bastard.
    â€œHow’s your thigh?” he asked, eyes dropping to the tender spot near my groin.
    â€œHow’s your tongue?” I shot back. He’d bit it hard enough to draw blood.
    â€œAs good as new. See?” The fiend ran the tip over his upper lip.
    Rather than recoil with indignity, my body quivered in hunger. Blood cravings were one thing. Fane cravings were a hundred times more demanding. He had a knack for getting under my skin anytime he desired.
    Before I could respond, my phone rang.
    Relieved by interruption, I moved away from the heat surrounding Fane to fish my phone out of my pocket.
    â€œHello?”
    There was a moment’s pause. Fane raised one eyebrow.
    â€œYou wanted to speak with Dante,” Giselle said through the speaker.
    â€œYes,” I replied, my heart rate speeding in a new direction.
    â€œYou have one minute.”
    I held my breath. Was Giselle really going to let me talk to Dante?
    A door groaned open, followed by a low thump . The sound of creaky footsteps increased in volume until they stopped.
    â€œAurora?”
    Dante’s voice flooded me with relief.
    â€œDante! Are you okay? Has Giselle harmed you in any way?”
    Fane folded his arms and leaned back, watching me. I turned my back to him.
    â€œI’m okay,” Dante said solemnly.
    He didn’t sound okay. His voice was withdrawn and moody. Well, what did I expect? I’d feel the same way if I’d been imprisoned against my will. I thought he’d perk up a little if he heard my voice.
    â€œWe’re going to get you out of there. We’ll have Jared this Friday. Once we capture him I’ll demand an exchange.”
    â€œTommy,” Dante said as though he hadn’t listened to a word I’d just said.
    My chest tightened.
    â€œTell me you didn’t forget him.”
    Far from it. The golden retriever had been running around in my mind from the moment Melcher told Levi to scoop him up.
    â€œOf course not.”
    Dante breathed a sigh of relief. “I suppose I can hang tight a little longer, though the accommodations leave something to be desired.”
    â€œWhere is she keeping you?” I asked, eager to move away from the subject of Dante’s dog.
    â€œIn a basement with a vampire.”
    Oh god, if Gavin was locked up with someone he thought to be human…
    â€œHe hasn’t tried to…”
    â€œShe gives him plenty of blood,” Dante said. “The vamp’s not interested in me, anyway, says this is what he gets for going out with Valerie. Is he a target?”
    â€œNo, but he and Valerie are going out.”
    â€œThe girl said she stabbed Valerie, and she’d do the same to anyone who didn’t do what she wants.”
    â€œMelcher said Valerie’s going to be fine,” I said.
    â€œAnd you? Are you all right?”
    I balled up my toes inside my sneakers.
    â€œI just want to get this over with and get you back,” I said, regretting my word choice as soon as I finished speaking.
    I wanted to get Dante back safe and sound, not back, back—as in back together. Not that we’d been together, though Dante had tried and I’d never gotten a chance to set him straight.
    My shoulders hunched into my neck. Hopefully Fane knew what I meant. I turned and found him staring at me steadily, expression unreadable. I cleared my throat.
    â€œI want to help you,” Dante said, “But the she-vamp won’t let me out.”
    â€œI’ll get Jared.”
    â€œYou need me,” Dante said.
    â€œI’ve got