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ably could, at that." Beau considered the idea a
moment, then reluctantly shook his head. "No, it'd never work.
You'd have to put the bite on him to make a psilink, and he's too
paranoid to let you get close enough for that. I'm going to have
to do this the hard way..."
"Whoops. Here he comes," I said, watching Decker start
toward us. Flicking a glance toward Beau, I noticed his fangs
peeking under his upper lip, a sure sign that he was definitely
torqued off.
When Decker got close enough to loom over us, Beau grinned,
giving him a good look at those teeth. "What are you doing here,
Deck? The sun isn't up yet," he purred. "You don't usually show
your cowardly face before dawn."
Decker may have lacked the fang, but his smile was just as
lethal in its own way. "I wanted to meet your pretty little
friend here. What's your name, sweetheart?"
He turned the menace in my direction, but I managed not to
flinch. Instead, I breathed in once through my nose, deeply
enough to pick up his scent, then gave him a smile of my own,
putting as much seductive taunt into it as possible. Lips still
parted, I let my fangs slowly extend into my mouth. "Draculette,"
I said, and licked my teeth.
Okay, it was a
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