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duration?”
    He shrugged. “I owe Kevin Landingham a significant favor. Helping you will repay that.”
    “Fair enough.”
    I turned, giving Emma a long, hard look. What I was about to do was virtually guaranteed to annoy her, but it was necessary. If she came along, she’d get in the way. Besides, I didn’t want to wait for Kevin, but I wanted him riding shotgun as soon as possible. Call me paranoid, but I didn’t trust Jones with my back. I just didn’t know him well enough. “When your brother gets back—”
    “I’m going with you—,” she interrupted, but I kept talking over her.
    “—tell him where we’re headed so that he can catch up.”
    “We can leave him a note. I’m going with you. I am
not
sitting here and waiting like a good little girl.” She wasn’t shouting, wasn’t hysterical. In fact, there was a level of cold, hard determination I’d never seen in her before. It made no sense. Why now of all times, and about this?
    “Em—”
    “I’m
not.
”
    “You’re not what?” We turned in unison at the sound of Kevin’s voice.
    He stood outlined in the doorway, looking better than any man had a right to. My heart sped up at the sight of him. At the moment, his sandy blond hair was just a little long, so that it fell in front of eyes the color of a perfect summer sky. His T-shirt and jeans were faded and worn, and just tight enough to show off a body to die for. I never managed to look at him without my body reacting. It’s not just his looks, either. He’s the whole package, brains, body,
and
a sense of humor. His strong jaw is softened by the deepest dimples. He has a smile that could make the clothes melt right off my body. I’ve wanted him from the minute I first laid eyes on him. I wouldn’t have done anything about it when I was with Bruno, but that’s been over for a long time now. But Kevin’s with Amy. I don’t know if she’s a werewolf or not, but it doesn’t matter. I have ethics. Besides, that woman is scary.
    “What are you doing up?” The words were directed at me. The
look,
however, was for Jones first, then Emma.
    “I did it,” Jones said. He gave Kevin a broad smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “It’s necessary. We have to find her sire. Doing so in daylight, when he’s helpless, would be preferable, don’t you think?”
    “Not if it kills Celia in the process.” Kevin snarled.
    The smile grew, and Jones’s eyes started to twinkle. “Well, you’re in luck. She’s not dead.”
    I let out a very unladylike snort of laughter. I couldn’t help it. I’m a sucker for sarcasm. Besides, he was right.
    All three of them turned to glare at me. I not only didn’t wither, I didn’t even flinch. Bully for me. I held up a placating hand. “There’s no point in arguing. I’m up. No harm done. And I’ve got work to do.”
    Kevin’s expression grew stubborn. He crossed his arms over his chest, his stance balanced and solid. “Tell me what you remember.”
    Shit. He would ask that.
“Not a damned thing.”
    “The fourteenth,” he said with significance. Should that mean something? I already knew I’d lost a full day.
    Well,
crap. Yesterday had been Vicki’s birthday. I’d gotten ready to go, but had I even visited her? I didn’t remember it. She’d be upset that I was injured. But she’d be hurt if I forgot her birthday. And I wanted her to have her gift. I mean, that present had taken
months
to find and get the spells worked. But she wouldn’t know that if I hadn’t made it out there to give it to her.
    Kevin stared at me for a long moment, as though he were reading my mind. “You think you’re fit to go out hunting your sire, when you can’t even remember a birthday?” He didn’t bother to hide his derision, which raised my hackles.
    “I
think
I’m not going to have much choice, Kevin. Jones just told me I’m going to feel
compelled
to find him pretty soon. I’m not just going to sit around waiting for him to hunt me, and would rather