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before her.
     
    She froze in her place, watching in silent awe as he crawled like a lion to her feet. He kiss and licked her feet as she admired the curve of his muscular back and the roundness of his perfect ass.
     
    “ What do you think you’re doing?” She attempted a casual tone, though trembling outright as he looked up at her with narrowed eyes and rubbed her legs in a tender massage.
     
    “ I do believe I’m seducing you,” he whispered.
     
    Jess closed her eyes a moment, emotion overcoming her as he rose to his feet and lead her by the hand to the cast iron bench that was another Nightingale trademark.
     
    Though I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t be used for this particular purpose . Her eyes gently shut as Hathen knelt before her and continued to kiss her feet as his manly fingers massaged her thighs.
     
    “ Don’t you know about the public indecency laws in this area?” She grinned down at him, taking note of his bare, muscled chest and sculpted abs.
     
    “ So punish me Officer.” Hathen pouted, reaching his arms upward to enclose her waist. “Name my punishment.”
     
    He swooped down upon her to engage her in a passionate kiss; his full, moist mouth rubbing against hers as he swept her up in an all-encompassing embrace.
     
    For just a moment she lost herself to the feeling, wiggling and reveling in his arms as his ravenous lips devoured hers.
     
    Slowly and painfully she pulled away from him, remembering there were more pressing matters at hand.
     
    “ Before we lose our focus…” she began, tone now deadly serious.
     
    “ Oh baby I’m focused.” Hathen contested, his body fully standing to attention.
     
    Jess let out an amused school girl smile. “Hathen could you please behave for five minutes? I think I myself can manage at least three and a half, just long enough for me to tell you what needs to be said.
     
    A sobering Hathen ran a soothing hand through the strands of Jess’s hair, frowning as he considered her words.
     
    “ Is something wrong, babe?” He frowned.
     
    “ I’m afraid so,” Jess sighed. “Hathen, do you know where your den members are this evening?”
     
    Her lover shrugged.
     
    “ We all have homes, Jess, separate from each other and Nightingale Park.” He tilted his head. “Why do you ask?”
     
    Jess lowered her hands to engage his shoulders in a tight, protective clench.
     
    “ I don’t want to frighten you, Babe, but Scarlet keeps hinting at a rogue vampire in your ranks,” she revealed, “someone from her home pack, who she has sent to watch you, and to help her gain her freedom.” She cringed as she finished, “She wants to destroy you Hathen, you and your family. And if she can manage it, the entire race of the incubi.”
     
    “ Just let the bitch try!” Hathen roared, bringing his fist down hard on the ground beside him. “Let her try to harm one of mine, she’ll find out that the wimpy incubi aren’t always so sweet and peaceable.”
     
    “ OK OK, less with the macho vampire posturing.” Jess delivered a playful slap to Hathen’s beefy shoulder. “She’s in jail, where my officers and I are keeping a close watch on her and her activities. The only problem is that it’s hard to place a wiretap on the telepathic summonings of a crazed bloodsucking vampire.”
     
    Hathen nodded, relaxing in her arms.
     
    “ I know we’re in good hands with you.” He cradled her close to him. “Tell me how I can help.”
     
    Jess kissed his cheek.
     
    “ Aside from calming down and keeping your gorgeous head on straight Babe, you can answer a few basic questions.” Jess tilted her head. “Aside from Clotilde’s brother, do you have any newcomers to the den?”
     
    Hathen nodded.
     
    “ As a matter of fact, we do have another visitor. This one sent from Alida,” he revealed. “His name is Sebastian, and she wants him to shadow us for a while. I get the feeling that she is grooming him to become a vampire master.”
     
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