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idea what it was.
    Was it my morbid curiosity about death?
    “You long to lie on a bed of satin, with the grave to blanket your sweet body, but why?” he asked.
    When his fangs scraped against my neck, I inhaled sharply. “That’s not true.”
    “I can feel it in you. It seeps from every pore. You fear us, not because you fear death, but because you fear immortality. You are afraid of never reaching that final climax that is death.
    Alec’s hand found its way into my shirt and beneath my bra and his fingers began squeezing my erect nipples. His touch was painful but arousing.
    “Alec.” I moaned.
    “What is it about this secret of Omar’s that you are so interested in?” he asked while continuing to caress my breast.
    I tried to concentrate on giving him some kind of answer, but all I could think about was the searing need that his touch awakened.
    “My only interest is in finding Ethan,” I breathed.
    “I know what you really want,” he said, his lips next to my ear. “Let me give it to you. Let me relieve your suffering. It will be like nothing you have ever experienced,” he promised.
    I shook my head, maybe a little too forcefully, which was telling. He knew exactly how he made me feel.
    I had to focus on something other than having sex with Alec.
    I wanted him way too bad. If I let go now, I would be lost. There was no doubt that I would end up as one his feeder. Maybe worse.
    Death was interesting and at times, even alluring, but that type of death wasn’t something that held any appeal for me.
    “Alec, please. You are not being fair,” I breathed.
    “What did you want with that vampire?” he asked. “Maybe you wanted some of this.” Then he was sinking his teeth into my neck.
    I barely felt the pain through the shock. Yelping, I jumped away and my hand flew to my neck. I felt something wet and warm where he’d bit me. When I pulled my hand away and saw the crimson against my pale skin, I was almost dizzy with horror.
    “How could you do that?” I gasped.
    There was laughter dancing in his cold blue eyes. “No need to panic. I barely broke the skin.”
    “Does this mean I’m going to -?” I couldn’t even make myself say the word turn , in order to finish the sentence.
    “No, you are not a vampire, but if I didn’t have the self-control that I do, or if I were another vampire, you would likely be dead now. Is that what you want?” he asked, a harsh note to his voice.
    Giving him the evil eye, I shook my head. “This vampire isn’t like that. He’s basically a closet Light Seeker.”
    Smirking, Alec cocked his head to one side. “Do you really think that Light Seekers don’t kill? Please tell me you’re not that naive.”
    I opened my mouth to come back with something and then realized that I didn’t know what to say. It was something that I hadn’t actually thought about.
    “They are killers, the same as I am,” he said. There was a wicked gleam in his eye that drove home his point.
    “Either way, he didn’t feed on me,” I shot back.
    “But he could have. That’s my point,” Alec growled.
    “Why do you care anyway? Remember, I’m just human. Food for the immortal.”
    He seemed startled by my question. For a fraction of a moment, I thought I saw confusion in his hard eyes.
    I was beginning to think he had no idea himself.
    A calm seemed to settle over him and he leaned one shoulder against the wall. “So, tell me about your vampire.”
    I hesitated. There was a possibility that Alec wouldn’t believe Dash’s story. Hell, I wasn’t even sure I did. Mostly I didn’t, but it was the only thing I had to go on.
    There was no doubt Dash believed what he said, but was it real? I wondered if it were possible for a vampire to be delusional.
    If I was going to find out what happened to Ethan, I was going to need all the help I could get, which meant I’d probably have to trust Alec. I explained what Dash told me, and then slipped into silence while I waited for him to