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to fuck with you, I will make her regret it. She’s already stolen the most important thing in my life. I’m certainly not going to let it happen again.”
    “My God, what the hell happened between you two?” I asked in astonishment.
    He lay down next to me and tucked me into the crook of his arm. “Don’t worry about it, Karli.” He turned off the light. “Get some sleep. I’ll be right here if you have any more bad dreams.”

Seven
     
    Okay, I’ll admit it. Waking up in Vance’s arms was not an unpleasant way to start the day. Not just for the physically gratifying part of it. Which , just to be clear, was very nice. But more so because this felt right, so completely natural.
    I stretched befor e looking over to find that he was already awake, smiling down on me. I sat up to join him.
    “Good morning ,” he said.
    I yawned. “Morning.”
    “Any more dreams?” he asked.
    I thought about it for a moment before shaking my head. “No. Not that I can remember anyway.”
    He kissed me on the forehead as he was getting out of bed. “I’m going to take a quick shower.”
    While Vance was in the bathroom, I got dressed and went into the kitchen to brew some coffee. A little while later, he joined me at the small , round dining table adjoining my living room.
    He took a sip from the mug I had waiting for him. “So I talked to Leo last night before I went to sleep for the first time.”
    I gulped my java down. “Yeah? Why?”
    “I told him about Maria being in town and that I needed his help finding h er,” he replied.
    “How is he going to do that?”
    He shrugged. “It’s a vampire thing. He can get information where I can’t.”
    “What is that supposed to mean?”
    He stood up and searched my kitchen cabinets for a travel mug. As he was transferring his coffee into one, he said, “I need to take this to go. I have to get to the station to gather some more information. My new partner will be in at nine.”
    “New partner?”
    He nodded. “Yeah, her name’s Tara. She just transferred here from North Carolina.”
    “Since when do you need a partner?”
    “Since this town has been going to hell,” he replied. “Well, more so than usual anyway. We’re expanding the preternatural cases department. I met her last week when she first came to town. It’s been funny watching all the guys at the station fawn all over her.”
    “Why would they do that? Is she pretty?” Okay, there may have been a hint of jealousy in my tone.
    He smirked. “Yeah, she’s pretty. A hot little brunette. But she’s happily married so they’re making fools out of themselves for nothing. Besides, I already have a hottie that I have my eyes on.” He wagged his eyebrows and grabbed his keys out of his pocket. “Anyway, like I said before, I have to go.”
    “What?” I asked. “You can’t just leave me hanging like that.”
    He bent down to kiss me softly on the lips before heading towards my front door. Before leaving he replied, “I’m not leaving you hanging, Karli. We’ll talk about this later. I’ll call you.” Damn him.

*****
    Erica followed me to the back room as I arrived to work later that day. “Hey, Eri,” I said. “How was San Diego?”
    “It was incredible!” she replied. “My family loves Jake and they’re so happy for us!” She lowered her voice before continuing. “Karli, I completed the bonding ritual with my sisters. I can’t even tell you how amazing I feel! I never knew how powerful I could be. It’s like I’m tuned into everything around me now! I’m part of everything ! ”
    The ritual she was referring to was held in a very high regard in the world of witchcraft. It could only be performed by thirteen siblings of the same sex blessed with magical genes. Since having that many children in one family these days was rare, let alone all of the same gender, it was virtually unheard of. From what Erica’s told me, the ritual would make all of their powers increase exponentially and