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intently as they grew wide with shock and her breaths quickened.
    “We'll go to your room, which way?” Aiden needed more of her.
    She lifted her hand to point up the stairs.
    Thump. A finger against her swollen lips, Aiden lowered her to the ground then pulled away. He listened to the footsteps on the porch then heard a click. Someone was here. He eased toward the hall and peeked around the corner where he only saw one shadow.
    The rogue outside had to be a lesser vampire, not Nicolas. Damn his luck. Quietly he moved back to Elle as she watched him. How did he kill the rogue without her seeing? No way would he win any points by decapitating a monster in front of her.
    Leaning close, he whispered in her ear. “I need you to go upstairs and wait for me to come for you. Okay?”
    She nodded, but her hands fisted his shirt tight ly. Letting her go had to be the hardest thing he’d ever done and the notion quickly made him feel ashamed. He felt as though he was betraying Luciana by feeling so protective of another woman. Another human.
    “ I’ll keep you safe. I promise.” Elle started to protest before he nudged her up the stairs.
    With her gone , he unsheathed his special made daggers, large enough to take down his target and small enough to conceal. Along the blade’s edge, sharp teeth lined the edge to the tip and the blade split to form a sharp hook.
    The door splintered when the rogue gave up picking the lock and red eyes locked onto Aiden as he crouched in a fighting stance and waited.
    T he rogue grew impatient and rushed him.
    Aiden dodged, ducked, then swept the rogue’s feet from under him. With the rogue down, he swung his dagger to slice smoothly through the neck.
    His target executed, he started toward the door as a sharp burn speared his back, knocking him to the floor. Aiden should've known the kill came too easily. Recovering quickly, he jumped to his feet but blood seeped from his wounds too fast for comfort. Weakness slowed him, but not enough to keep him from protecting Elle.
    Just as Aiden was regaining his strength, he caught si ght of Elle.  Son Of A Bitch! Elle snuck behind the rogue like she had some kind of plan. He swiped his dagger at his opponent, hoping the rogue didn’t catch sight of her. Aiden tried to see what she had in her hand.
    Th e second rogue fought with more skill than the first and Aiden could see the real battle was just beginning.
    If Aiden weakened anymore, he'd have no way of beating the second rogue on his own. With his last burst of strength, he advanced on the rogue.
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    Elle crept behind the intruder. Although her blood ran cold at the sight of him, she cast her fear aside, drawing on anger instead and shot him in the neck with the taser. Aiden jumped him at the same time and her heart froze.
    The man didn’t collapse! He just stood there like a stone wall, his narrowed eyes the color of rubies watching her, right before razor sharp fangs appeared.
    Her worst nightmare stood before her . A vampire.
    He lunged and Elle stumbled backward onto her ass, blood encompassed her. The rancid smell of copper and rotting flesh invaded her senses as another vampire lie decomposing before her eyes. Two of them in her home? Aiden yelled at her, but she couldn’t hear anything over the pounding of her heart in her ears.
    Thin lips lifted into a grin, giving her an up-close and personal look at blood stained daggers. Elle grabbed her throat as if to protect her exposed flesh and shuddered at the thought of the creature piercing her neck.
    In one abrupt movement, the vampire was wrenched backward as Aiden seized him by the throat. He oozed with power as he held the vampire dangling in the air, never flinching as the vampire struggled uncontrollably in his solid grip. Turning his back to her helped Elle see the wound causing Aiden's pain.
    He needed her help and she didn't let him down. Elle spotted a dagger only a n arm’s reach away. She slowly maneuvered her body over the blood,