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bother you?”
    “No. It disarms me. Makes me forget what I was thinking,
like I lose all rational thought. Hold on, I’m thinking of the right word. Titillated might be the right word for what I feel right now. Is that weird?”
    “Not to me,” he said. He leaned closer. “To tell you the
truth, I’m just as titillated right now. And it has nothing to do with
the cemetery. It’s because I’m with you . And because of that dance. Do
you always drive men so insane when you dance with them?”
    I shook my head. “Definitely not.” In all my time going to
Vamps and all the guys I’d danced with, I’d never danced with anyone like that .And I’d never felt such a connection to someone I’d danced with before.
Whether it was just erotic or more, I didn’t know.
    What kind of spell was Tristan putting on me?
    “Thank you for coming here. It means a lot to me.”
    “Did I help answer your question?” I asked.
    “Some of it. There are many questions still to be answered.
But right now, that’s not what I’m thinking about.”
    “What are you thinking about?”
    “You,” he said breathily. “I take it back. Being here with
you right now is just as hot as being on the dance floor, but in a completely
different way. Can I show you what I’m thinking of?”
    I gulped. Unable to respond, I nodded.
    Tristan ran his hand along my thigh and my breathing
escalated. He leaned forward and I felt his warm breath on my neck. Excitement
shot through my body and I was keenly aware of the moistness between my thighs.
I instinctively tilted my head back to invite him in and was rewarded by the
feel of his sensuous lips grazing my skin.
    Yes. Oh yes.
    I closed my eyes to revel in the sensation of his lips on
me.
    Then he abruptly stopped. “Sorry, Maya, I don’t mean to blow
hot and cold. I brought you here for a reason. And not to seduce you in a
graveyard. Even though that’s what I want to do more than anything else right
now.”
    It took me a minute to slow down my breathing and control my
frustration after realizing he wanted to talk .As much as I like
to talk, that was the last thing I wanted to do at the moment.
    “Everything is getting so confused. What’s happening? The
way I feel for you. It’s all happening at once.”
    My frustration turned to thrill when he said how he felt
about me. Was it possible I had the same effect on him that he had on me?
    “I need to tell you something about me.”
    Oh no, these conversations never went well. “Damn it,” I
said, turning away. “I knew this was too good to be for real. You’re married.”
    “No.”
    “Kids.”
    “No.”
    “Oh God. Let me think,” I said, standing up to pace. “You’re
dark and mysterious and all. You’re ridiculously good-looking. You’re a
solitary soul, you hide away from people. You wear a cape .” I stopped
pacing and turned to face him. “Holy fuck—you’re a vampire!”
    “Good God, Maya. Once again, no,” he said, putting his hand
on his forehead. “A vampire? For someone so enticing, you can also be pretty
damn exasperating.”
    I opened my mouth to protest, but then shrugged. No sense
arguing the truth—well, for the exasperating part at least.
    “Will you be quiet for two consecutive seconds so I can tell
you?” he asked.
    “I’m sorry. It’s just—you know.”
    “No, I don’t know. But I know what I’m trying to tell you is
difficult. It’s something I haven’t told another human before. And you’re not
making it any easier.”
    Human?
    I sat back down wondering why he used that term. Don’t most
people say, well, people? As in I haven’t told another person before.
    Stop overanalyzing, Maya. Big deal, he used a different
term.
    “Okay, I’ll shut up now. See—zipping my lips.” I motioned my
fingers across my lips.
    “About time, my mouthy little vixen. Although there are many
things I’d like to do with those lips, right now I want you to keep those pouty
things under control.”
    I opened my