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am warning you that he ’ s not himself and he can be dangerous, if you ’ re not very careful. ”
    “ Rayna – ”
    “ No, Desi. Don ’ t brush me off. Believe me when I tell you that he is capable of hurting you. If that happened, he ’ d be sorry as hell when he came back to his senses, but that wouldn ’ t do you much good. I ’ m not saying that he will actually hurt you. I just need you to be aware of the possibility that, in his present state, he ’ s capable of it. So please act accordingly. Don ’ t anger him if you can avoid it. At least until he ’ s himself again. ” She smiled. “ Then you can piss him off without any real consequences as Brandi and Cayenne regularly do with Uncles Adrian and Jay. ”
    Hearing the earnestness in Rayna ’ s voice gave her pause. Maybe it was just as well it was over between her and Conner. “ Thanks for the advice, but I won ’ t be needing it. ”
    “ Oh yes you will. Don ’ t make the mistake of thinking it ’ s over between you. ”
    “ It is. It ’ s been six weeks and – ”
    “ Desi, haven ’ t you been listening to a word I said? You ’ re his blood. It ’ s not over and you need to exercise care when you see him again because he ’ ll be pissed from missing you and he ’ ll be dangerous to any man you see and maybe to you as well. ”
    “ Then I ’ ll have to depend on Adrian and Jay to keep him off my back because I ’ ve already decided it ’ s time I pursue a relationship with someone with vamp blood because who else would be prepared to stand up to him?
    “ Now will you please stop sounding as angry as you say he is and stop trying to scare me into doing what you wa n t me to? ”
    Rayna inhaled slowly. “ Forgive me if I sounded a little annoyed. ”
    “ A little? ”
    “ He ’ s my uncle and I love him dearly and I need you to understand what you ’ re going to face when you see him again. ” She shrugged. “ But given his behavior, your unwillingness to admit the obvious is understandable. ”
    “ And what ’ s obvious to you? ”
    “ That you ’ re as deeply in love with him as a woman can be with a man. I know loving him isn ’ t easy, given that you know he ’ s spending time with other women – ”
    “ Spending time with other women? ” She laughed. “ You make his behavior sound almost Sunday school like. He ’ s fucking them knowing full well how I feel about him … how I ’ ve felt since the night we met. ”
    “ I know it hurts, Desi, but you need to accept the fact that his behavior is part of who he is. Once he comes to terms with his feelings for you, things will… ”
    “ What? Get better? ”
    “ Eventually? Yes. In the short term, they ’ ll probably just get interesting. Please try to understand and forgive him. ”
    Forgive him when he didn ’ t seem to care he was breaking her heart? Forgetting him made far more sense than trying to come up with reasons why she should forgive him.
    “ And don ’ t go out with anyone else or someone ’ s going to end up hurt or dead and it will not be Uncle Conner. ”
    Desiree inhaled slowly. “ You ’ ve given me a lot to think about, but I have to get back to work, ” she said.
    “ I know not much was accomplished but please feel free to come ride Hope whenever you like and for the love of God, please don ’ t see another man until you give Uncle Conner another chance to come to terms with how he feels. ”
    How could she when she had no idea when she ’ d see Conner again or how he ’ d respond when they did eventually meet? “ It ’ s nice to know someone cares. ” But she was not going to rule out any of her options.
    “ We all do, Desi , including Uncle Conner. ”
    He had a damned funny way of showing it, she thought as she walked back to her office.
    * * *
    After a very forgettable night of carousing with a succession of fems who meant absolutely nothing to him, Conner arrived at his Rittenhouse Square condo just after two p.m. to find