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smile and for a moment she wondered if they ever could be lovers or if there was too much angst between them.
    She didn’t envy his situation. What would she have done in his place? Would she have had the balls to ask for help? Would she have had the guts to follow through? Would she have had the stomach to live with the consequences?
    She’d like to think she could be that selfless, but in her heart she didn’t think she could do it. Jack was far braver than she was. His love for Owen must be something special. And she was about to dent it. She felt like crud. Yet if she put the letter on the desk and ran away, she knew she’d feel worse.
    Katya took a breath and released it slowly. “Then we are in agreement? I will pursue Owen?”
    He nodded. “You have my—” he choked on the word. “Just don’t rub my face in it.”
    She remembered every kiss she’d seen the men share over the past three years, the looks and the touches. At first she’d been shocked at the open display, then a subtle kind of envy had crept in. They were perfect together and watching them was a reminder Owen would never look twice at her—even if there was lust in that first glance.
    Would he act on that desire?
    And if he did, what would that mean? And what would that make her? She didn’t want to be the mistress. The woman on the side. She wanted more. She looked at Jack as she sucked on her lower lip. He’d kissed her back and she’d felt the hard length of his cock. He at least found her attractive, even if he was unwilling to act on the attraction.
    Instead of carving out his heart by stealing Owen, maybe they could have something more. She bit the inside of her lip and tried to ignore the slicking of her pussy. Maybe she could have both men…that way Jack wouldn’t be losing and she wouldn’t feel as if she was going behind Jack’s back, even though he knew.
    Her hand slid up his chest. The muscle was firm beneath her fingers and she couldn’t help but remember him looking golden and wet as he walked up the beach. She wanted to see how far that tan extended.
    “We don’t have to be on opposite sides.” Before he could respond, she reached up and took a quick kiss. Her fangs raked over his lower lip, drawing twin lines of red.
    He grunted, the soft sound of a man who was used to being bitten and the pleasure it brought. She swept her tongue over the cuts and the sweetness of his blood filled her mouth and sparked a craving deep in her belly. He didn’t move as she licked the last drop and gave him a final kiss. But she heard his heart. A rapid hammer of desire that couldn’t be hidden from a Vampire. There was more to Jack than he was saying. And while she didn’t doubt he was worried about Owen, there was something else.
    His eyelids fluttered open, his eyes dark as if for a moment he’d lost himself and forgotten what he was doing. “Katya I…” He swallowed as his gaze dropped to her lips, her fangs. His heart raced afresh. “If I do anything, I would be cheating. While I am turning a blind eye, Owen would not.”
    She nodded and considered the dhampir. He wanted to, that was something. “I understand.”
    “No, you don’t. But if you love him like I think you do, you will and then you will hate me.” He wiped the last smear of blood from his lip with his thumb; the cuts she’d made were already healed. He healed faster than any Vampire she’d ever met.
    “I couldn’t hate you.” Her tongue touched her fang, looking for another drop of his blood. Like forbidden candy, she wanted more. But unless Owen gave permission, Jack was off limits. Those were the rules and she would have to play by them…and so would Jack.
    “We’ll see.” He tossed his coffee down the sink. “I’m already hating me.”
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    Katya scanned the emails and flagged the ones that needed responding to. Then she did a search for reviews on last night’s shows. As always, there were the detractors who didn’t like the music