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impressed as she turned away from him. "And you?"
    His attention came back to her. "Stefan has
rented a home at the end of the road for a month."
    "Nice," she said but she was more interested
in his reaction to the gang of three trying to chat up her friend.
"Do you know those men?"
    "No, I don't."
    Emma frowned as she studied the contours of
Ethan's profile. "You don't seem to like them much for people you
don't know."
    "No, it's not..." he shook his head before
looking at her again and giving her a rakish grin that made her
smile in return. "I thought I recognized one of them, but I was
wrong."
    "Oh," she said as Mandy and Jill turned away
from the bar and walked over to join them again.
    "We thought we'd check out the bar down the
road. You coming with us Emma?" Mandy asked.
    She glanced over at Ethan. She really didn't
want to leave him but she didn't feel comfortable staying here with
a man she barely knew. "There will be dancing," Jill prodded with a
smile.
    "Dancing sound likes fun," Ethan said to her.
"I'm sure Isabelle and Stefan will probably come too."
    Emma blinked in surprise as he rose beside
her. He intended to come with them? She wasn't at all sure how she
felt about that. He affected her in such a strange way and she
would like a minute to just breathe . But then, she'd been breathing her whole
life and she would continue to do so for the rest of it, breathing
was boring. Maybe it was time to hold her breath and plunge in. She
could always breathe again when she went home.
    Jill and Mandy looked like two kids who'd
just been handed a giant bag of candy as they watched Ethan walk
over to the bar. "Well?" Jill prodded eagerly.
    "Well what?" she asked.
    Jill rolled her eyes. "What do you think, of
him?"
    Emma stood up from the table. "He's
nice."
    Jill slid her arm into hers. "Nice?
Chocolates are nice Emma. That man
is delectable and he's into you. A little fling with him before
becoming an adult won't kill you."
    "I don't fling Jill."
    "I know, but for that guy I'd fling just
about anything."
    Emma couldn't help but laugh as Jill squeezed
her arm before releasing her. Isabelle and Stefan moved away from
the bar and walked over to join them. They were one of the most
striking couples Emma had ever seen as they stopped before them.
Even Jill, who was never shy appeared a little nonplussed as she
took a step back from the overwhelmingly large man and the
stunningly beautiful woman at his side.
    It wasn't often Emma felt insecure about her
looks. She knew she wasn't the most beautiful woman in the world,
knew she was considered cute by most people, but she definitely
wasn't ugly. Standing across from this woman though, she felt like
a child, small and unbelievably young but they appeared to be about
the same age. Isabelle was a good five inches taller than her and
had an aura of confidence about her that made her seem even
older.
    Then Isabelle smiled and extended her hand.
"I'm Isabelle and this is my husband Stefan," she introduced as
Emma shook her hand.
    Stefan's black eyes were assessing as he took
hold of her hand. "Hello," he greeted.
    Emma swallowed nervously and instinctively
moved closer to Ethan. Stefan was simply a man but she got the
distinct impression he could snap her neck if the mood struck him.
In fact, looking at all of them she got the distinct impression
that there was more to them than met the eye.
    She shook the thought off as Mandy and Jill
finished introducing themselves. They were just a normal family on
vacation together. She was only feeling overwhelmed because she was
so much shorter than they were. It was bad enough being around
Mandy and Jill but now she felt like a sapling in a grove of
Redwoods with the three of them around her too.
    "Let's go then," Jill said.

CHAPTER 5
    Ethan liked going to clubs about as much as
he would have liked to have his toenails ripped out. He just hadn't
been willing to walk away from Emma yet tonight, especially after
the three vampires had entered