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talking about?”          
    He took a step toward her, and Mischa stepped backwards so quickly she almost fell.  Rhad’s hand shot out to keep her upright.  “You know what I am.  I will not deny it.   I cannot deny it.  I must leave to feed my hunger.”
    Reading the horror on her face, he hesitated. If only he could tell her more about his existence, but perhaps this way was for the best. There were things the living wouldn’t understand. One with a soul as pure as Mischa’s would find it difficult to fathom Rhad’s choices in life.
    While his mind raced with the thoughts, Mischa shook his hands away from her arms.  “You’re telling me you’re going to kill someone and then come sauntering back here like nothing has happened?”  She blew her bangs out of her face and circled around him.  “And I’m supposed to be okay with that? No way.  I can’t do that.  I won’t do that.  I’ve got to get out of here.”
    Rhad sighed and held out his hand.  Ordinarily, he wouldn’t have used his abilities against her, but he could not allow her to leave by herself.  The night held too many dangers. 
    He watched her feet began to move though she struggled against the power propelling her backwards.  When she was close enough, he closed his hands around her shoulders and drew her flush against his body, lowering his lips to her ear.
    “Mischa, you will stay here until I return.  You would not want to risk my anger.”
    She tried to fight against his hands.  “Let go of me, Rhad.  This isn’t funny.  I don’t like mind games or mind control and…and…it’s ludicrous that you would think I’d stand here while you go pick up an innocent person for a late-night snack.”
    He had no more time to try to convince her.  His blood stores were dropping low, and his fangs ached from need.  He released her and took a step backwards.  “You have heard my instruction.  You will not disobey me.”  With a sweep of his hand, he left her, moving through the mountainous woods with inhuman speed.
    My apologies, Mischa, but what I do, I do for your own good. Perhaps one day, you will understand my ways…and you will understand me.
     
    Mischa paced a circle around the base of a tree stump several times, her arms folded over her breasts.  How much longer was the vampire going to take?  She could eat a seven course meal in the time it was taking him to find one slow-moving human. 
    She shivered at the thought.  While she was standing here waiting for Rhad, some poor, unfortunate soul was giving his life’s blood to sate the monster’s lust.  The knowledge made her stomach lurch in protest, but as much as she wanted to storm off and leave him behind, she’d soon discovered she couldn’t.
    Apparently, Rhad’s mind-game had worked, and she couldn’t refuse the hypnotic command. So instead, she remained stuck, circling a tree and waiting for the vampire’s return.
    Her eyes searched the darkness, seeking Rhad’s broad shoulders.  She’d barely known the man a day and already she was waiting for him.  She tapped her foot against the frozen Earth and glared into the inky blackness.
    “Will you hurry up?” she groused.  “I’m freezing my butt off out here while you’re enjoying a midnight snack.” Her face tipped toward the sky where a lone star winked down at her. “And you, Rianna, once I find you, I’m going to drag your ass back to Boston and chain you to the friggin’ mailbox. You’re never leaving the city again. God knows, I shouldn’t have let you go this time.”
    Grumbling below her breath, she wrapped her arms around her waist to ward off the chill and heaped curses on Rhad’s ancestors. He might have to be a vampire, but he didn’t have to be a discourteous one.
    A snap of a twig broke the silence before a low, threatening voice followed.  “Oh, look, the little lady is all alone out here.”
     

Chapter Three
     
    The words sent a spike of fear straight to her