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your own cooking -- and cleaning up after.”
    A quick survey showed most of the cabinets to be empty. That’s when I noticed the bowl I’d eaten out of was mine. Along with the pan Nate had cooked it in. I started digging around in the boxes and bags. All of it from my kitchen. My gut clinched and cold fingers ran up and down my spine.
    “You really aren’t going to let me go, are you?” I felt a lump rising in my throat.
    Dekker pulled out a stool and sat. “I can’t, pet. You’re my blood slave now. I didn’t want it this way, but we can’t go back.”
    I kept my back to him so he wouldn’t see the tears welling up. “So even if Ferine wasn’t after me, you’d still make me stay?”
    I heard him draw in a deep breath. “Pet, you can’t go home. You know about us now, and the inner circle won’t leave you alone even if Ferine doesn’t go after you. I can keep you safe as long as you’re here.”
    “And the price of my safety is my freedom. That’s hardly living.” I’d watched my mother go from one domineering man to another looking for safety and never finding it. Of course being certifiably crazy didn’t help. No way would I be like her. I pushed the bags aside. Unpacking them felt too much like giving up.
    “You aren’t going to put that stuff away are you?” His voice sounded sort of sad, even though his face betrayed nothing of what he felt.
    “I’m not moving in with you, Dek. I won’t be anyone’s slave.” I leaned on the counter and looked him hard in the eye. “You can’t seriously think you can just keep me against my will. And if you drug me again, I’ll…”
    He cocked a brow in challenge.
    “OK, I don’t know what I’ll do other than hate you. I don’t for one minute believe you’re a vampire or that my life is in danger. I think you’re crazier than any of my completely nuts family. And that’s saying a lot.”
    His eyes narrowed slightly. “So if I can convince you, will you believe everything I’ve done has been to protect you?”
    I snorted. “Like drugging me so you could seduce me? Or insisting that I’m your property? Nope, not buying it.”
    He sighed heavily. “Kierra, I had no choice but to claim you as my blood slave or watch Ferine tear you apart a piece at a time, just like those mortals you saw at his warehouse. As your master, I have to provide for you. Hence, Nate brought some of your stuff. You’ll also need food and other things. So make me a list of what you need.” He came around and dug a pad and pen out of a drawer and set them in front of me.
    I glared at him with my arms crossed over my chest. I had no intention of cooperating.
    He leaned close and took my chin in his hand hard enough to hold it but not leave bruises. “If you don’t make a list, you won’t have anything to eat but canned soup. And after that runs out, you go hungry.”
    A shiver of fear ran up my back. I’d never seen this Dekker, cold, hard and without mercy. I swallowed hard and reached for the pad. He wanted a shopping list; I’d give him one. Hmm, what really expensive things would I like to eat?

 
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    “Pet, join me on the terrace? I’d like to watch the sunrise with you.” I tossed back the first glass of whiskey and poured a second. “Please, I have something to show you. You’re welcome to some whiskey or wine if you want it.”
    The main living area went to the edge of the building, but on either side were stone-walled terraces. I chose the terrace where the sun would hit first. “I think the view from here is spectacular, don’t you?” I leaned against the rail looking over the city. The rising light filtered through the tall buildings of downtown.
    She joined me at the rail but kept a cautious distance. “Shouldn’t you be getting under cover? I thought vampires turned to ash in the sun.” Her brows drew down in confusion and perhaps a bit of concern.
    “Actually, it only burns the part that the sun hits, and we melt