That got a flash of shock on his face. “No.”

“But you don’t like women.”

He made a low groan of annoyance deep in his throat. “I’mnot gay. I do like women. But I didn’t like you. I could see through to your dark deception in ways that Evan couldn’t.”

“So this woman. What was her name?”

“Katerina.”

“So Katerina threw herself at you, even though she was already soulmated to Evan—”

“She was a whore.”

Julia ignored that. “She threw herself at you and you weren’t interested. Not even in a quickie? The woman was hot, wasn’t she?”

“Like I said, her beauty was not enough to turn my head.

Besides, she . . . you ...” He groaned with annoyance again. “You were involved with my brother. My bond with him prevented me from any disloyalty, even if there had been an attraction. Which there wasn’t.”

“She kissed you.”

“She tried to do a lot more than that when she had me tied up. Before she took my eye.” He shook his head and touched his patch again. “Her kiss disgusted me. And you know what they say about a woman scorned—”

Julia went up on her tiptoes and kissed him full on the mouth. She felt Henry’s sharp intake of breath against her lips, his shock at what she was doing. Hell, she was shocked at what she was doing.

What the hell was she doing?

A moment later she heard a loud metallic clatter as the machete fell to the ground. She was a bit afraid at what would happen next, him being very anti-kissing and all. But for somebody who was repelled by Evan’s previous soulmate macking on him, he didn’t push her away and wipe away her lip cooties. Instead she felt his strong arms come around her waist to pull her closer to his very firm, very warm body. The kiss deepened and as his tongue swept across hers a strange and intense wave of desire nearly knocked her right off her feet.

The crazy, warm-blooded vampire could kiss. And he didn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. She could feel his sharp fangs and was certain that they were bigger than they’d been a minute ago. Then again, his fangs weren’t the only thing that had gotten bigger since their kiss began.

Guess he isn’t gay after all. That was actually a relief.

Why? She realized how insane she sounded. Why was that a relief?

That was two crazy vampires she’d kissed this evening. And she hated to admit it, but she much preferred the one-eyed version.

“Wait—” Henry breathed and finally moved back a little from her. His eye was fully black again. “What the hell was that?”

Her mouth felt swollen and she bit her bottom lip. “Sorry, I must have slipped on something.”

He was frowning so hard it had to be painful. “You disgust me.”

“You have a funny way of showing disgust.”

“Why did you kiss me?”

“Why did you kiss me back?”

He growled. “This isn’t funny.”

“I’m not laughing.” She swallowed. “I was trying to prove to you that I’m not Evan’s soulmate. You said you didn’t like kissing Katerina.”

“So you kissed me to prove I was wrong?” He shook his head, his good eye growing wider. “You are just as devious as you’ve always been.”

His voice was harsh, but he wasn’t pulling away from her or trying to retrieve his fallen weapon. She reached up to gently touch his eyepatch. “I’d never do something like this to you.”

He flinched but still didn’t pull away. “What the hell is happening to me?”

Tags: Carrie Vaughn Kitty Norville Fantasy
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