A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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"Hey,Tracy ."

"Hi, Bry , I was just on my way out."
"Oh? Want some company?" "Not tonight."

"You're going to see him, aren't you?"

She wound the cord around her finger. "He needs me." "Uh-huh. Where does he stay, anyway?"

"I… he… I don't know."

"You're a terrible liar, you know that?"

Before she could form an answer, he'd hung up on her.

She stared at the phone in her hand, then gently put it back on the kitchen counter and went out the back door.

Outside, she walked slowly down the path that led to the house below. "Dominic?"
She took a deep breath as the door swung open. There was no turning back now.

She found Dominic sitting in the chair in front of a roaring fire. He wore a black velvet robe over a pair of black sweatpants. She couldn't help thinking that it was a very sexy outfit.

"Hi," she said softly. "How are you feeling?"

"Better, now that you are here."

She knelt beside his chair, her gaze running over him. The burns on his face and hands looked red and ugly.And painful. Still, he looked much better than he had last night, though he still looked a trifle pale, even for a vampire.

She looked up to find him watching her intently.

As though it were a great effort, he lifted his hand and ran his fingers over the edge of her turtleneck. "Is this to keep me out?"

Tracystared at him. Was that why she had chosen this particular sweater? Had she subconsciously seen it as some sort of barrier?

She read the yearning in his eyes, knew the decision was wholly hers.

"Relax,my best beloved one. I will not force you. I will not even ask." Placing his hands on the arms of the chair, he levered up to his feet.