A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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his sides, his gray eyes smoldering with barely suppressed rage.

"Listen, Dominic, I know you thrink you have some sort of prior claim on me or something, but you're wrong. I don't believe all that reincarnation mumbo jumbo. And even if I did, none of that matters now. I'm not any of those other people, not anymore. Now, if you'll excuse me,Bryan is waiting."

Gathering her courage, she grabbed her jacket off the bed and swept past him. She could feel his eyes burning into her back as she left the room.

Bryanwas waiting for her on the sofa downstairs. Grabbing him by the hand, she pulled him to his feet.
"Come on," she said, "we don't want to be late."

Dominic stared after her. She had ever been a fiery wench, but never before had she defied him so openly. He was tempted to go downstairs and let her see the full force of his wrath; instead, he took a deep breath and let it out in a heavy sigh. He could always kill the boy later, if necessary.

Gathering his power around him like a cloak, he vanished from the house. He was sorely tempted to followTracy , to torment himself by watching her laugh and smile at another man, but to do so would only add fuel to the rage seething inside. Better to takehimself far away from her before his jealousy got the best of him, before the beast that dwelled deep within him escaped his control. Should that happen, the boy would surely die.

A thought took him into the city where he prowled the streets, feeding the hunger that would not be ignored. But there was no relief from the jealousy that plagued him, no respite from the anger churning in his gut.

He slammed his hand against a wall, watched the stones turn to dust beneath the force of his blow. She was his! What right did she have to turn her back on him for some foolish mortal boy? He had followed her throughout time, waiting, always waiting, for her to realize that they were meant to be together.

This time, he vowed, this time he would not lose her.

"Well, that was one of the worst movies I've ever seen,"Tracy said as they left the theater. "Who would have thought that a brilliant director and two sexy actors could turn out such junk?"

"I guess you didn't like it,"Bryan said dryly.

"Did you?"

"Well… I didn't think it was all that bad. The car chases were great. Do you want to go have some coffee?"

"Sure."

They walked across the street to a small cafe and ordered coffee and apple pie.