interest early on but I’m not into sloppy seconds. Not where a mate is concerned anyway.” Lazarus rolled his eyes. “What is it that females like about him so much? I don’t get it. None of them stand a chance of getting him to mate them. I don’t know why they are wasting their time.” Griffin shrugged and pulled a face. “I heard some of the females talking. They say that he is pretty…” Lazarus choked out a laugh. “Pretty?…You have got to be kidding me. They think that fucker is pretty?” The other male nodded. “Yup…he apparently looks like some movie star. Only bigger and better looking…” Griffin held up his hands. “I’m using their words not mine.” Lazarus laughed. “He projects this whole wounded, broken vibe. The females know that he is fucking around with more than one of them and yet each of those females is convinced that she can tame him. That she will be the one that captures his attention and heart.” “It’s not going to fucking happen. They do realize that deep down don’t they?” One thing was for sure, Lazarus did not understand human females. Not one bit. Griffin shrugged. “I think it is all part of the allure. I don’t understand it.” He huffed out a breath. “Let’s see what happens in the next heat. I’m not choosing anyone to go to the next round. You? Are you going to choose that cute, little human?” Lazarus felt himself growl. He didn’t like that Griffin was talking about Alexandra. Hated that he had called her cute. He was so fucked. Griffin laughed. “You have it bad. Really bad. I never thought I would say this, but I’m actually glad I’m not you.” “She fires my blood…that is for fucking sure, but”—Lazarus shook his head—“until I know for sure what her intentions are…” He let the sentence die. It was weird. Alexandra had seemed almost desperate to become a part of The Program . Surely that meant that she wanted to be with a vampire. The fact that she was willing to enter into this whole agreement in the first place should mean that she was into him. Yet, it hadn’t seemed that way at all. Their kiss had been as explosive as fuck, yet she seemed shocked about the whole thing. Shocked at her reaction to him. It didn’t make any sense whatsoever. She wanted him but didn’t seem to like the fact. Two more days until the next round. Lazarus planned on getting to know her but he also planned on pushing her. Testing her. She needed to convince him that she really wanted to be here. Now Lance planned on fucking up his plans. Griffin frowned. “What do you mean? What her intentions are?” “With fuckers like Lance behind every corner…I need to be sure. That’s all.” Griffin nodded. Although what he just said was true, there was more to this. He just couldn’t quite put his finger on what that was. Lazarus wasn’t about to let himself just fall for this female blindly. He only hoped in the end that he had a choice in the matter.
Chapter 6
“So you’re the new girl.” A blonde woman with bright blue eyes walked up to her. “Someone mentioned earlier that someone new had arrived.” She smiled. “I’m Sarah.” She put out her hand and Alex shook it. “It’s good to meet you. I’m hoping to meet a few more of the ladies within The Program .” Sarah frowned. “Well, I’m glad I got to you first. We’re not really on friendly terms. It’s clicky and competitive. There are only ten vampires and twenty-six of us. Don’t be surprised if you get a couple of bitchy comments.” “Seriously?” Alex paused for a few beats. “I would’ve thought that us humans would stick together.” Sarah laughed. “Like hell. Some of these women would kill their own mother for a chance at marrying a vampire. They see other women within The Program as major competition.” “The competition part I get but is it so bad that they would kill their own mother…really? I mean, besides the fact that the vampires