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told her.
    Colin and Sara both turned to look at Aaron as a feral growl emanated from him.
    Colin lowered her very slowly. There was something, he would imagine, about having a very sharp knife at your dick that would make any reasonable man pay attention to details. Once she had both feet planted firmly on the floor, Colin stepped away from her. The next thing Aaron knew, she had flipped both Colin’s feet out from under him. As he landed on his back with a whoosh, she was straddling his chest with her blades at a cross at his throat. Shit, he thought, she’s fast as well as dangerous.
    “ I put you down as you asked, little one.”
    Colin put his hands up in surrender. Aaron decided not to interfere. If he pissed her off more, which he usually did, she might kill his friend out of spite.
    “ Yes, you did. You also opened my wound, and made me bleed again, vamp. I don’t want to bleed anymore in this house, understand? I’m going to get off of you, and you will lie very still until I am standing over there near the sink. If you don’t comply, I’ll have your master dead so fast, if you blink, you’ll miss the show. Deal?” Colin nodded.
    Sara moved off of him and to the sink very slowly. Colin watched her every move. So did Aaron. Once she was where she wanted to be, Colin got to his feet and bowed to her. She had just bested one of Aaron’s best warriors, and Aaron had never been so relieved in his entire life.

~ CHAPTER SIX~
     
    Colin stared at the woman for nearly a full two minutes. She watched him as well. She never squirmed or gave any indication that she was frightened in anyway. He was impressed with that. People, especially women, did not like to be stared at by such a large man; they began to think of ways to get as far away as possible when he did that.
    It was not as if Colin was not a handsome man. He was, indeed. He had dark brown hair worn slightly long with two small braids down the left side of his face, which if nothing else, gave testimony to his heritage. His eyes were as blue as the bonny sky that extended over his birthplace. He stood just over six foot, and while a large man at two hundred and fifty pounds, there was not an ounce of fat on him. Yes, he thought, this human deserved further study.
    “ Colin Larimore, I’d like you to meet Sara Temple. She is the warrior I was telling you about,” Aaron told him.
    Colin jerked his head around to Aaron. Then back at the girl. “You took out six vampires?”
    “ No. There were seven, if you count him and the Carlovettis. I took out three; he took out one,” Sara told him, as if it was nothing at all.
    Colin looked back at his master and friend. “You didn’t tell me she got more kills than you.” Colin’s opinion of the girl just went up several more notches. First, for killing three full vamps, and secondly, and most importantly, for saving Aaron.
    “ Shut up, Colin. I didn’t tell you because it doesn’t matter.”
    Colin grinned. He thought about pointing out that she was a mere human and he a badass vamp, a master vamp at that, but reconsidered. That did not mean that he couldn’t tease him about it later, he thought. And looking back at the girl, a woman he guessed, he wasn’t so sure she was completely human anyway.
    Sara snorted. Both men looked at her. With a shrug, she started for the door out of the kitchen.
    “ Sweet bearded Jesus! You’re bleeding! Shit! I didn’t even smell it,” Aaron yelled at her. Colin hadn’t even noticed it himself until Aaron had said something.
    “ That’s because I didn’t want you to. Why is this always a surprise to everyone? A house full of bloodsuckers, one bleeding human, do the math and I bet you come to the same answer. I’m gonna find Duncan.” This time, she was stopped by Aaron who stood between her and the door out.
    “ I’ll take care of your wound. Sit over there. Colin and I have some questions for you.”
    Colin raised a brow at his tone. “Bloody hell, Aaron, let