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some shoes and the next thing I knew we were driving through the darkened streets of San Francisco.  At first I wasn’t sure where to go, but I found myself directing him back to the Hunter’s Point area, looking for that rundown tavern Jakob had taken me to.  Maybe I could find Chad there?  He seemed like as good a choice as any, and at least I wouldn’t have to worry about him belonging to someone else. 
    Rob accepted the directions without comment, though he did look somewhat dubious when I guided him to the final street.  “I’ll have to park a few blocks over.  If I leave the car here, won’t be nothing to come back to.”
    “That’s fine.  I’ll be in that bar across the street there.”
    “That place?”  The corners of his mouth turned down as he peered through the windshield.  “You’d better wait for me.”
    “I’ll be fine, I’ve been there before.  It’s not as bad as you think.”
    I thought he might argue the point further, but he just unlocked the car door.  “Right then, I’ll be back in a flash.  Don’t open a vein ‘til I get back, yeah?”
    “I’ll be good, I promise.  I just want to get inside and scope things out.”  If Chad wasn’t in there, I might have to reconsider.  The few people on the street didn’t look all that healthy. 
    I wasn’t all dressed up to go out like I was the first time I was there with Jakob.  Still, I stuck out like a sore thumb as soon as I walked into the dingy tavern.  There weren’t too many patrons in the place, and a quick survey found my options limited.  Now, I know Rob asked me not to eat anyone until he got there, but I started thinking… Why make things harder on him th an they had to be?  Wouldn’t it be better to pick a guy, take what I needed and then leave by the time Rob showed up?   
    Taking my cues from Ellie and her rushed feedings, I strode right up to the guy closest to me, trying not to notice the dirt crusted under his fingernails.  I flung my compulsion out ahead of me, catching hold of him before I even opened my mouth.  “You and me out back, right now.” 
    The guy didn’t even hesitate, immediately following me outside without a word.  A few nasty laughs and catcalls followed us out, but I didn’t care.  Let them think what they wanted, as long as I got what I needed. 
    The closer I got to him, the more I noticed the sour reek of old gin and tobacco that seeped out of his pores and the less I felt like getting my fangs anywhere near that, but I was hell bent on getting it over with as quickly as possible.  I didn’t know his name, and I didn’t want to know, especially when he gave me a smarmy smile. 
    As soon as we got out into the alley, he reached for me, but I shoved him back against the building, not wanting those hands anywhere near me.  Unfortunately, the door to the bar opened, and couple of guys stepped into the alley. 
    “Hey,” one of them called out, his breath steaming in the cold night air.  “Hey, chicky.  You’re a ballsy one, aren’t ya?”
    Frak !  That was all I needed, an audience.  “Not right now, fellas.  We’re kind of busy, and I’m not in the mood for a foursome.”
    “She’s not in the mood for a foursome…” He gave a short, ugly bark of laughter.  “What are you in the mood for then?  Huh, chicky?  ‘Cause a foursome’s what you got.”  He and his buddy circled around me, cutting off my exit to the mouth of the alley and the door back into the tavern. 
    I half expected Rob to step out a t any moment, but he was nowhere in sight.  Had he left me to fend for myself?  A cold sliver of worry sliced through my belly at finding myself completely alone and vulnerable before I realized… I wasn’t vulnerable.  I was the one with all the power, and I refused to let them intimidate me. 
    “Privacy actually.  Why don’t you go back inside?” 
    The mouthy guy nodded absently, already turning to go, but my designated victim decided he