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arched and stiffened, driving to his full length, so deep she cried out yet again.
    As she rose up through the glittering waves of pleasure, it occurred to her she was in trouble. And she really ought to care.
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    They’d parked around the corner.
    â€œYou sure this is safe?” Avery asked, shifting in the passenger seat. “What if he feeds on her?”
    Parker’s smile had an unpleasantly lewd edge. “He probably will, but it won’t hurt her even if he does. According to every source we’ve got on him, he never drinks more than a cup or so from his partners. And none of them has shown any adverse effects.”
    â€œYeah, but I still don’t like the idea of just handing her over to him.” Avery drummed his fingers on one knee, restless and disturbed. “I’ve worked with Grayson too long to be comfortable with just letting some undead thing make a meal out of her. She’s suffered enough.”
    The agent snorted. “From what I’ve read about Champion, I doubt there’s any suffering involved. Look, the man is a national hero. According to his dossier, he’s spied in every war from the American Revolution to Iraq. He’s not a monster.”
    â€œSo why in the hell are we planning to abduct him? Do you seriously think he’s going to want to work for the government after that?”
    â€œIf we can figure out a way to make more vampires, it won’t matter.” Parker’s cold, pale eyes lit up with a fanatic’s fervor. “We need more agents like Champion, Avery. You should see what he can do. There’s a videotape of him punching through a steel door before taking out half a dozen men in thirty seconds, bare-handed. He’s a phenomenal undercover agent. Sometimes it seems he can almost read minds, the way he can sense a lie or tell when people know more than they’re saying. He speaks a dozen languages so fluently, he can pass for a native damn near anywhere he goes. He—”
    â€œSo why the hell are we planning to take our best agent out of service right when we need him most?”
    Parker gave him a narrow look. “Because the President has decided the payoff is worth the risk.”
    â€œWhat if the President’s wrong?” Avery shook his head. “I know you’ve heard about the chatter we’ve been picking up. With these cults killing people all over the country, do we really need to be playing chicken with an intelligence asset like Reece Champion?”
    â€œYes, because we need more agents like him, and this could get them for us. What if somebody gets lucky and kills him? We need another vampire. Once he’s changed Erin, she can produce more for us.”
    Avery scrubbed a hand through his hair. Too much of this made no sense at all. “Wouldn’t it be simpler just to ask him to recruit a few of his toothy friends?”
    â€œHe swears there aren’t any.”
    â€œHe’s lying. If there’s one, there’s more.”
    â€œProbably, but we can’t prove it.”
    â€œWalk people in front of a mirror,” Avery said. “When you see somebody without a reflection, there’s your boy.”
    â€œThat’s a myth. So are most of the other legends about vampires.” Parker rubbed his thumb against his lower lip, his expression brooding. “He’s got no problem with crosses, holy water, or garlic, either. He sleeps during the day, but I don’t think he bursts into flame in sunlight. So…”
    â€œBut we think if he has sex with Erin, he could change her?”
    Parker shrugged. “That’s what he’s implied. On December twenty-first of last year, to a Corporal Thomas Rysentat. Who reported the conversation to his superiors.” As if reciting a report from memory, he quoted, “When I saw Agent Champion turn into a wolf and turn back again with his injuries healed, I told him I wanted to become a vampire. He