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being inconspicuous. It’s Murder 101—never draw attention to yourself. You have to lay low. Fly under the radar. That way, no one will remember you later in a lineup.”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “You’re going down, Marchette.” She glared. “You ruined my afterlife.”
    I remembered Mandy’s comment about Nina and the cocoa. “My mother coerced you into going to Mandy’s. That’s what this is about.”
    “She coerced Rob and I tagged along. This is about next Friday and her Huntress Club meeting.”
    “You didn’t agree to go, did you?”
    “I didn’t have a choice. She said I was going to be a part of the family and so I had to meet her friends.” Her gaze narrowed and her eyes gleamed a bright, fierce red. “It’s all your fault for siccing her on me in the first place. She thinks Rob and I are serious.”
    “Aren’t you?”
    “Yes. I mean, no.” She shook her head. “I have to break up with him.”
    “Just because of my mother? Listen, it’s only one meeting. You go. You have some refreshments, talk about how great Rob is, and you’re home free.”
    “But that’s the problem. Rob isn’t great. He has flaws. Major flaws.”
    “You didn’t seem to have any concerns last night in the storage closet.”
    “I wasn’t thinking straight. Now that I am, I see that he’s not the vampire for me. Sure, he’s got a phenomenal fertility rating. And abs you could pound nails on. And great hands. And he doesn’t mind it when I drink the last glass of O+ or misplace the remote or get makeup smudges on the lining of his coffin. Still, he’s far from perfect.”
    I tried to process her words, but my brain stuck on one thing in particular. “Rob sleeps in a coffin?”
    A grin played at her lips. “I wouldn’t exactly call it sleeping.”
    “Forget I asked. Let’s get back to Rob. What’s wrong with him? Maybe we can fix it.”
    I expected the usual spiel befitting a born male vampire—he’s narcissistic and selfish and conceited and money-hungry
    “He’s too …” She made a face. “Nice.”
    “No problem. We’ll just try to get him to be more considerate and compassionate and—What did you just say?”
    She shook her head. “He brings me flowers and he rubs my feet. He even sliced and diced this jerk who kept grabbing my ass when we went to that Nickelback concert last week.”
    “And the problem is?” Other than murder one, of course.
    “He’s nice,” she said again, “and I’m not. I mean,come on, I’m so into myself it isn’t funny. I’m selfish and conceited and all I really care about is money and sex. I don’t deserve a vampire like Rob.”
    “Trust me, you deserve him. He’s every bit as selfish as you are. He’s just not showing it. You’re in the honeymoon phase.”
    “But what if we’re not? What if he’s really a great guy and I’m a bitch?” She shook her head. “He’ll get nicer and I’ll get bitchier and he’ll end up hating me. I can’t do that. Better to call it quits right now before we get any more involved. Then we can still be friends. And still have hot, meaningless sex once in a while.”
    I had a feeling that Nina wasn’t half as scared of becoming more of a bitch as she was of changing. Mellowing. Falling in love.
    I wasn’t going to say that, however. I knew my friend. She was in major denial and the more I pushed, the more likely she was to run the other way. “You’re right. You’re much too bitchy for my brother. You should break it off now.”
    She gave me a strange look. “Really?”
    I nodded vigorously. “You’re beyond bitchy. If there were a Bee-yotch category in the Olympics, you’d win the gold.”
    “I’m not that bad.”
    “Don’t sell yourself short. You’re at the top of your game. A master.”
    “Really?” Instead of looking hopeful, her eyes were bright. I ignored the urge to throw my armsaround her and tell her she was the sweetest, most considerate, most wonderful vampire in the world and