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him.
    "So, why has she helped you?" Looking deep
into those red eyes, suddenly images flew at me. "You saved her
life," I told him, before I had a chance to think about my words.
The grip on my hair loosened, but he didn't release me, and his
fingers stayed on my skin as he looked at me in shock. "She was
dying of a wound that someone had inflicted on her, someone who
hated witches. You gave her some of your blood to help heal her
wound."
    He totally released me and stepped back, the
feeling ceased as soon as he let me go. "How could you know that?
I've never shared that with anyone."
    "I'm a vampire Quinn. Remember? You said it
yourself," I told him. "She was young, wasn't she?"
    "Fourteen," he said softly, turning away from
me. "The man who hurt her was her Grandfather, and he hated that
her family had gotten into that religion."
    "It was a long time ago, wasn't it?” He
nodded. "Will you take me to see her?"
    "We'll leave in the morning." He looked at me
and sighed, thinking about whether to leave me or not. Then he took
my hand, and looked at me as if he suddenly felt the same thing
that I was feeling, but he looked away quickly and began to lead me
out of the tunnels. "Never follow me again, Ash," he said sternly,
without looking at me, but his grip on my hand never lessened until
he left me safely at the back door.
    The next morning we traveled by car towards
Salem, Massachusetts. Although neither of us said a word most of
the trip, Quinn's thoughts seemed to be the focus of my attention.
I turned in my seat to look at him. His face was calm and he seemed
to be at peace as he looked straight ahead at the road.
    Suddenly, breaking the silence and turning
toward me quickly, Quinn startled me, making me jump in my
seat.
    "What are you staring at?" He asked me.
    "I'm trying to read your thoughts," I replied
to him.
    "Well, cut it out!" He said sternly. I smiled
at him and then watched he pulled the car over and put it in park.
He turned and looked at me. "Why would you want to know my
thoughts?"
    "Because, you think you’re so cool, you think
that no one can break you," I replied and he smiled at me, and then
laughed aloud. "What?"
    "You don't have a clue about me."
    "You think your God's gift, I know that."
    "I am."
    "Bullshit, Quinn," I told him. Suddenly, he
was above me, his arms were so close, one on the seat to my left
and one above my right shoulder on the door, and I was backed into
a corner. He looked at me with his bright silver eyes and when he
smiled at me I could see his vampire teeth. "Do you think you're
scaring me?"
    "I can smell the fear on you, Ash," he
replied to me, moving closer. I put my hands up on his chest and
held him away, not wanting to think about what he might do to me.
"Do you think you can resist me?" He smiled. "Don't you think I
could make you do whatever I wanted you to?"
    "Why would you do that?" I asked him. He
shook his head as if to tell me that I couldn't possibly
understand. "What do you want, Quinn?"
    "Isn't it obvious? Can't you feel it?" I did
feel it and that was what scared me, the longer I left my hands on
his chest the more intense the pulsating feeling his body was
letting off got. I wanted to move away, but I would just be leaving
myself open to him. "Wouldn't that be ironic, to have something of
Julian's that he never really got?"
    "I would never give into you, Quinn, and you
know it," I told him. He broke my hold, my arms gave way under him,
and he moved closer to my lips with his. I felt his body weight on
mine. Even through his clothes I could feel his body. I could feel
his warm breath against my cheek and his strong hand where he
placed it on the back of my neck. He looked deep into my eyes and
held me there for the longest moment. I couldn't resist him if he
tried anything. I was weak and vulnerable, and his touch, though he
and I were complete opposites, was inviting. I caught my breath and
whispered to him, just as he was about to kiss me, "Stop,
Quinn."
    He