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it.”
    Immediately, he reached over and pressed a switch on the door panel. A black sheet slid up out of nowhere to block the driver’s view. He pressed another button and said, “You know where to take us, Joseph. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.”
    “Yes, sir,” was the driver’s only reply.
    Before she could even think to change her mind, he slid across the seat and pulled her into his arms. The heat of his body seeped into hers and she smiled against his chest.
    “I thought vampires were cold, unfeeling people.”
    “That just goes to show what you know.” His voice rumbled against her ear. “Or what you don’t know, as the case may be.”
    Pulling back, he cupped her chin and tilted her head back. “It’s impossible.” He shook his head. “I know it’s impossible. Yet, here I sit, looking down into your beautiful violet eyes, thinking how much I love you.”
    Gently, he leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers. Cherie closed her eyes as he pressed little kisses over her face and jaw. Was this what it was like to give herself to another with a love that’s real?
    The strange feeling in her stomach was nothing like what she’d felt before. With a frown, she pushed the memories back. She needed this, she needed him —even if this was like it was before.
    Taking a deep shuddering breath, she grasped the hem of her blouse. She needed the contact, the warmth of another human being and, damn it, she needed to feel alive.
    Hunter pressed on last kiss to the tip of her nose and tucked her head beneath his chin. “That’s not what you need, love.” He rocked her against him. “You need comfort. You definitely don’t need me to make love to you right now. What you need is for me to hold you, to tell you that you matter to me. That, as unbelievable as it seems, I love you.” he gave her a gentle squeeze. “I have waited centuries to say that to a woman and I do not say it lightly.”
    For the first time in a long, long time, Cherie fell asleep in a man’s arms.
    “Wake up, baby,” Hunter said as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. “We’re here and Gregori just went to get Kaylee.”
    He chuckled when she bolted upright. “Where is she?”
    “Inside somewhere.” He looked out through the open door. “Gregori said that she seemed as excited as you.” He turned to look at her. “It seems that her sister, Cherie Belle died as a teenager.” He sat back and looked rather confused. “Apparently her Cherie had been run downat the age of seventeen by a drunk driver who thought she and two of her friends were trash cans on the side of the road. And,” he paused for a moment, “in this reality, you have both expired.”
    Cherie looked toward the open door and gasped when she saw her sister exit a building and skip down the stairs. Tears filled her eyes as she cried, “Kaylee!” It was her sister. Cherie clamored from the limo and ran to her sister. They hugged each other, each of them sobbing.
    “I’ve missed you so much,” they both said at the same time.
    They stepped back holding each other’s arms.
    “How have you been?” Kaylee said. “Let me look at you.”
    “No.” Cherie shook her head. “Let me look at you.” Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open. “You’re pregnant!”
    “Yes.” Kaylee nodded happily. “I am.”
    Cherie leaned to the side to look back toward Kaylee’s home. “How’s little Nikki?”
    Kaylee smiled serenely and rubbed her rounded belly like any proud mother would. “She’s fine, but…” she paused and tilted her head, “how did you know that we’d decided to name the baby Nicole?”
    Cherie looked at the man who walked up behind her sister. “Gregori, I presume?” She held out her hand. “I’m happy to meet you.” She looked back at Hunter as he moved to stand behind her. He wrapped a possessive arm around her waist and she leaned back into him.
    She had her sister back, she would have her niece back, and she had a