Alone
giraffes were right behind the bug barn as I kept calling it. Then I stood on my toes and whispered in his ear, “I’m going to go buy a snow cone, find a nice shady spot, and watch the giraffes while I wait for my handsome man while he plays with the buggies and he can crawl all over me, bite me, and enter my doors all he wants.”
    Conall smiled as I leaned back. “I like this deal. It’s a good deal.”
    Five minutes later, I was sitting on a bench under a tree enjoying a blue raspberry snow cone.
    Twenty minutes later, he found me, grabbed my hand, and dragged me off to a secluded spot and pressed me up against a wall, covering my mouth, and sank his fangs into me where no one could see us. I had the best orgasm right there at the zoo.
    It was wild and crazy and awesome .
    We ended up only making it through half the zoo, truly taking our time with each attraction and enjoying the aspects of it. I couldn’t think of the last time I’d had such innocent, normal fun, and Conall said the same as we were leaving. He suggested some hole-in-the-wall Chinese place we saw on the way back to the expressway and ordered about half the menu.
    “Whatever happened with the boxes in the front room,” I asked as we waited for our number to be called, remembering they weren’t there this morning.
    “I arranged for a local organization to come pick them up last night,” he explained, putting away his wallet. “When we went to bed, I realized I’d forgotten that and you were already asleep so I slipped out of bed and handled it. Oh and I forgot we never discussed your other business matters. Your overseas issue should already have paid you and that California one will never bother you again, relinquishing everything to you.”
    “Thank you,” I whispered, staring at him with wide eyes. I opened my mouth and then closed it again before shaking my head. “I’m not sure what else to say besides thank you.”
    “Do you want to know specifics?”
    I pondered that one and then shook my head. “One day but it’s still pretty raw. I think I would be too evil right now and ask if you made them suffer.”
    “No more than they needed to.” He shrugged and shot me a smirk, letting me know he didn’t judge me for the question. I threw back my head as our number was called. He retrieved our bags and then I took the car keys from him. I drove us home and we chatted about our favorite aspects of the zoo and what we were looking forward to next time.
    It was such a nice, normal day it almost felt like a dream with my crazy ass life.
    But then reality came crashing back down on us when we walked into the house and a stranger was sitting in my front room.
    “Well isn’t this cozy,” he drawled. I froze and Conall crashed into me, quickly moving his hands to my hips to steady me. “So you do have a new pet artist, brother.”
    “Edward, what are you doing here?” Conall asked darkly as his fingers dug into my body. Well didn’t that just tell me how welcome our visitor was?
    “This one’s pretty,” Edward purred, eyeing me over like his next meal… Literally . “Much better than that old guy painter you followed around like a dog last century. She pens pornographic materials, yes? Oh, she will be fun to get to know. Tasty, I bet, in all the best ways.”
    “I’m standing right here,” I drawled, about done with this shit.
    “Yes, you are, but the men are talking here, dearie.”
    “So you must be the evil twin,” I said anyways, realizing they were more than brothers considering they were the spitting image of each other if I removed the ugly air around Edward—and his longer hair.
    “I prefer the more attractive twin,” he replied, an edge to his tone.
    “No, Nina was accurate,” Conall snapped. “I asked what you were doing here, Edward.”
    “I’m going to get a cider, do you want one?” I asked Conall as I took dinner from him. I stepped into the kitchen as he simply blinked at me, surprised he didn’t see

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