The road sped past, and Obrad counted the miles. It wasn't just the ceremony he was looking forward to, but seeing Rayne again. Though she was still a guard, she wasn't one that blended into the background. With her dark black hair, snappy sapphire eyes and smart mouth to match, she was the kind of vampiress any man would be happy to talk to.

And somehow she's mine.

It was still a wonder to him that she'd spoken to him. He remembered their first assignment together, ...