The Husband Hunt (26 page)
Authors: Lynsay Sands
When he allowed his confusion to show, she smiled. “Shared dreams.”
“Oh, man.” Zanipolo punched Christian in the arm. “Shared dreams are supposed to be hot.”
“Hopefully between talking to Gia, encouragement from Genie, and the shared dreams she may be more willing to overlook the age difference.”
Christian suspected it wouldn’t be that easy, but merely asked, “Is she close enough to have shared dreams?”
“She’s in the villa below yours,” Marguerite grinned. “We arranged it.”
“Thank you,” he murmured.
“Don’t thank us. We haven’t won her for you yet,” Marguerite said, and then warned, “And I suspect no matter what we do she’ll still run eventually.”
When Christian stilled, she shrugged. “All of your brothers’ life mates ran at some point or other,” she said quietly. “It’s a frightening prospect for a mortal. They have not only to accept our existence, but trust in nanos, something they didn’t even know about before meeting an immortal.”
Christian glanced up as Genie suddenly appeared at the table, smiling widely.
“Oh, you guys are great. Everyone I’ve talked to loves you,” she announced happily, and then asked, “Where’s Gia?”
“She’s in the ladies’ room. I’m sure she’ll be right back,” Marguerite answered. “Christian was just asking about Carolyn, but I don’t know her as well as you. Perhaps you can answer his questions?”
Genie’s eyebrows rose as her gaze shifted to him. “Sure. What did you want to know?”
Taking his mother’s cue, Christian smiled and said, “Everything.”
L
YNSAY
S
ANDS
is the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and anthologies. She’s been writing since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that’s just a big bonus.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Under a Vampire Moon
copyright © 2012 by Lynsay Sands
THE HUSBAND HUNT
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EPub Edition MARCH 2012 ISBN: 9780062096586
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