To most people who know him, Nick Fontana is the owner of a prestigious advertising agency. To a select few, he’s known as Niko, a man who deals with very sensitive problems no one else can handle. As a result, Nick has never found a man to love -- because he won't allow it to happen. Then he meets flirtatious Greg Tyson while out running. He thinks nothing of it until Greg applies for a job at Nick's ad agency. Greg is exactly what Nick is looking for in an employee. Hiring him, however, might turn out to be the biggest mistake of Nick's life ... or the beginning of something new, if Nick is willing to open himself up and let Greg in. Doing so will require an amount of trust Nick isn’t certain he can give without endangering Greg's life -- and losing his love -- in the process.

Love Was Not an Option

Getting up, Niko released his hold on the three men. “That was some story,” he said to his target. “I hope she enjoyed being fucked as much you enjoyed fucking her.” He grinned as he gave the man a congratulatory smack on the back.


“She did,” the man replied with a lascivious leer, earning laughs from his companions.


Niko left, going into the nearest alley, and teleported back to Darwin’s home.


“Mission accomplished. Our vampire hunter is no more,” he said when Darwin asked. “Oh, he’s still alive.” He took a seat and went on to tell Darwin what he’d done.


When he finished, Darwin nodded. “That is really the preferable way to deal with the humans, whenever possible. But then you always knew that, and you’ve finally decided to take it to heart.”


“I have, and I try not to kill them unless the circumstances warrant their deaths.” He wondered if hisrecent change of heart had to do with his feelings for Greg, and came to the conclusion it did.


Chapter 28