Forbidden Alliance: A Werewolf's Tale (Forbidden Alliance Trilogy) by Danae Ayusso Page A

and got out of the SUV, causing him to laugh.
    “There’s no way we’re going to get a table,” I amusingly informed him, eying the line inside.
    Thank god! One awkward situation and argument avoided.
    “ Miss Jay Dee, it shall not be a problem,” he smugly informed me.
    Tanis held the door open for me and waved me inside. I wasn’t dressed for a place like that. Hell, I still had axel grease under my nails! But the annoying vampire testing my patience was oblivious to it.
    “I shall return momentarily,” he said and winked at me , then headed towards the hostess.
    “Jackass,” I mumbled and he chuckled under his breath; obviously his vampiric hearing was better than I thought it was.
    Tanis leaned over the podium and the hostes s gazed longingly into his eyes and her mouth fell open slightly but I couldn’t hear what he was saying.
    What in the hell? Ew, flirting much?
    After a minute, Ta nis looked over his shoulder and motioned for me to join him. To my surprise, we were escorted to a private table in the back of the crowded restaurant which was quiet, secluded , and really romantic.
    Either he’s going to kill me or seduce me...please be the kill me thing. I don’t think I could resist him if he actually made an effort to seduce me ! Ooh, that is so, so bad. I can’t believe I just said that! Huh. Do I want to be seduced by a vampire? Actually, Tanis isn’t vampirey at all...then again, what is? Should he be faster than a speeding bullet, sound the like Count from Sesame Street, and be cold as ice and sparkly? Ugh! If he was any of those things I would have kneed him in the balls for taking my seat in Creative Writing before siccing the boys on him. Damn it, I’m so out of my element right now but the seducing thing could be interesting.
    Stop thinking about Tanis seducing you! I mentally scolded over and over but it d id very little to alleviate my nerves .
    Once seated and alone, I leaned across the table, closing the distance between us. “How did you do that?” I whispered, looking around to make sure that we really were a lone—I didn’t want to share him, and was secretly hoping for the seducing Jay Dee thing.
    “Do what?” he asked, seemingly uninterested and looked at the menu.
    There was an air of confidence, pride and superiority, smugness and old world refinement about him that annoyed me , but strangely turned me on at the same time. When he was a smug jackass like that, I w anted to hit him; but when he opened t he door and ordered for me, helped me with my jacket or did something overbearingly chivalrous like that , it turn ed me on.
    I had issues.
    “Get us a table like that!” I softly snapped at him, annoyed by his smug, hotness. “Did you give her a big tip or something?” I demanded under my breath; I hated it when people threw money around frivolously.
    “No, not exactly,” he said, still sounding uninterested.
    I softly growled under my breath and he chuckled.
    “Flirting, figured as much,” I mumbled and leaned back.
    Since the vampire across the table from me was irritating the shit out of me at that moment, and I was having problems not envisioning choking him out while attacking his pouty, sexy, velvety looking lips with mine, I looked around the restaurant, trying to look at anything but Tanis. The restaurant was nice, cozy , and romantic—as nice and romantic as you could find in an out of the way town like Bellingham I suppose. I had heard of the place but had never been there before. Nineteen-dollar appetizers and thirty-dollar main courses were not something I would spend money on.
    When Tanis noted that he was irritating me, and that I was still growling at him, so he smiled. “Flirting?” he asked, overly amused, trying to steal my attention.
    Of course it worked, it always did.
    “I assure you , Miss Jay Dee, I was not flirting. It is a vampire thing,” he teasingly informed me.
    “Huh?” I asked dumbfounded and he chuckled.