Hot for Slayer (Scared Sexy Collection, #1)

by Ali Hazelwood

“Some lives run invisibly. Undetected by most. And when a person comes along who sees those lives for what they are, who acknowledges their reality, who reminds people that there is value in different ways of

existing . . . A minute of that is worth more than a thousand nights with a lover. Wouldn’t you agree?”

I’m not surprised that it took me so long to make the connection between the man at the ball and Lazlo.

“Aethelthryth, nothing would make me happier than having you with me here, or in any other place that I will call home, for as long as I live. Please, come in.”

Nothing was explained to me—I was molded and plied and ordered to slaughter what was described to me as a horde of beasts made in the devil’s image that threatened the very survival of humankind.

“I had been raised to . . . I was told that vampires were a detriment to this world. But it was obvious that you made others’ lives easier. And looking at you, I couldn’t help but think that the world was better. Because you were in it.”

“Glad to see that you find the most meaningful moment of my life hilarious.”

“No, no, I . . . It’s not—” I try to stop chuckling, in vain. “I was just thinking, we need to commission a commemorative plaque. Put it up right there, on that wall.” “Why?” “Because . . . A slayer and a vampire. Doing it. It has to be a first in all of history, right?”

Weird. But weirder things have happened.