If she acquiesces to his wishes for a few months and he still can't win her, he will withdraw and leave Anita alone forever, especially since Anita lost the vampire marks at the end of the previous book. What Richard has a right to ask of Anita, Jean Claude is also demanding the right because Anita cannot deny that she desires Jean-Claude. Anita is to date both Richard and Jean-Claude, to give Jean-Claude a chance to woo her. Gretchen gets turned into a slab of vampire jerky and Jean-Claude gives Anita a deal. Jean-Claude revels in the fact that even werewolf boy scout Richard is not human enough for Anita. Gretchen blackmails Anita into telling Jean-Claude, gleefully looking forward to seeing Jean-Claudes heart break except it back fires majorly when Jean-Claude senses that though Anita is telling the truth but not the whole truth. Gretchen in an jealous rage proceeds to beat the living shit out of Anita before Anita tells her she's engaged to Richard. More accurately she envies the fact that Jean Claude is hung up on Anita. Anita slams on the breaks and changes the 'yes' to a 'maybe but only because I don't have the nerve to nope the hell out'.Ī blonde bitch vampire creation of Jean-Claudes called Gretchen, believes that Jean-Claude is gods gift to women, and absolutely HATES Anita. It may disgust the human side of a lycanthrope but the disease, the beast, the animal is now half of who they are and a person can't help but take on some of it's traits as themselves.

The mix of sex, fear, violence and gore is like heroin to the average lycanthrope. She is spooked and repulsed that the beast in him is making him love the snuff film. Richard loses control of his lycanthrope spirit/aura after Anita asks him to watch the snuff film to see if he can help identify the actors.

The lunatic cafe by laurell k hamilton