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Chapters (68)
  1. Biding Time
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Chapter Fifty-Two
  58. Chapter Fifty-Three
  59. Chapter Fifty-Four
  60. Chapter Fifty-Five
  61. Chapter Fifty-Six
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. Other Titles by Lyn Gardner
  64. Going on Red
  65. Choices
  66. Born Out of Wedlock
  67. Give Me A Reason
  68. Mistletoe

“No, but I’ve been around long enough to see there’s definitely a trend toward happily ever after,” Bennett said, indicating for Ruby to climb the stairs ahead of her. “Christ, look at how many dating apps exist today. It’s almost a prerequisite for being human, finding that perfect partner, that perfect love, so you can wear a badge of honor in the shape of a wedding ring. And then, of course, you procreate so even more will be produced, and they, too, will eventually join the throng looking for their perfect mate.”

“That’s pretty pessimistic,” Ruby said, stopping when she reached the flight of stairs leading to her apartment.

“It’s hard not to be sometimes,” Bennett said, motioning for Ruby to continue. “It’s the price of being immortal.”

“It sounds to me like it’s the price of being burned one too many times,” Ruby said when she reached her apartment.

“Perhaps.”

Ruby unlocked the door and turned to Bennett. “Okay, so here’s what I see. Your presumption about what I want is just that—a presumption, and one I don’t appreciate. Would I like to get to know you better? Yes. Would that involve lots of questions? Yes, how could it not? Would I like to sleep with you? Hell, yes, but don’t you dare group me with others who must have hurt you in some way. There’s nothing wrong with people wanting to find that special someone. There’s nothing wrong with wanting a happily ever after life, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a thirty-one-year-old lesbian preferring to have as much fun as she’d like before she meets her maker. Maybe one day I’ll change my mind, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned, being alone has its perks. You don’t have to answer to anyone. You don’t have to share your stuff, and…” Ruby intruded on Bennett’s personal space and gave her a casual once-over. “And you can screw anyone you’d like to screw, and in any way they’d like.”

Ruby stepped into her apartment and turned back around. “And as for being turned as you called it. If that means I’d become as self-righteous and opinionated as you, I’m not interested. In case you haven’t figured it out, I don’t like being pigeon-holed, and I sure as hell don’t like being judged.”

The conversation ended with Ruby slamming the door in Bennett’s face.

Chapter Eighteen