The knock on the door meant the booze was here, and Theresa unfolded her legs from beneath her to pad over to the door. The late news had come on, but the news bored the hell out of her, so she'd switched over to some action movie. Televised explosions could be heard as she unlatched the security chain.

The vampire took in the sight of the guy in the hall, and after a second she rolled her eyes. He wasn't from room service. If her last client thought she was in the business of giving away freebies, he really was new around here.

"What?"