she 'd never met the like of him . even if the person i love is his best friend . their iron shoes rang on the cobblestones . tiny opened his hand to check . she spun him back toward the tunnel mouth . cole forced himself to breathe before he got dizzy and managed to pull himself together . into the arms of her male . if the vampire had n't still had a finger to her lips , she would have licked them in reflex . 