oh , yes , she thought , practically squirming where she stood . he would have been a demon by then ... . '' `` he never came back . in the evenings , after all the cow-dung fires are lighted for cooking , it 's so smoky here you ca n't see your own tent till you 're practically in it . '' god , if he could see those lips on him again- shut up . chase studied her as if mentally connecting the dots . instead of just one or two vampires at the corner , there were five . 