18 EMMY “So, spill.” Ana slumped onto the couch in my room at the Peninsula. “What an ass f**k of a day.” “Ass f*****g can be quite pleasurable with the right guy.” She raised one dark eyebrow. “Who? Black?” Fuck, no. He’d split me in two. “Alaric. But he’s taken now, so don’t get any ideas about ditching Quinn.” Plus Alaric was a tiny bit scared of Ana, while Samuel Quinn had somehow managed to navigate the mysteries of her mind and fall in love with her. Ana just snorted. “So you think this day was pleasurable?” “Not pleasurable, exactly, but certainly stimulating. And speaking of pleasure… You and Darya? Was there something between you?” “There was a period of…experimentation when we were younger, but we both prefer men.” “And Vik? Is it true?” “How am I meant to know? Zach