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.“So, Jessie knows all this.”“Yes, of course.”“Is there any way you can prove this to me?”I thought about that, then sped across the room, stopping near the window.I knew that to him it would look as if I’d disappeared and then reappeared across the room.He jumped up, bolted for the door.I beat him there and stood in front of it, blocking his path.I could see him panicking, and he backed away from me slowly, eyes frantic.“Please don’t freak out, Alex.I’d never hurt you, even if I could.Please, just talk to me? Stay?”“You killed your last boyfriend!”“He was about to turn Jessie into a vampire! I had to! I’d never let anyone hurt her, and I’d never want anyone to live like I have to live.”He took a deep breath and nodded.“Okay, okay.I just can’t fucking believe this.”I suddenly was filled with such a sadness I had to sit down.I walked to the couch and sat heavily on it, burying my face in my hands.What had I expected? That he’d believe me and then we’d hop into bed? That he’d willingly date a freak? Why had I been so quick to trust him? Would I have to leave Jessie now? I felt Alex sit next to me, and it startled me.I’d been expecting to hear the door slam.“I’m sorry.I never should have told you.”“Why did you?”“I didn’t want to lie.I’ve never been good at lying, and I really like you, I wanted to start out right.If you want to go, I understand.Just please don’t tell anyone? If this hurts Jessie I’d…I don’t know what I’d do.I owe her so much.” I looked away, my eyes were filling with tears and I was overwhelmed with shame and regret for telling him my long freaky life story.“Hey.I’m not going anywhere.Just…give me a few minutes to absorb this, okay?”I nodded, not trusting my voice not to break if I answered out loud.I closed my eyes and leaned back, resting my head against the back of the couch.I could feel his eyes on me, and I tried to calm myself.I felt him pick up my hand, and pull it up to his lips.I opened my eyes as he laid a kiss on the back of my hand, just like he’d done the night before.“All right.I believe you, and I’m still here.I still like you, and I still want you, Marc.”I couldn’t believe my ears.I rushed into him, wrapping my arms around him and claiming his mouth with mine.“Thank you,” I whispered against his lips.“No, thank you for trusting me.I still can’t quite believe your story, but I know it was hard for you to tell me.I’m sorry I freaked at first.”He climbed onto my lap and straddled me, laying kisses over my neck and up my jaw.I was still shocked at the turn in his behavior.He’d just accepted me? As I was?“So… you’re really okay with this?”“Yeah, but I do have a few more questions.What do you mean, when you say you’re weak?”I saw now that his positioning, on top of me, holding me down, was about him not feeling threatened by me.He really was trying to accept this.I relaxed under him and laid my hands on his thighs.“My body is easily damaged.Its also easily repaired with blood, but if I don’t get blood, I can’t repair myself at all.”“Mmm, hmm.Okay.And what about this need for a mate? Is that what you want me to be?”“Well, I don’t want you to be a vampire.I guess I just want to date you, but you should know that I’ll probably be pretty needy and possessive.I’ll try to keep it under control.”“And when you drink blood, what’s that like? Can you show me?”“Are you sure?”He nodded and rolled up his sleeve, exposing his wrist and forearm to me.I drank as slowly as possible, but I knew it was still almost too fast for him to see.He rubbed his wrist where I had drunk, and said, “I didn’t even feel that.You couldn’t have taken enough?”“Yes, I did.I only need a tiny bit, about an ounce.”“Why am I not bleeding?”“I don’t know, I think maybe there’s something in my saliva? No one told me that.”He continued to ask me questions for almost an hour, some about being a vampire, some about my past, some just things about me personally.I answered them all, and even returned a few questions to him.By the time he ran out of things to ask me about we were both comfortable with each other again.He kissed me then, with all the passion he had shown in the car the night before
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