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stacked against us.”
“I don’t believe that.”
“ I want you to respect my decision.”
“No.” He was smiling at me and it took all my strength not to smile back. I loved this man and if I thought for one second we could be together, I would walk into his arms right now.
“Did you drink the blood?”
“No, I tried, but the smell, the color . I couldn’t. Everything in my body is telling me it’s poison.”
“So you’re just going to go back to the way you were?” I was hurt that he hadn’t taken the blood. He had done and tried to do some really horrific things. He couldn’t drink the cure because it didn’t smell good.
“No, of course not. I brought it here.” He pointed to the familiar goblet sitting on a side table. “I wanted to be with you in case it doesn’t turn out like we hoped.”
I nodded and held his hand. “Of course.”
He reached for the glass and looked inside and then up at me. He raised it in the air and smiled. “ Salute .”
He smelled it one more time, took a deep breath , and started to chug it down. My stomach was threatening to give back the soup I had eaten earlier. He gagged twice while he drank, but managed to keep everything down, even licking his lips when he was finished.
I sat there , waiting for him to say something. He doubled over, clutching his stomach. “Fuck, oh, this hurts.” Gulping for breath, he pressed his forehead against his knees.
“What can I do?”
“If I don’t make it, kill that fucking Goblin King.”
Moaning , he closed his eyes and scrunched his face. I put a shaking hand on his back. I didn’t know what to do. His muscles slowly relaxed and, when he turned to me, his face was more relaxed. After another minute, he sat up and leaned back on the settee. He looked so pale, even for a vampire.
“Are you okay?”
“I think so. The pain is gone. I just feel wiped now. Blood usually makes me feel energized, hyper.”
“That was a cure , not an energy drink.”
“It was a cesspool in a glass, but now that I’ve had a chance to recover, I do feel more myself. Even when I drank the fae blood, I still felt I was on borrowed time. I was waiting for the poison to come back and control me again. I don’t feel that anymore.”
“Thank you. I know it was terrible, but it means a lot to me that you took it.”
“I would do anything to prevent you from seeing me the way I was after the poisoning . I have flashes, not just what I did, but what I wanted to do, and they are hard to live with. I could have killed you.”
“ I need you to know that anything you did while you were…sick…was totally forgivable. I know it wasn’t your fault.” I took a deep breath. I felt so relieved.
“That means more to me than you know.”
He looked like he was going to kiss me. “Why don’t you go back to Vancouver? You must be worried about Quintus.”
“No.” He had that same smile on his face. A shit-eating grin that said he knew something I didn’t.
“What do you mean ‘no’?”
“You’ve just been attacked ; what kind of bodyguard would I be if I left you now?”
“You don’t have to do that. I have people to protect me.”
“They don’t seem to be very good at it, do they?” He was recovered. His cockiness was in full swing.
“If you stay, you won’t change my mind, but it will hurt me. It will hurt to see you every day and not have you. Why would you want to do that?”
“Then be with me …problem solved.” He thought he had me backed into a corner.
“It will hurt you too.”
“It won’t because I still have hope. Every minute we are together, my charm and sex appeal will be winning you over.”
I touched his cheek. It was cool , yet the heat between us still burned. “Your charm and sex appeal was always hard to resist, but I will because I have to. I will beg you. I beg you to leave. This is no one’s fault. I love you; don’t stay and ruin that.”
“I can’ t leave you, Goldilocks…I just
“I don’t believe that.”
“ I want you to respect my decision.”
“No.” He was smiling at me and it took all my strength not to smile back. I loved this man and if I thought for one second we could be together, I would walk into his arms right now.
“Did you drink the blood?”
“No, I tried, but the smell, the color . I couldn’t. Everything in my body is telling me it’s poison.”
“So you’re just going to go back to the way you were?” I was hurt that he hadn’t taken the blood. He had done and tried to do some really horrific things. He couldn’t drink the cure because it didn’t smell good.
“No, of course not. I brought it here.” He pointed to the familiar goblet sitting on a side table. “I wanted to be with you in case it doesn’t turn out like we hoped.”
I nodded and held his hand. “Of course.”
He reached for the glass and looked inside and then up at me. He raised it in the air and smiled. “ Salute .”
He smelled it one more time, took a deep breath , and started to chug it down. My stomach was threatening to give back the soup I had eaten earlier. He gagged twice while he drank, but managed to keep everything down, even licking his lips when he was finished.
I sat there , waiting for him to say something. He doubled over, clutching his stomach. “Fuck, oh, this hurts.” Gulping for breath, he pressed his forehead against his knees.
“What can I do?”
“If I don’t make it, kill that fucking Goblin King.”
Moaning , he closed his eyes and scrunched his face. I put a shaking hand on his back. I didn’t know what to do. His muscles slowly relaxed and, when he turned to me, his face was more relaxed. After another minute, he sat up and leaned back on the settee. He looked so pale, even for a vampire.
“Are you okay?”
“I think so. The pain is gone. I just feel wiped now. Blood usually makes me feel energized, hyper.”
“That was a cure , not an energy drink.”
“It was a cesspool in a glass, but now that I’ve had a chance to recover, I do feel more myself. Even when I drank the fae blood, I still felt I was on borrowed time. I was waiting for the poison to come back and control me again. I don’t feel that anymore.”
“Thank you. I know it was terrible, but it means a lot to me that you took it.”
“I would do anything to prevent you from seeing me the way I was after the poisoning . I have flashes, not just what I did, but what I wanted to do, and they are hard to live with. I could have killed you.”
“ I need you to know that anything you did while you were…sick…was totally forgivable. I know it wasn’t your fault.” I took a deep breath. I felt so relieved.
“That means more to me than you know.”
He looked like he was going to kiss me. “Why don’t you go back to Vancouver? You must be worried about Quintus.”
“No.” He had that same smile on his face. A shit-eating grin that said he knew something I didn’t.
“What do you mean ‘no’?”
“You’ve just been attacked ; what kind of bodyguard would I be if I left you now?”
“You don’t have to do that. I have people to protect me.”
“They don’t seem to be very good at it, do they?” He was recovered. His cockiness was in full swing.
“If you stay, you won’t change my mind, but it will hurt me. It will hurt to see you every day and not have you. Why would you want to do that?”
“Then be with me …problem solved.” He thought he had me backed into a corner.
“It will hurt you too.”
“It won’t because I still have hope. Every minute we are together, my charm and sex appeal will be winning you over.”
I touched his cheek. It was cool , yet the heat between us still burned. “Your charm and sex appeal was always hard to resist, but I will because I have to. I will beg you. I beg you to leave. This is no one’s fault. I love you; don’t stay and ruin that.”
“I can’ t leave you, Goldilocks…I just
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