ready to suck her dry.
“Stop. Please don’t hurt me.”
I stared into the liquid blue of her eyes. And I saw myself reflected in them.
I hovered over her like a black eyed demon. Which was exactly what I was.
Biting down on my lips, I closed my eyes and tried to breathe deeply. Trevor had me now, pulling me off Heather, yanking me from the bed. He dumped me on the floor, but didn’t abandon me. He crouched next to me and put a cool hand to the back of my neck.
“Salem?”
I didn’t want to open my eyes and look at him. I didn’t want to see the disappointment in them. The questioning of my actions. And I especially didn’t want to see pity in them. That I couldn’t handle.
I could hear Heather breathing heavily on the bed. Her intakes of air in between her quiet sobs, made me finally open my eyes. I’d nearly done to her what Thane had done to me. No matter what kind of person she was or what she’d done, she didn’t deserve that.
I turned and looked at her. She stared wide-eyed at me, tears still rolling down her cheeks.
“She’s not our snitch, Sale,” Trevor said. “Look.” He showed me a pamphlet about STDs. On it was a stamp from the free clinic downtown. “This is why she went downtown. “She didn’t go to meet Merlin. She has no idea who he is.”
I nodded. I’d realized that some time before this. She hadn’t acted like someone who knew Merlin and what he was. What Trevor and I were. She looked at me now like I was a monster from her nightmares. And maybe I was.
“I’m sorry,” I said so quietly I could barely hear my own voice.
Heather didn’t respond, she just stared at me, fear making her immobile and inactive.
Trevor ran a hand over my head. “I’ll take care of it.”
I didn’t say anything as he sat next to Heather on the bed. She flinched away from him, but he set a gentle hand on her cheek. “It’s all right, Heather. I’m not going to hurt you.”
I watched as he semi-glamoured her. It wasn’t like what a vampire could do, but it was similar. Trevor made it so we were here and asked her questions, but he erased the images of me, beasting out on her. He eased the extreme panic she’d been feeling. He’d left her with the indignant anger she’d initially felt when we’d first burst out of the closet.
When he was finished, he stood. Heather sat up, and glared down at me. “Get the hell out! I should call the cops on you, you junkie whore.”
Trevor reached down and helped me to my feet. “We’re going. Don’t get your panties in a bunch.”
He pulled me toward the window. Before he opened it, and we went through it, I turned and looked at her again. She was glaring at me. But deep in her eyes, I saw a trickle of fear. The fear of what I could’ve done to her. Of what I wanted to do to her. Trevor had made her forget, but I could see that the sensation was still there.
I had a suspicion that Heather would never bother me again at school or anywhere else. Every time she looked at me, an odd unsettling feeling would settle over her, and she would have to fight down the urge to run from me.
Despite the horrible thing I nearly did to her, I pulled away from Trevor, and rushed back to her. Startled, she took a step back. I flung my arms around her and hugged her tight. At first she struggled to get away, but I held her so long that she stopped fighting and stood there stiff.
When I pulled back, she sneered, “This doesn’t change a thing, weirdo. We’ll never be friends.”
“I don’t want to be your friend. I just don’t want to kill you either.”
I smiled, realizing that was a big step for me in regards to Heather. I returned to Trevor’s side and we went out the window.
Chapter Ten
––––––––
“ W e’re back to square one.” I fiddled with the hang nail on my thumb as Trevor and I sat cross-legged on my bed. “We don’t know any more than we did yesterday.”
“We know for sure that Merlin is behind the
“Stop. Please don’t hurt me.”
I stared into the liquid blue of her eyes. And I saw myself reflected in them.
I hovered over her like a black eyed demon. Which was exactly what I was.
Biting down on my lips, I closed my eyes and tried to breathe deeply. Trevor had me now, pulling me off Heather, yanking me from the bed. He dumped me on the floor, but didn’t abandon me. He crouched next to me and put a cool hand to the back of my neck.
“Salem?”
I didn’t want to open my eyes and look at him. I didn’t want to see the disappointment in them. The questioning of my actions. And I especially didn’t want to see pity in them. That I couldn’t handle.
I could hear Heather breathing heavily on the bed. Her intakes of air in between her quiet sobs, made me finally open my eyes. I’d nearly done to her what Thane had done to me. No matter what kind of person she was or what she’d done, she didn’t deserve that.
I turned and looked at her. She stared wide-eyed at me, tears still rolling down her cheeks.
“She’s not our snitch, Sale,” Trevor said. “Look.” He showed me a pamphlet about STDs. On it was a stamp from the free clinic downtown. “This is why she went downtown. “She didn’t go to meet Merlin. She has no idea who he is.”
I nodded. I’d realized that some time before this. She hadn’t acted like someone who knew Merlin and what he was. What Trevor and I were. She looked at me now like I was a monster from her nightmares. And maybe I was.
“I’m sorry,” I said so quietly I could barely hear my own voice.
Heather didn’t respond, she just stared at me, fear making her immobile and inactive.
Trevor ran a hand over my head. “I’ll take care of it.”
I didn’t say anything as he sat next to Heather on the bed. She flinched away from him, but he set a gentle hand on her cheek. “It’s all right, Heather. I’m not going to hurt you.”
I watched as he semi-glamoured her. It wasn’t like what a vampire could do, but it was similar. Trevor made it so we were here and asked her questions, but he erased the images of me, beasting out on her. He eased the extreme panic she’d been feeling. He’d left her with the indignant anger she’d initially felt when we’d first burst out of the closet.
When he was finished, he stood. Heather sat up, and glared down at me. “Get the hell out! I should call the cops on you, you junkie whore.”
Trevor reached down and helped me to my feet. “We’re going. Don’t get your panties in a bunch.”
He pulled me toward the window. Before he opened it, and we went through it, I turned and looked at her again. She was glaring at me. But deep in her eyes, I saw a trickle of fear. The fear of what I could’ve done to her. Of what I wanted to do to her. Trevor had made her forget, but I could see that the sensation was still there.
I had a suspicion that Heather would never bother me again at school or anywhere else. Every time she looked at me, an odd unsettling feeling would settle over her, and she would have to fight down the urge to run from me.
Despite the horrible thing I nearly did to her, I pulled away from Trevor, and rushed back to her. Startled, she took a step back. I flung my arms around her and hugged her tight. At first she struggled to get away, but I held her so long that she stopped fighting and stood there stiff.
When I pulled back, she sneered, “This doesn’t change a thing, weirdo. We’ll never be friends.”
“I don’t want to be your friend. I just don’t want to kill you either.”
I smiled, realizing that was a big step for me in regards to Heather. I returned to Trevor’s side and we went out the window.
Chapter Ten
––––––––
“ W e’re back to square one.” I fiddled with the hang nail on my thumb as Trevor and I sat cross-legged on my bed. “We don’t know any more than we did yesterday.”
“We know for sure that Merlin is behind the
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