chuckled. “I will be doing more than that to you,
Sensay.”
I bolted upright in the bed. “No way…you can’t…I
mean you don’t even find me attractive.”
He got a very serious look on his face. “It’s not
that I don’t find you attractive, Orenda. It’s just that you are my
job. I don’t look at you in that way.”
I thought about that for a minute. “I’m not sure I
understand this. Let me see. You are going to train me to harness
my passion by somehow igniting my passion when you don’t feel
anything for me at all? Am I correct?”
He looked confused for a minute himself. “Yeah, sort
of.”
“ Well, it’s not going to work,
because now that I know that you don’t feel anything for me, I will
not be drawn to you.” I smiled thinking that I had the upper hand
in the matter.
The smile left my face as Cheve got a glint in his
eye and said, “You do not want to challenge me, Sensay.”
I don’t know why, but I decided to push him. “As a
matter of fact, I’m not sure why I even let you kiss me. You’re not
my type at all.”
“ Oh, really? It seemed to me that
you enjoyed the way my mouth possessed yours.” He leaned in close
to me. I found myself looking at his soft mouth.
“ The way our tongues mated. Did
you like the way I nibbled on your lips?” He was so close I could
feel his sweet breath caressing me. His lips parted slightly and
the tip of his tongue came out and ever so lightly he ran it over
my lips.
Shivers raced along my spine and every nerve in my
body lit up with the electricity. I forced myself to hold very
still and shut my mind off to the sweet sensation.
Cheve pulled back a little, and when I looked at him
I was surprised to see a genuine smile light his face. “You did
very well, Sensay! Why do we not say that was our first lesson and
forget about what happened in the shower? That was excellent for a
first try. Of course I was not giving it much, but still, very
good.”
I just stared at him as he got up and walked to the
door. “Get some sleep. We have a busy day tomorrow.”
With that he was gone. Well what the hell? I really
didn’t know what to make of any of this. First my grandmother turns
out to be my mother, and then I find out I’m going to be “trained”
in the fine art of passion by a handsome, finely chiseled male.
“ Argh!” I screamed into my pillow
as I tried to get comfortable on the bed. I was tired, but was
unable to find any peace as thoughts of the day’s happenings raced
through my mind. When I left Roberto--it was still difficult for me
to even think about him--I thought I would find some semblance of
peace. Ha!
I lifted my head as Bullet came over to the side of
the bed. I looked into his calming eyes and felt the tension leave
my body as I began to relax. Bullet padded back over to his place
in front of the stove and lay back down. I was drifting into the
sweet place where sleep claims you when a vision of a sexy blond
vampire came into my mind.
Chapter 9
Something was tickling my nose. I tried brushing it
away but it kept coming back. Without opening my eyes I asked
“ Bullet, is that you? Get out of
my bed you big bad wolf.”
I rolled over and put the pillow over my head. My
eyes snapped open when I felt a feathery light touch sweep up my
legs and over my naked backside.
“ What the hell?” I shouted as I
rolled onto my side.
Since it was still dark all I heard was male
laughter. “Cheve, what the hell do you think you’re doing sneaking
in here in the middle of the night? You better get out before I
tell my...Onatah.”
Again there was that irritating male laughter “Go
ahead. Onatah is the one who sent me in to wake you up. In this
village only the lazy sleep past 5:30 am.”
“ You’re kidding me it’s 5:30?” I
groaned.
“ Actually it’s 5:45. We let you
sleep in since it’s your first day. Get up and get dressed,
quickly. We are going to begin your training this morning.” He
stood and walked
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