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her chest with her arms, shuddering. “I don’t know what to believe.”
“Believe it,” Dante said. “It’s not exactly something a person would lie about. Any normal person would think we’re crazy. Where do you think all this blood came from all over us?”
She noticed them for the first time, from their naked bodies, to the blood covering nearly inch of them. She looked down at herself and saw blood smeared across her chest and arms. Numbly, she began wiping it off herself.
Zach recognized the look on her face as shock. Her big brown eyes looked close to tears. Every instinct told him to leave her alone, that she’d be better off without them. But would she?
She took a step back. “What am I supposed to do now? Can I go with you? I can’t stay here by myself! What if more soldiers come?”
“For God’s sake, Jasmine! We can’t take you with us. What if we change and hurt you? We don’t have as much control over it as we’d like. And danger only makes it worse. We don’t know what’s going to happen with the next full moon. We could turn and infect you. Do you want to live the rest of your life like us? Monsters?” Zach said on a growl, frustration making him tense and pace.
“But you kissed me. You all did! What if you infected me?”
He ran a hand through his black hair. “You feel any different? You’d be feeling the change right now if it was going to infect you.”
“N-no. Nothing except scared and relieved all at the same time.”
“It must pass through the blood then,” Dante said.
Zach nodded, feeling a measure of relief himself. “You can’t trust us, Jasmine. We’re monsters now. Monsters, werewolves, whatever the hell you want to call it. I can’t guarantee that at some point, it won’t be us fucking your brains out all over the place. There’s only so much we can resist, baby.”
His words sent a shudder through her. “But you didn’t hurt me. You had some control over it. I trust you. And…you wouldn’t have to force me to do anything with you.”
“Jesus H. Christ. Don’t say shit like that to us. I might take up the invitation.” Zach growled in frustration. “We don’t want to risk hurting you!”
She just looked at them with those sad eyes, hope draining from her face. “I…I don’t think I have any choice but to trust you. I don’t think I’m going to make it to the embassy on my own. As much as I hate to admit needing someone…I need you. All of you. I’m willing to risk it if you’ll let me go with you.”
Zach kicked the sand, turning his back on her to go wash off in the surf. Dante and Lucas followed suit, hoping the salt water would erase what they’d done from their minds. It took away the immediate bloodlust, but that was all. So much had happened to them, they might never be whole again.
Dante looked at his brethren and at Jasmine, who stood apart, looking lost and alone. She washed her arms off then tied together the torn pieces of her shirt. If anything, it only made her look that much more appealing to them seeing the flash of her sexy stomach.
“Fuck,” Dante said, scrubbing his face and hands. “She’s enough to tempt a saint.”
“I know what you mean,” Lucas agreed, reading his mind. “We have to take her with us. We don’t have any choice, Zach. We dragged her into this. It’s up to us to make sure she gets home safely. Especially now since we’ve killed some of the guards looking for us. This’ll be like a beacon pointing straight at us.”
“I know. It still makes me feel like shit that we have to do it,” Zach said, straightening up. “We need to go before more come. I don’t relish another fight and my balls are cold now.”
Dante and Lucas chuckled, agreeing.
“Come on, Jasmine. We agreed. You’ve got to come with us, like it or not. It’s the only reasonable choice for
“Believe it,” Dante said. “It’s not exactly something a person would lie about. Any normal person would think we’re crazy. Where do you think all this blood came from all over us?”
She noticed them for the first time, from their naked bodies, to the blood covering nearly inch of them. She looked down at herself and saw blood smeared across her chest and arms. Numbly, she began wiping it off herself.
Zach recognized the look on her face as shock. Her big brown eyes looked close to tears. Every instinct told him to leave her alone, that she’d be better off without them. But would she?
She took a step back. “What am I supposed to do now? Can I go with you? I can’t stay here by myself! What if more soldiers come?”
“For God’s sake, Jasmine! We can’t take you with us. What if we change and hurt you? We don’t have as much control over it as we’d like. And danger only makes it worse. We don’t know what’s going to happen with the next full moon. We could turn and infect you. Do you want to live the rest of your life like us? Monsters?” Zach said on a growl, frustration making him tense and pace.
“But you kissed me. You all did! What if you infected me?”
He ran a hand through his black hair. “You feel any different? You’d be feeling the change right now if it was going to infect you.”
“N-no. Nothing except scared and relieved all at the same time.”
“It must pass through the blood then,” Dante said.
Zach nodded, feeling a measure of relief himself. “You can’t trust us, Jasmine. We’re monsters now. Monsters, werewolves, whatever the hell you want to call it. I can’t guarantee that at some point, it won’t be us fucking your brains out all over the place. There’s only so much we can resist, baby.”
His words sent a shudder through her. “But you didn’t hurt me. You had some control over it. I trust you. And…you wouldn’t have to force me to do anything with you.”
“Jesus H. Christ. Don’t say shit like that to us. I might take up the invitation.” Zach growled in frustration. “We don’t want to risk hurting you!”
She just looked at them with those sad eyes, hope draining from her face. “I…I don’t think I have any choice but to trust you. I don’t think I’m going to make it to the embassy on my own. As much as I hate to admit needing someone…I need you. All of you. I’m willing to risk it if you’ll let me go with you.”
Zach kicked the sand, turning his back on her to go wash off in the surf. Dante and Lucas followed suit, hoping the salt water would erase what they’d done from their minds. It took away the immediate bloodlust, but that was all. So much had happened to them, they might never be whole again.
Dante looked at his brethren and at Jasmine, who stood apart, looking lost and alone. She washed her arms off then tied together the torn pieces of her shirt. If anything, it only made her look that much more appealing to them seeing the flash of her sexy stomach.
“Fuck,” Dante said, scrubbing his face and hands. “She’s enough to tempt a saint.”
“I know what you mean,” Lucas agreed, reading his mind. “We have to take her with us. We don’t have any choice, Zach. We dragged her into this. It’s up to us to make sure she gets home safely. Especially now since we’ve killed some of the guards looking for us. This’ll be like a beacon pointing straight at us.”
“I know. It still makes me feel like shit that we have to do it,” Zach said, straightening up. “We need to go before more come. I don’t relish another fight and my balls are cold now.”
Dante and Lucas chuckled, agreeing.
“Come on, Jasmine. We agreed. You’ve got to come with us, like it or not. It’s the only reasonable choice for
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