were damp with arousal. She stood behind him and saw his tight buns and goosed him. He was startled and looked over his shoulder, shocked at her. She winked, feeling totally brazen.
His expression dropped as he opened the door, “Someone’s been in here.”
She followed him in.
“Put your back against that wall,” he pointed to the wall.
She felt her heart drop as she backed up into the wall just inside the door.
He looked under the beds and then in the bathroom.
“It’s clear,” he mumbled. A quick inspection of the Puma bag and he seemed satisfied.
“Maybe it was just a maid.”
“Must’ve been,” he said, “It was a woman. Not a vampire.”
“Wow. You can tell.”
“Lingering scent. All of my senses are stronger than ever, especially since…” he stopped, “It’s useful, my ability to scent is sharper than ever.”
She nodded. They hadn’t yet talked much about what happened. She had a feeling the changes after that event were pretty poignant. She just wanted him right now, not baggage, not fear, not knowledge, just him. Hot sex after a fun date. Was that so much to ask for?
They stared at one another, Kyla was against the wall and Tristan standing right in front of her.
“I want you,” she whispered and stepped forward, closer to him.
“I need to hold back,” he pushed her gently back against the wall pinning her by the shoulders warily. His eyes scanned up and down her body and she could see he was fighting his urges.
She whispered, “Just let me. I’ll do it all,” she dropped to her knees and started to undo his jean buttons, realizing she hadn’t given him the pleasure of her mouth on his cock yet.
He took a step back, “No. I can’t right now. I’m too..too…” he stopped talking and took a deep breath.
“But this morning you just let me…”
“Can’t do that again. It took every ounce of my control to hold it back and we both know how disappointing that was. If I let go, this thing in me, it could get out; I feel like I have to hold it back. I don’t know it well enough yet. I’ve got Jekyl and Hyde in me and Hyde’s a stranger. I don’t trust him.”
She swallowed hard and got to her feet, furrowing her brows.
He continued, “It doesn’t feel like I have to get pissed off to lose it. It doesn’t feel like I have to taste or smell blood, even, for this Hyde to get out. It feels like it’s just below the surface, just . My physical strength has almost doubled in intensity and there are new ones. And it, whatever monster you woke up, is very close to the surface right now, always, but especially right now, like I’m sharing my body with someone else, someone who wants to take over,” he swallowed hard, “We have to get to Adrian’s, figure out what I’m really dealing with here. Then we can go from there.”
“You’re going to spend the next few days with me, not drinking my blood, not having sex at all?”
He shook his head, “I almost lost it this morning. More than once. I can’t.”
“Tristan, maybe I should just hide. I’ll stay here. You go. Go to Arizona. Then come get me when it’s all figured out. I just don’t know if it’s a good idea for us to be in close proximity if, if…”
If I don’t even know if you’re about to lose control!
“I’m not leaving you.” He folded his arms across his chest.
“I won’t take off. I promise.”
“I know that. It’s not that. I won’t leave you unprotected.”
“Then let’s fly. We’ll be there in a few hours.”
“No, no paper trail. It’s bad enough someone can find out I crossed the border from the ferry manifest. I didn’t have time to get us new identities.”
“But what if you can’t hold it in?” She flopped onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. He flopped beside her.
Something rose in her, “Maybe I can help you control it,” she said.
He was about to speak and he didn’t look happy.
“Hear me out.” She put her index finger over his lips and
His expression dropped as he opened the door, “Someone’s been in here.”
She followed him in.
“Put your back against that wall,” he pointed to the wall.
She felt her heart drop as she backed up into the wall just inside the door.
He looked under the beds and then in the bathroom.
“It’s clear,” he mumbled. A quick inspection of the Puma bag and he seemed satisfied.
“Maybe it was just a maid.”
“Must’ve been,” he said, “It was a woman. Not a vampire.”
“Wow. You can tell.”
“Lingering scent. All of my senses are stronger than ever, especially since…” he stopped, “It’s useful, my ability to scent is sharper than ever.”
She nodded. They hadn’t yet talked much about what happened. She had a feeling the changes after that event were pretty poignant. She just wanted him right now, not baggage, not fear, not knowledge, just him. Hot sex after a fun date. Was that so much to ask for?
They stared at one another, Kyla was against the wall and Tristan standing right in front of her.
“I want you,” she whispered and stepped forward, closer to him.
“I need to hold back,” he pushed her gently back against the wall pinning her by the shoulders warily. His eyes scanned up and down her body and she could see he was fighting his urges.
She whispered, “Just let me. I’ll do it all,” she dropped to her knees and started to undo his jean buttons, realizing she hadn’t given him the pleasure of her mouth on his cock yet.
He took a step back, “No. I can’t right now. I’m too..too…” he stopped talking and took a deep breath.
“But this morning you just let me…”
“Can’t do that again. It took every ounce of my control to hold it back and we both know how disappointing that was. If I let go, this thing in me, it could get out; I feel like I have to hold it back. I don’t know it well enough yet. I’ve got Jekyl and Hyde in me and Hyde’s a stranger. I don’t trust him.”
She swallowed hard and got to her feet, furrowing her brows.
He continued, “It doesn’t feel like I have to get pissed off to lose it. It doesn’t feel like I have to taste or smell blood, even, for this Hyde to get out. It feels like it’s just below the surface, just . My physical strength has almost doubled in intensity and there are new ones. And it, whatever monster you woke up, is very close to the surface right now, always, but especially right now, like I’m sharing my body with someone else, someone who wants to take over,” he swallowed hard, “We have to get to Adrian’s, figure out what I’m really dealing with here. Then we can go from there.”
“You’re going to spend the next few days with me, not drinking my blood, not having sex at all?”
He shook his head, “I almost lost it this morning. More than once. I can’t.”
“Tristan, maybe I should just hide. I’ll stay here. You go. Go to Arizona. Then come get me when it’s all figured out. I just don’t know if it’s a good idea for us to be in close proximity if, if…”
If I don’t even know if you’re about to lose control!
“I’m not leaving you.” He folded his arms across his chest.
“I won’t take off. I promise.”
“I know that. It’s not that. I won’t leave you unprotected.”
“Then let’s fly. We’ll be there in a few hours.”
“No, no paper trail. It’s bad enough someone can find out I crossed the border from the ferry manifest. I didn’t have time to get us new identities.”
“But what if you can’t hold it in?” She flopped onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. He flopped beside her.
Something rose in her, “Maybe I can help you control it,” she said.
He was about to speak and he didn’t look happy.
“Hear me out.” She put her index finger over his lips and
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