It’s only a few vampires. About seven. But something
seems weird about it.”
I looked him up and down. “Do you think we should get dressed first?” I
said.
He smiled. I mean he really smiled. God, that felt good. “Funny. Yes
we should. I’ve just never liked telling you to put some clothes on. That
just feels so wrong to me.”
Dear God. That was so tender and sweet that I just couldn’t stop from
reacting. I wrapped my arms tight around his neck. “I love you so much,” I
whispered.
It took a moment, but then he wrapped his arms just as tightly around me
and said, “I love you too, Sarah.” I wasn’t about to let go first. Nothing
was going to pry my arms off of him. Nothing – except for maybe his cell phone.
It started ringing on the nightstand. “I need to see who that is Sarah,
please?” he whispered. I sighed and let him go. “Yes, Derek?” he said.
“You’ve compiled the data? Good. Yes, I’m on my way. Thanks. Bye.” He
tossed his phone on the bed, walked to the dresser and pulled out a t-shirt.
“I want you to take a look at this data. See if you can see some sort of
pattern or something,” he said as he pulled his clothes on.
“Me? Why me?” I said.
He rolled his eyes at me. “Christ, you can be so dumb sometimes. How
many things have you figured out for us? The process for creating a vampire?
The Elders and how corrupt they really were? Malina and her evil? Jonas and
his soft side that only you could release? You’re good at this kind of stuff,
Sarah,” he said as he tossed a shirt to me.
“Ummm, Matt? This is your shirt,” I said.
“I know,” he whispered.
Oh, I get it, I thought. He wants his scent all over me. I pulled the
shirt over my head then pulled on the rest of my clothes. I smiled as he
reached out and grabbed my hand before we headed out into the hall.
A few minutes later as I stood in his office. “Do you have a world map?
And some pins?” I said.
“Yeah. Just push that bookcase to the side. It slides over,” he said as
he studied the data in front of him.
“Okay, so where did the first one disappear from?” I said.
“Ummm, Juarez, Mexico.”
“And then?”
“Tulsa, Oklahoma.”
“Next?”
“Cincinnati, Ohio. Then New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.”
“And?”
“Dublin, Ireland and finally Frankfurt, Germany,” he said then he turned
around and looked at the map. “Are you seeing anything?”
“I’m not sure. Not really a pattern, but it seems to be moving east,
which is weird,” I said. I turned and leaned over his shoulder and started
sifting through the pages, to see if anything caught my eye. Nothing caught my
eye, but Matt definitely caught my heart as he reached his hand up to my cheek,
turned my head towards his and kissed me. Every time he did this now it took
every ounce of strength I had to keep from crying. It thrilled me and broke my
heart at the same time. This was so much more than I could ever ask for… and
so much more than I deserved.
He scooted his chair back and pulled me onto his lap. “Ummm, honey?” I
mumbled into his lips.
“What?” he said as he moved his kisses to my neck.
“I thought you were here to work,” I said. “Maybe I changed my mind,” he
mumbled as his hand moved up under my shirt.
“Mmmmm, you might want to think about taking this to our room, unless you
want Derek to hear us… I mean me,” I said.
“No,” he said.
“No?” I gasped as his fingers found my nipple and squeezed: God, but he
knew how to get me worked up, fast.
“You’ve kept quiet before, Sarah. Remember? On the boat? In Africa? When
we were searching for Carlos? Do it again, for me?” he said as he lifted my
shirt and brought his mouth down to my nipple. I clamped my hands tight to my
mouth, trying desperately to not cry out. I finally felt like I’d gotten
myself under control,
seems weird about it.”
I looked him up and down. “Do you think we should get dressed first?” I
said.
He smiled. I mean he really smiled. God, that felt good. “Funny. Yes
we should. I’ve just never liked telling you to put some clothes on. That
just feels so wrong to me.”
Dear God. That was so tender and sweet that I just couldn’t stop from
reacting. I wrapped my arms tight around his neck. “I love you so much,” I
whispered.
It took a moment, but then he wrapped his arms just as tightly around me
and said, “I love you too, Sarah.” I wasn’t about to let go first. Nothing
was going to pry my arms off of him. Nothing – except for maybe his cell phone.
It started ringing on the nightstand. “I need to see who that is Sarah,
please?” he whispered. I sighed and let him go. “Yes, Derek?” he said.
“You’ve compiled the data? Good. Yes, I’m on my way. Thanks. Bye.” He
tossed his phone on the bed, walked to the dresser and pulled out a t-shirt.
“I want you to take a look at this data. See if you can see some sort of
pattern or something,” he said as he pulled his clothes on.
“Me? Why me?” I said.
He rolled his eyes at me. “Christ, you can be so dumb sometimes. How
many things have you figured out for us? The process for creating a vampire?
The Elders and how corrupt they really were? Malina and her evil? Jonas and
his soft side that only you could release? You’re good at this kind of stuff,
Sarah,” he said as he tossed a shirt to me.
“Ummm, Matt? This is your shirt,” I said.
“I know,” he whispered.
Oh, I get it, I thought. He wants his scent all over me. I pulled the
shirt over my head then pulled on the rest of my clothes. I smiled as he
reached out and grabbed my hand before we headed out into the hall.
A few minutes later as I stood in his office. “Do you have a world map?
And some pins?” I said.
“Yeah. Just push that bookcase to the side. It slides over,” he said as
he studied the data in front of him.
“Okay, so where did the first one disappear from?” I said.
“Ummm, Juarez, Mexico.”
“And then?”
“Tulsa, Oklahoma.”
“Next?”
“Cincinnati, Ohio. Then New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.”
“And?”
“Dublin, Ireland and finally Frankfurt, Germany,” he said then he turned
around and looked at the map. “Are you seeing anything?”
“I’m not sure. Not really a pattern, but it seems to be moving east,
which is weird,” I said. I turned and leaned over his shoulder and started
sifting through the pages, to see if anything caught my eye. Nothing caught my
eye, but Matt definitely caught my heart as he reached his hand up to my cheek,
turned my head towards his and kissed me. Every time he did this now it took
every ounce of strength I had to keep from crying. It thrilled me and broke my
heart at the same time. This was so much more than I could ever ask for… and
so much more than I deserved.
He scooted his chair back and pulled me onto his lap. “Ummm, honey?” I
mumbled into his lips.
“What?” he said as he moved his kisses to my neck.
“I thought you were here to work,” I said. “Maybe I changed my mind,” he
mumbled as his hand moved up under my shirt.
“Mmmmm, you might want to think about taking this to our room, unless you
want Derek to hear us… I mean me,” I said.
“No,” he said.
“No?” I gasped as his fingers found my nipple and squeezed: God, but he
knew how to get me worked up, fast.
“You’ve kept quiet before, Sarah. Remember? On the boat? In Africa? When
we were searching for Carlos? Do it again, for me?” he said as he lifted my
shirt and brought his mouth down to my nipple. I clamped my hands tight to my
mouth, trying desperately to not cry out. I finally felt like I’d gotten
myself under control,
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