mumbled.
“Oh, he was just telling me that he hasn’t looked at another woman since he and I got together. Pretty funny actually. And, of course, totally not true.”
“Him? ” Matt gasped then he turned to Carlos, “ Dude, you didn’t expect her to believe that, did you?”
“Oh shut up. Both of you , ” Carlos said, an unsuccessful attempt at suppressing his grin.
“We have to go get ready to see, mmmm ,” I hesitated, struggling with just saying his name. I took a deep breath and tried to summon some courage. I had to do this, for him, “Jason. We have to go see Jason. I’m gonna grab a quick shower. I’ll meet you in the kitchen?”
They both nodded and I watched as Carlos headed into his own bathroom, but I pushed down the feeling that I was abandoning him. I couldn’t do that every time we had to separate, if I did I’d never be able to survive this. It would rip me apart.
I jumped in the shower, a little sad that I was alone. But Matt’s voice broke through my sadness, “Sarah? Is it alright if I join you?”
I stared for a few seconds, totally perplexed. “Did you really just ask that? You’re kidding right? Matt, you never have to ask that. The answer is yes. The answer has always been yes. The answer will always be yes.” He shed his sweats, stepped in and I swallowed hi s hard body into my arms.
Chapter Three
Showered and dressed, the three of us headed to the kitchen to quickly eat. Then I heated five more pints and we headed up the mountain to meet Jason. He was awake and waiting for us just inside the entrance, hovering in the shadows .
“Good morning, Jason,” I said as I held out the blood for him .
“Good morning. Thank you for this , ” he said as he began to drink.
I watched, fascinated, as he pierced a pint with one fang and then squeezed it into his mouth, drinking and swallowing it just like a human would a glass of water .
“Is there something wrong, female?” he asked when he was done. ( seraphim’s rarely use names when addressing women, they simply use the term ‘female.’ I had spent several months exclusively with Aquila when I was pregnant with Jason, so I was used to this. )
“No, why?”
“I’ve never had someone stare at me so intently while I fed.”
“Oh. You just feed differently than we do. When we feed, it’s still a drinking/swallowing thing, but the b lood flows through our fangs and into our throats , not into our mouths . It made me curious. I apologize for staring. I hope it didn’t make you feel uncomfortable.” I said.
He shook his head, “No. It just felt, mmmm , odd.”
I motioned to Matt and Carlos, “Jason, these are my mates Matt and Carlos. They want to help any way they can. Please, can you start by tell ing us what you know about what happened to your father ? ”
Jason started pacing as he began speaking, “He had been irritated and on edge for a few weeks. We used to go out at night to feed together, but he began telling me to stay home and he would go by himself and bring some back for me. He was acting paranoid. He would lock me in when he left. It was like he knew something was going to happen to him and he didn’t want me with him when it did. He told me a little bit about our history, but he had just beg u n studying it himself, so there wasn’t much he could tell me. Then he began telling me about you, a lot. He told me about you, your compassion, and how to find this place,” he said.
“And you think he did that because he knew something was going to happen to him?”
“Yes. He knew that you would help me. He knew that you would be able to find him. You can find him, right?”
I nodded, “ I going to do everything I can. Tell me about the day he disappeared. Was anything different about it? About him?”
“No, not really. Well, actually, he did hug me before he went out that night.
“Oh, he was just telling me that he hasn’t looked at another woman since he and I got together. Pretty funny actually. And, of course, totally not true.”
“Him? ” Matt gasped then he turned to Carlos, “ Dude, you didn’t expect her to believe that, did you?”
“Oh shut up. Both of you , ” Carlos said, an unsuccessful attempt at suppressing his grin.
“We have to go get ready to see, mmmm ,” I hesitated, struggling with just saying his name. I took a deep breath and tried to summon some courage. I had to do this, for him, “Jason. We have to go see Jason. I’m gonna grab a quick shower. I’ll meet you in the kitchen?”
They both nodded and I watched as Carlos headed into his own bathroom, but I pushed down the feeling that I was abandoning him. I couldn’t do that every time we had to separate, if I did I’d never be able to survive this. It would rip me apart.
I jumped in the shower, a little sad that I was alone. But Matt’s voice broke through my sadness, “Sarah? Is it alright if I join you?”
I stared for a few seconds, totally perplexed. “Did you really just ask that? You’re kidding right? Matt, you never have to ask that. The answer is yes. The answer has always been yes. The answer will always be yes.” He shed his sweats, stepped in and I swallowed hi s hard body into my arms.
Chapter Three
Showered and dressed, the three of us headed to the kitchen to quickly eat. Then I heated five more pints and we headed up the mountain to meet Jason. He was awake and waiting for us just inside the entrance, hovering in the shadows .
“Good morning, Jason,” I said as I held out the blood for him .
“Good morning. Thank you for this , ” he said as he began to drink.
I watched, fascinated, as he pierced a pint with one fang and then squeezed it into his mouth, drinking and swallowing it just like a human would a glass of water .
“Is there something wrong, female?” he asked when he was done. ( seraphim’s rarely use names when addressing women, they simply use the term ‘female.’ I had spent several months exclusively with Aquila when I was pregnant with Jason, so I was used to this. )
“No, why?”
“I’ve never had someone stare at me so intently while I fed.”
“Oh. You just feed differently than we do. When we feed, it’s still a drinking/swallowing thing, but the b lood flows through our fangs and into our throats , not into our mouths . It made me curious. I apologize for staring. I hope it didn’t make you feel uncomfortable.” I said.
He shook his head, “No. It just felt, mmmm , odd.”
I motioned to Matt and Carlos, “Jason, these are my mates Matt and Carlos. They want to help any way they can. Please, can you start by tell ing us what you know about what happened to your father ? ”
Jason started pacing as he began speaking, “He had been irritated and on edge for a few weeks. We used to go out at night to feed together, but he began telling me to stay home and he would go by himself and bring some back for me. He was acting paranoid. He would lock me in when he left. It was like he knew something was going to happen to him and he didn’t want me with him when it did. He told me a little bit about our history, but he had just beg u n studying it himself, so there wasn’t much he could tell me. Then he began telling me about you, a lot. He told me about you, your compassion, and how to find this place,” he said.
“And you think he did that because he knew something was going to happen to him?”
“Yes. He knew that you would help me. He knew that you would be able to find him. You can find him, right?”
I nodded, “ I going to do everything I can. Tell me about the day he disappeared. Was anything different about it? About him?”
“No, not really. Well, actually, he did hug me before he went out that night.
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