Page 67 of Awakened
"I'll tell him," Liam stated. "When he moves out here."
"Fine."
Mike swore and resumed his pacing. "Why didn't you get rid of the marks Liam?"
He could have gotten rid of the marks, he should have gotten rid of them, but pride and possession had kept him from doing so. He had liked knowing that beneath her turtleneck she was marked as his, and that no one else would have her.
He wasn't about to explain that to them though. "I just didn't."
Mike closed his eyes and turned away from him. "She knowingly let you feed off her?" Doug asked in disbelief.
"Yes."
"Crap," Jack muttered.
"From the cut on your neck, I'd say you returned the favor," Mike muttered.
Mike stopped pacing again as the three of them turned to him in disbelief. "Will you change her?" Jack demanded.
Liam closed his eyes. Before the answer would have been a simple no. But now, now, he knew that he couldn't bear to lose her, and he would, if she remained human. But he couldn't force it on her; he couldn't make her do anything that she didn't want too. He knew he would lose her if he did. "If she asks for it."
"Crap," Jack mumbled again as Mike resumed his pacing.
"Do you think she will?" Doug inquired.
"I don't know."
"I think she will," Mike said.
Liam's eyes went to him as he stopped pacing. "Why do you say that?"
Mike seemed to be gazing at something beyond this room. "She loves you Liam. She's allowed you to feed from her; she has fed from you. You two are growing closer by the minute. It's only simple logic that she won't want to lose you either."
A spark of hope began to bloom inside him, but he shoved it aside. There was no way to know what Sera would decide to do, and he wasn't going to pressure her. Dwelling on it now wasn't going to help.
"Jesus," Doug muttered.
"Well now, this is definitely getting interesting." Jack climbed to his feet and walked over to join Doug. "Will you at least tell us if it happens?"
"Yes."
"No more secrets Liam, we're all in this together. You should have told us about Jacob sooner. We're at risk too."
Liam turned away from them. They were right, but he had been so worried about Sera, and what they might do to her, that he hadn't spared them more than a thought.
"I think it's obvious that we can trust her," Doug said.
"Yes, we can," Liam insisted.
"We can," Mike said. "Trust me, I was worried at first, but she won't do anything to hurt Liam. She'll die before that happens."
"Don't say that!" Liam snapped.
Mike stopped pacing. "It's true Liam. She isn't immortal. If things start to go wrong with Jacob, if the hunters realize that we're here, and they come for us, she is the one most closely linked to Jacob. It's her they'll go after."
Liam hadn't thought of that. He had been too concerned about everything else to even think about that. Even if they did find Jacob's body, he didn't think the police would put two and two together, but the hunter's would. They would read about how he had been killed, and they would know. And Sera would be their logical choice.
"Fuck!"
