Page 66 of Pretty Little Shadow
"There's no ideal about it. You're not dying. If you don't want my blood, I'll get it from anyone or anything you choose."
"Your blood is top tier. If it's an option, I'm going to choose it."
His chest rumbled.
I sipped my chai latte.
How had I gone from being alone in my shitty apartment to being in an enormous shower while a fae king massaged my scalp? And offered his neck on a silver platter as I drank a chai latte?
Who the fuck knew.
It was kind of awesome, though.
"The roots of your hair are darker than the ends," Dare said, leaning over my head a little more. "What color was your hair before? Black?"
"Like my heart," I agreed.
"Like your lipstick. You still have that, right?"
"Yeah, it should be at my apartment. I only wear it when I want to scare people off."
"You should try to scare me off."
I tipped my head back, lifting an eyebrow at him.
He gave me a wide grin. "For the record, I fucking love vampires. Particularly naked ones."
"No. You can't love vampires." I emphasized the s.
"I fucking love you becoming a vampire," he corrected.
"There you go." I lifted my head again. "If you keep massaging me like that, I'm never going to want to shower without you again."
"You know, I was just thinking we should sit on the floor, so your legs don't get tired while I keep going."
I bit back a smile. "What a coincidence."
"I know. How bizarre." He tugged my hair, and I let him lead me to the floor of the shower. I sat in front of him, and he massaged my head while I drained the rest of my chai latte.
It was kind of fun.
Kind ofreallyfun.
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RAE
I madeit through another day without the stalking website. Barely. There was a lot of pacing involved.
Callum's people wiped out all mention of Darius on the site I'd used, after Dare found me researching him obsessively. I didn't ask if he was involved. I knew he was.
We stuck with the schedule I'd given him.
I now regretted it, because I had no way of knowing what he was doing when we were apart.
Our sexual encounters grew hotter by the day, but Darius found a way to stop it before we actually had sex every time. I wasn't sure whether to be irritated with him for that or not.
He brought me a few new brands of black lipstick to try, and one of them reallywasstreak free, so I decided to forgo the irritation for the moment.
