Page 28 of Lured

The reluctance was understandable, but as soon as she had decided to do it, she hurried to the bedroom and began packing my clothes up for me.

She clearly had skill and practice in packing up quickly, but also neatly and with little space to work with. While I booked a flight I thought we would be able to make, she grabbed everything, bringing out my suitcases as each one was filled.

Not once did she ask me a question, but every time I glanced her way she was putting options in sensible places.

By the time I had flights sorted, two first class tickets on my phone, she had all our luggage waiting for us. I grabbed the largest suitcase as she put her rucksack on her back.

I pulled out my passport and showed her that I was putting the two together in my pants pocket where it would remain safe.

Within another half an hour we had checked out of both of our rooms, the bill covered by me for both of them, and we were in the back of a taxi together.

It wasn't going to be long before sunrise either and I knew that it would be important to be in the air before that happened. There weren't many flights that set out at this time of the day, especially going the direction we wanted, but there were always a few open to people with enough money.

Our driver had clearly had enough of Vegas tonight and wasn't very chatty, but that wasn't a problem for us. Anais also didn't say much, no doubt shocked by the suddenness of this. She had thought she was doing a normal hunter mission tonight and now she was enthralled and being rushed to an airport to fly to Europe.

I also hadn't told her exactly where we were going or what to expect, but I knew there would be time for that once we were on the plane. She stuck close to me at the airport as well, but she knew enough of flying to be independent through security and use her passport to scan through all the different checkpoints.

Only once we were at the gate did she break the closeness, letting me know she was going to buy some water and a snack to keep herself going.

Without hesitation I reached into a pocket and pulled out a twenty dollar bill. “Get whatever you need and bring it back.”

She didn't take it at first. “This is going to take some getting used to.”

“I'm paying for everything from now on. That's part of the deal.”

“Thank you,” she said again, the genuine gratitude on her face and in her voice more rewarding than I had thought possible.

I watched her sway her hips as she went to the nearest airport shop that sold some convenience foods and snacks she could enjoy. Still in the figure hugging dress from earlier she was drawing stares not just from me but other people as well and it made me grin.

It wouldn't be long now before I would enjoy her body as I wished.

Chapter 12

Anais

Although Leo had calmed as soon as we were waiting at the gate at the airport, only a few minutes until we were supposed to start boarding the plane, I felt anything but.

This was crazy. I was leaving the US after years of being here and although the airport had information on where the plane was headed, I didn't get the impression that it was our final destination and Leo had barely said two words except to pay for everything including the room I'd booked at the hotel.

It was strange to feel like my mission had gone so wrong yet I had somehow landed on my feet. If being a true-blood vampire's passion slave could be called landing on my feet. It wasn't easy, but it was what I needed.

No matter what, I was heading toward Ludis and my second chance at completing the mission. When I succeeded, I could get my life back on track.

I sat munching a candy bar and drinking water beside Leo and tried to focus on the current. I'd bought extra in case he wanted it, but other than having a few sips of water, he didn't seem interested in eating or drinking.

Within another ten minutes we were being called up to the plane again to board. Leo handed me my passport again, but only to go through the staff at the gate. After that he held out his hand to take it back.

He didn't have any bags with him, having checked all his into the main hold, but I had my ruck, not wanting to let what little I had out of my sight. I tucked the spare food in there and followed him onto the plane. To my surprise, the air stewards showed us to our seats, a section of first class at the front of the plane where each person had their own small area.

I didn't know how many people would be in it with us, but for now there was just the two of us. Other passengers passed through, some of them going to business and other in between tickets on the flight. Leo told me where to sit and I placed my rucksack down in the massive foot space.

Our seats were next to each other in the middle of the plane and had a sliding door that sort of opened up and allowed us access to each other. Immediately Leo opened it and gave us a link to each other.

I sat down and strapped up, used to having to get settled and stay in my seat. I was surprised by all the different packages near me, a far more luxurious blanket and a proper linen covered pillow set out. The seat also fully reclined, pretty much turning into a bed.

This was the most comfort I had been in outside of a hotel or rare occasions with my parents and I wasn't sure what to make of it. Before long I was wrapped in the blanket, my feet up and the whole area nice and cozy. My body was finally not exposed and I was warm.

“Comfortable?” Leo asked me when I had stopped moving.

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