Page 70 of Even Vampires Bleed
I circle my arms around him and enjoy the hug Elhyor is offering me.
“We need to talk,” I tell Elhyor when I let him stop hugging me.
I needed that hug; there’s absolutely no way I’m releasing him completely until I get a full dose of serotonin.
Elhyor looks at me at arm’s length, and I can see questions dancing in his eyes.
“Let’s get inside then,” he says. “I need to put some clothes on.”
Oh, right. I didn’t even notice.
This is weird that when Elhyor is naked, it doesn’t even cross my mind that he has nothing on and I don’t even want to look. When it’s Léandre… Well, when it’s Léandre, it’s like my eyes want to devour every centimeter of skin he graciously lets me see.
Weird.
I know.
I follow Elhyor inside his office, and soon Angélique joins us, too.
She’s already dressed in black shorts and a large tank top that I’m sure she went to pick up upstairs before joining us.
“It was bound to happen,” she says as she drops in Elhyor’s chair behind the desk.
“With her newfound hobby…” she adds.
I was wondering if Elhyor and Angélique knew about what I was doing with the humans ofLibération,but now, there’s no doubt.
“This has to cease, though,” Elhyor adds. “How am I going to tell your father that you got caught and ended up in prison? The official one, not one of those dungeons Léandre most likely found you in.”
If he ever wakes up.
I want to scream those five little words until they don’t threaten to overwhelm my mind, but instead, I stay silent and let them warp my thoughts.
I don’t look sheepish, though.
I’m not going to apologize for wanting to be useful.
I’m not going to apologize for wanting my revenge.
Sadly, I might have fulfilled the former so far, but I’m far from fulfilling the latter.
“You just won’t tell him,” I say with a shrug.
Elhyor looks at me with doubtful eyes, but I’m not going to lose my sleep over this.
“We have another problem though,” I pause so everyone looks at me. “Well, actually, you have two problems. First, Léandre came to rescue me with his holo, so there’s now something that can be traced back to you inside one of the archangels dungeons. And second, well, I don’t know if this is a problem yet, but depending on your answer, someone might think this is very much a problem.”
I take a deep breath.
“Did you contact the electronic girl so she could double-check Léandre’s microchip?”
They all look at me like I’ve grown a second head.
“It completed its mission, so why would we double-check it?” Angélique asks.
I take another deep breath. That’s what I was scared about.
“Because it might still be possible to activate itagain.”
