Page 42 of I Dated a Golden Vampire
“Raw?”
“It’s hard to light a fire under the surface.Yes, I ate them raw.Freshest sushi you can get.”She let out a soft laugh.“Right.Now that I have wrecked dinner and appalled Ysell, I will head back to the ship and study.”
“You haven’t wrecked it.Please come in and sit.Why can I smell blood?”
“I had a fight with a swordfish.It got first blood.Oh, shoot.It will mess up Denog.”
“No.He’s full.My blood lasts a while.”
Pria nodded.“Okay, but if shit gets weird, I am going to go back to the ship.”
Cabree helped her up and walked her into the restaurant.
She saw the spot that was empty, and it didn’t have an occupied vibe, so she sat on the mat, clutching the tablet.Riro was looking at her with concern, and Denog looked at her.“You smell like blood.”
“Fish-related injury,” she muttered and washed her hands and face.
Riro asked, “Did you try to pet a lionfish again?”
“No.”
“Your hands are chewed up.”He frowned and looked at her.
“Oh, that was me.I said I was hungry.”
“Oh, hells.That kind of hungry.”
She nodded.“Black eyes.Pointy teeth.Everyone around me looked very edible.Yeah.That.”
He sat up and started to push all the plates and platters toward her.She smiled when it was all meat.“Ah.You remember.”
He blinked slowly.“I definitely do.You were particularly brutal.”
“Well, you did chuck me into a shoal of fish, and I just did what nature requested.”
“I am amazed that I didn’t make the shark correlation before.”
“Why?You thought it was funny.”She loaded a leaf up, sat eating, and started playing the educational videos on an internal com.“I scared the crap out of Ysell, but she was distinctly unimpressed.I think that is why we took the scenic route.”
“My mother knew it was important to get you here fast.”He frowned.
“How long did it take me to get here?I have the time stamp on my purchase.It was fifteen minutes ago.”
He frowned and got up, walking outside.
She listened to different varieties of foreplay and blinked.She hadn’t considered half of those things arousing, but if she was with a partner intent on pleasing her, it might not have been a bad thing.
Cabree smiled.“What are you learning?”
“BDC orientation.I may as well go looking for someone who actually wants me.”She smiled.“If I don’t find someone, I can at least learn how my own body works so I am no longer dependent on other people.”
Cabree blinked.“But you are...uh...”
“Apparently, there are bidding systems for virgins who are compatible with certain activations.I am blocked off for Hyreno or Sethir, and that takes out alotof candidates.”
Denog looked at her with a cocked head.“I can think of at least seven candidates for you.Your figure is spectacular, you have power, energy, and a sense of self-possession that doesn’t extend to sexual matters, which is a huge draw for a lot of males.”
She grimaced.“That is what Salat and Khytten said.”
