Page 16 of Bloodmoon Hit
“Why’s that?” he says, shifting us slightly to open the passenger door.
“Because I couldn’t stop thinking about last night.” My cheeks heat further at my admission. I probably shouldn’t have told him that. No doubt it makes me sound clingy, but I find I can’t lie to him. I don’t want to keep anything from Aziz.
Aziz dips his head down to mine again and brushes his lips across mine once more. “Gotta say, like knowing I’m not the only one who has got the same issue. I couldn’t get you out of my head while I was working.”
“Really?” My question is no more than a breath.
“Have no doubt in your mind, little one, from the moment I saw you on the sidewalk and we met, you’ve consumed my thoughts. Last night just sealed the deal to the point I seem only to be able to focus on all that is you.”
A tingle rushes along my body, and I want to jump him right here in the middle of town.
Aziz’s lips tilt farther into a smile, making butterflies flutter in my stomach. “Get in the car, Jett, before I kiss you again. We have plans, and I don’t want us to be late.”
“Plans?” I ask, though I do as he says and get in the car.
Aziz closes the door, rounds the hood, and climbs in behind the wheel. “You’ll see when we get there.”
“Okay.” So much for my wanting to get us to my house and secluded away in my room. “Did you have a good day?” I decide to ask as he pulls out on the road.
“I spent a lot of the day in Asheborne dealing with some things for Orpheus,” he answers.
“How is it you’re able to be out in the daylight?” I blurt out without thinking. “I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have asked that.”
Aziz glances over at me at the same time settling a hand on my leg. “You can ask anything at any time,Agápi.I will always tell you the truth. Have no doubt in that. You won’t have to worry if I’ll lie to you because I won’t. I couldn’t even if I tried,” he says, stroking along the inside of my thigh. “To answer your question, I’m not a hundred percent sure how. In the past few hundred years, I’ve been able to go out on overcast days. I can be out now for small measures of time with the sun out, but I was to be careful as not to be in it for too long.”
“I don’t get it. Aren’t vampires supposed to not be able to sustain being in the sun, or they die?” This is all confusing for me.
Aziz gives my thigh a squeeze and takes a turn smoothly, parking behind a building. We definitely didn’t go far from the library. Glancing around the area, I realize he parked behind Dyrk. What were we doing here?
“Most vampires would have this problem. But it also depends on who your creator, or as some call them, master, is and how powerful they are.”
“I don’t understand.” I turn in the passenger seat to better look at Aziz.
He gives me a look and cocks his head. “To better answer that, let’s get inside. I’ll introduce you to Orpheus.”
I didn’t know if I wanted to do that, but I nodded anyway.
Aziz reaches out and palms my cheek in his hand. “You’ve nothing to fear going into Dyrk. No one would dare touch you. If they so much as look at you wrong, they’re dead.”
“You’d kill someone just for looking at me wrong?” I didn’t know how I felt about that. A part of me thinks it’s creepy and wrong, yet another part of me thinks it’s sweet of him to say. Still, I don’t want him to kill anyone because of me.
“I would, but it would be just me that would want to.” Aziz grunts and shakes his head. “Something you’re going to learn is that Orpheus would order it without thinking twice.”
“I don’t understand why. He doesn’t know me.” I’m more confused than ever.
Opening his door, Aziz pulls his hand away. “Come, little one, we’ll finish this discussion inside. You’ll soon understand everything.”
Everything?
What does that mean?
What could I possibly need to know that I don’t already?
Okay, so I don’t know much about vampires or anything supernatural, but that’s fine. I didn’t think until the other day that it was that big of a deal. Now, it means something. I want to know what life is like for Aziz. If I were an ordinary human, I’d be wanting to know what it’s like to be a vampire, but since I was immortal, I didn’t have to question life as a vampire.
Aziz doesn’t wait for my response before he’s out of the car and at my door. I didn’t even see him move. He opens the door, holds his hand out for me to take, and takes my hand to help me out of the passenger seat. Not that I needed it, still, it is sweet.
Holding Aziz’s hand, I let him guide me to the back door of the club. It opens before we get to it, and a man steps out, ushering us forward with a bow.
