Page 36 of Love Bites
I moaned against Talon's mouth as he lowered me onto the bed, his body still pressed close to mine.
"Already looking for round two?" He asked with a hint of amusement. As if he was one to talk.
"I'm pretty sure that's not just a flashlight in your pants either."
"You're right, it's not." He kissed my jaw and I slowly realized that while I had come just a few minutes ago, he might not have. I'd honestly been too gone to care in the moment.
"Want me to suck you off?"
Talon paused. I wiggled my eyebrows at him, wondering what vampire dick tasted like. Also wondering if I'd tasted it before. Before he'd erased my memories. I was gonna be seriously pissed at him if he did that again.
Wait, was he still planning to do that?
He was, wasn't he?
I shoved him off me, and was kind of surprised when he actually went. He was so much stronger than me, there was no way I could have moved him if he didn't let me.
"What's wrong?"
"Turn on the light." Because I was getting tired of not being able to see the expression on Talon's face.
Talon rolled off the bed and a few seconds later, the light came on. It was dim, but I still needed to shield my eyes from it for a moment. When I opened them again, the vampire was back on the bed next to me, shooting me a questioning look.
"You wanted my blood so you can change my memory of you, right?" That was why I hadn't wanted him to bite me. Only he got me so turned on that I couldn't resist. But I was on to him now.
"It's better for you."
"Bullshit." I didn't want to forget any of this. I didn't want to forget him. "You don't get to decide what's best for me. You're not my dad."
"No, I'm not." Talon sat cross-legged on the bed. "I'm merely someone who doesn't want to see you dead."
"I'm not scared." I could hide my knowledge of vampires. "And besides, taking my memories didn't work so well last time either. I'll keep dreaming of you. I'll find you again, and what then? Are we going to do this over and over? Just face it, you're stuck with me." Because he'd made me feel better than I had in a long time, and I wasn't about to let go of that. I could be a stubborn little shit. If Talon didn't know that yet, he was about to find out.
"You're not being rational."
"Tough." I sat up and crossed my arms in front of my chest. I licked the back of my teeth as I did so. For some reason, my gums hurt. I didn't have time to focus on that, though. I had to make a stand, so I kept my attention on the vampire. "Try to take my memories. I dare you. I'll come back here."
Talon sighed. "I don't know why you're making this so hard."
"You don't? Because I think you do." There was no way he didn't feel that pull between us. The question here wasn't why I was making it so hard. The question was, why wasn't he? Was he that dead inside? I studied the face that I'd been kissing only moments ago. He hadn't acted like he was dead inside then. Nope, he'd felt pretty alive to me. Warm and caring, even. There was emotion inside of him, even if he was trying to hide it. When I looked into his eyes now, I could tell he was trying to slide his mask back into place. The mask of the cold-hearted killer that he wore so well.
Maybe it wasn't a mask at all. Maybe it was really who he was.
But I'd seen enough to know it wasn'tallhe was. The ice in his soul could be melted. I could melt it.
"You're playing a dangerous game," Talon said.
"If you truly don't want to see me in danger, you'll have to come up with a different solution."
"If I let you keep your memories, will you stay away?"
"Only if that's really what you want." Even if it stung, I had too much self-respect to go after someone who didn't want my company. I didn't think Talon fell into that category, but if that was the compromise I had to make to keep my memories...
In a perfect world, I wanted to keep my memoriesandTalon, but if he was adamant about getting rid of me, I at least wanted to remember tonight. I'd rather suffer rejection than be plagued by any more dreams I didn't understand.
"It's what has to be done," Talon said. "You need to stay away from vampires.Allvampires. And preferably all other paranormal creatures as well. Don't go back to that club."
"I guess that means I can't sell my blood there either." I tried to make light of the situation because my stomach was turning to knots and I wasn't sure if it was disappointment or the same sickness I'd been feeling all month. I really didn't want to throw up a second time tonight.
