Page 158 of The Last Vampire
“I guess you are all talk then.”
She drops one of her shoulders, and the silky red strap of her dress slips down her arm. When she lowers her other arm, the second strap follows.
The glossy garment now hangs on only by her breasts, and she rests a knee on the cushion between his legs. When she leans forward, the fabric slides off her torso entirely, pooling at her hips.
William stiffens. He could not move if he tried.
All the times he pictured what her body must look like, he never came close. He cannot hold back the small growl at the back of his throat as he takes in her full figure.
Her hands find the hem of his sweater, and he lets her pull it off him. She studies his bare chest as intimately as he studied hers. When she runs her soft, warm fingertips along the ripples of his abs, he feels a titillating sensation across his body, like he is being tickled.
He did not know his skin remembered how to feel sensitive.
“May I touch you?” he whispers.
In response, she takes his hands and places them on her breasts. She gasps softly from the cold as he cups and massages them.
When at last Lorena moans, it makes William feel so good to bring her pleasure that he cannot believe he ever sought to cause her pain.
BREAKFAST ONMonday is the first time William sees Tiffany again.
“Carter!” booms Trevor when she approaches the table. “Cramps finally let up?”
Tiffany looks around in alarm as other students turn to look at her, while Zach elbows his roommate. “Shut up, man. That’s not funny.”
“No, it is not,” says William, getting Lorena’s plate and standing up to hand it to her. She is wearing the skirt version of the school uniform for thefirst time, and he is so distracted by the view that he forgets what he was doing.
“Thanks,” she says with a small smile, taking the plate from him. Then she follows her roommates to the buffet table. When she returns, William stands up again and pulls out her chair.
“Is it Time Period Day or something?” asks Trevor, sounding annoyed.
“No, it’s Lorena-and-William-are-official day,” says Salma with a huge grin as she sets down her plate.
Neither Trevor nor Zach seems surprised or excited by the news, but Tiffany shoots Lorena a glare that could melt ice. William recalls that Salma was not crazy about her best friend being close with a vampire at first, either, but she got over it. Yet something tells him Tiffany will not come around as easily.
“Speaking of Time Period Day, we should probably meet at the LUB tonight,” says Zach, glancing at William when he says it and looking away quickly.
Has Tiffany told him something?
“Fine,” says Trevor, sounding much less enthused about their secret hideout than usual.
“Actually, let’s work in the computer wing,” says Lorena, looking to her roommates to back her. “We might need to research.”
“Good point,” says Salma.
Zach’s and Tiffany’s eyes meet, but given that they look at each other often, it is hard for William to be certain of the meaning behind it.
He knows neither Lorena nor Salma will forgive him if he messes with Tiffany’s memories against her will.
However, should she present a problem, she will be leaving him no choice.
“WHY DOyou think Count Dracula turns Lucy?” asks Director Minaro near the end of English class.
“He was in love with her,” answers William, looking at Lorena when he says it. He cannot get enough of the way blood rushes to her cheeks when he says or does something that pleases her.
Today, he is sitting next to her in the back row—a change-up orchestrated by Salma.
“Got over her real quick and went for Mina,” says Tiffany from her new seat in the front row. Zach is next to her, in William’s old chair.
