more, but she cut him off. Stephen knew that for as long as he lived, he’d never forgive himself for hurting her the way that he had.
Fuck off. You got what you wanted, so why the hell should I care if you’re sorry or not? Anyway, it doesn’t matter really. I’m going to be gone and you’ll be the same fucking dick shit that you’ve always been. He heard her anger but knew that letting his own temper get the better of him wasn’t going to help. There is a man going in the house now. He’s like you, a vampire. Wait.
Stephen did wait but not by standing idle until she got back to him. He moved out of the bathroom and into the offices to Samuel. He was going to see if he could find her and bring her to safety. After telling Samuel where he was headed, he left the building and willed himself to the address. He had no idea where she was, but he could smell the other vampires nearby.
“ You were told to wait.” Her voice behind him startled him. Turning toward her, he looked at what he’d done to her.
“ I did hurt you.” She jerked away from his touch when he made to pull her to him. “I’m so sorry. I was…it matters little what I was feeling. I should never have taken it out on you.”
“ I’m used to it.” Stephen felt the stab of her words in his heart. He had no use for a mate, but she was his, and he had hurt her in ways that tore at him. Before he could try to even make it up to her, she started talking again. “They’re moving. I’m not sure where to, but the female took Edward away about a minute ago, and the other vamp is moving through the house like he’s on a mission.”
“ They’re probably looking for money or something valuable to sell.” He closed his eyes and reached into the house. That’s what the man was doing, and when he turned so that Stephen could get a look at his face, he realized he knew him. “His name is Ted. I’m not sure if I ever learned his last name or not, but he is her day walker. Or he used to be. She must have converted him sometime over the past few days.”
“ When he leaves, you should follow him.” Stephen didn’t bother telling her that wasn’t going to happen. When she left, he was going to go too. “The house has a safe, and it’s doubtful that even Edward knew about it. My mom…she set it up for us. In the event something happened to her.”
“ Did he kill her?” Clarice moved away from him without answering, and Stephen thought he knew. She made her way to the house, and Stephen knew as surely as she did that Ted had left. She moved into the house while he stood at the door. “You have to invite me in.”
He hadn’t expected her to and wasn’t surprised when she kept moving deeper in the house. Stephen waited by the door hoping that she came this way and not out some hidden passage while he stood there. It would be just what he deserved if she left him there for the sun to take.
When she appeared twenty minutes later, he watched her stuff something into a bulging pack. He also noticed that she had a laptop bag, as well as a nice-sized jewelry box. He reached for some of the things when she was standing in front of him. Again he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t let him carry them.
“ I’ve enough here to live on for a while.” He didn’t answer her because there wasn’t any way he was going to agree to her leaving him. “Here. These belong to you.”
The envelope was heavy, and he glanced inside before looking up at her again. They were the missing recordings from his office, he’d bet, something that he’d never told anyone about. He would bet any amount of money that Ted had taken them because Velvet wouldn’t have known about such things.
“ Will you come back to my home with me? I would like to talk to you.” She shook her head. “Please? I know that I’ve given you no reason to trust me, but I’d like to—”
“ You’re right, I have no reason to trust you. And it’s very doubtful even if you were to
Fuck off. You got what you wanted, so why the hell should I care if you’re sorry or not? Anyway, it doesn’t matter really. I’m going to be gone and you’ll be the same fucking dick shit that you’ve always been. He heard her anger but knew that letting his own temper get the better of him wasn’t going to help. There is a man going in the house now. He’s like you, a vampire. Wait.
Stephen did wait but not by standing idle until she got back to him. He moved out of the bathroom and into the offices to Samuel. He was going to see if he could find her and bring her to safety. After telling Samuel where he was headed, he left the building and willed himself to the address. He had no idea where she was, but he could smell the other vampires nearby.
“ You were told to wait.” Her voice behind him startled him. Turning toward her, he looked at what he’d done to her.
“ I did hurt you.” She jerked away from his touch when he made to pull her to him. “I’m so sorry. I was…it matters little what I was feeling. I should never have taken it out on you.”
“ I’m used to it.” Stephen felt the stab of her words in his heart. He had no use for a mate, but she was his, and he had hurt her in ways that tore at him. Before he could try to even make it up to her, she started talking again. “They’re moving. I’m not sure where to, but the female took Edward away about a minute ago, and the other vamp is moving through the house like he’s on a mission.”
“ They’re probably looking for money or something valuable to sell.” He closed his eyes and reached into the house. That’s what the man was doing, and when he turned so that Stephen could get a look at his face, he realized he knew him. “His name is Ted. I’m not sure if I ever learned his last name or not, but he is her day walker. Or he used to be. She must have converted him sometime over the past few days.”
“ When he leaves, you should follow him.” Stephen didn’t bother telling her that wasn’t going to happen. When she left, he was going to go too. “The house has a safe, and it’s doubtful that even Edward knew about it. My mom…she set it up for us. In the event something happened to her.”
“ Did he kill her?” Clarice moved away from him without answering, and Stephen thought he knew. She made her way to the house, and Stephen knew as surely as she did that Ted had left. She moved into the house while he stood at the door. “You have to invite me in.”
He hadn’t expected her to and wasn’t surprised when she kept moving deeper in the house. Stephen waited by the door hoping that she came this way and not out some hidden passage while he stood there. It would be just what he deserved if she left him there for the sun to take.
When she appeared twenty minutes later, he watched her stuff something into a bulging pack. He also noticed that she had a laptop bag, as well as a nice-sized jewelry box. He reached for some of the things when she was standing in front of him. Again he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t let him carry them.
“ I’ve enough here to live on for a while.” He didn’t answer her because there wasn’t any way he was going to agree to her leaving him. “Here. These belong to you.”
The envelope was heavy, and he glanced inside before looking up at her again. They were the missing recordings from his office, he’d bet, something that he’d never told anyone about. He would bet any amount of money that Ted had taken them because Velvet wouldn’t have known about such things.
“ Will you come back to my home with me? I would like to talk to you.” She shook her head. “Please? I know that I’ve given you no reason to trust me, but I’d like to—”
“ You’re right, I have no reason to trust you. And it’s very doubtful even if you were to
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