The memory of her telling me what sin Arsenio was last night flashed in my mind.Wrath.
“Pick another question.” I waved her on.
“Have I met any of the others?”
“I doubt it.” I shook my head. “My turn. Who bit you?”
“A human. My turn.”
I gave her a pointed look, but she smirked. “You get to be vague, so do I.”
Fair enough.
“Are you here for Seven Sin business?”
My jaw tightened. I didn’t like her saying it out loud. I doubted Thing One or Thing Two was around to hear, but still.
“Yes.”
“I knew it! I’ve asked for help for months now, and he’s waved me off each time. Plus, you don’t really do much.”
I flipped her off, and she laughed. It relaxed me a bit. Enough for me to keep going with our little game.
“Why did the human bite you?”
“Because I killed his master.”
“You killed another vampire?” I raised an eyebrow. That wasn’t exactly commonplace anymore. Rules had changed along with the human laws.
“That’s two questions.”
I took a deep breath. She was pushing her luck.
“Are you going to leave when your business is done?”
I hesitated in answering. Two nights ago, I would have said yes. Fuck yes. I hated it here. Now, having experienced her lips, her tongue, her body pressed against mine, I wasn’t so sure I was ready to leave. But I knew I needed to.
She took my silence as a response.
“It’s a shame. I enjoy having someone to bullshit with.”
“Like now?” I asked.
She laughed. I realized how much I enjoyed hearing it.
“Like now. So, Sloth. Are you as dangerous as the others?”
“Yes.”
She had asked two questions in a row. I took a moment to consider what I wanted to ask her. I motioned to her chest. “Explain the tattoo.”
She touched her black shirt where the ink lay beneath it. “My broken heart? I think it’s self-explanatory.”
“Can I see it?”
She blinked. I took her off guard. I realized then that I had overstepped. Paired with my kiss last night, I was skirting a line I had already crossed once. Arsenio was my friend. This wasn’t cool.
Her hands went to the bottom of her shirt, and quickly she removed it. My cock went hard almost instantly as I stared at her full chest, being held up in a black lace bra.Oh fuck.
