Taking a deep breath, Maggie tugged at theend of her sweater and knocked on the door dividing their rooms.After a few seconds, it opened to reveal Aiden on the other side.She’d tried to prepare herself, but the sight of him still sent herheart into her throat. All her dreams came back to her in a floodof erotic memory.
Aiden’s nostrils flared when the scent ofher arousal hit him, and color crept into her cheeks. His handclenched on the doorknob as his dick hardened in response to herneed. Her eyes fluttered away before coming back to him.
“I overslept,” she murmured.
“You needed it.”
“Yes, I… ah… yes.”
Maggie glanced at him from under the longfringe of her thick, red-tipped lashes. Without thinking, hereleased the knob and clasped her chin to stroke her cheek with histhumb. Tranquility descended over him as her mouth parted and heheard the increased beat of her heart.
Unable to stop himself, his eyes drifted tothe slender column of her throat and the vein running throughthere. Before he could slide his hand to her nape to draw hercloser, she stepped away from him. His hand fell to his side, andhe gripped the knob again.
“I want to see my mother,” she stated. “Ishould get it over with.”
The rush of her words and the franticuncertainty he heard within them buried his disappointment over heravoidance of him. For Maggie, this visit was a thing of intensedread. Aiden stepped back, and with a wave of his hand, he gesturedher into the room.
When she entered, her gaze fell on hisunmade bed, and the erotic sights and sounds of her dream flittedacross her mind again. She tore her eyes away from the bed, butthen her attention returned tohim. And he was far morealluring than any dream.
The sweatpants he wore hung low on his hips,revealing the trail of hair from his belly button to the waistbandas well as the V shape of his muscles pointing her directly whereto go. Shirtless, sweat glistened on his chest as he closed thedoor. His arm brushed hers when he strode past her to grab thetowel hanging over the chair in the corner. He wiped off his hairand chest before draping the towel over his shoulder.
“Did I interrupt something?” she asked.
“I was just working out, doing some push-upsand sit-ups.”
“Oh. I can wait until later. The placedoesn’t close until five.”
“I’m done.”
He didn’t tell her he’d been doing them tokeep from going for her. She’d filled his dreams, and hispersistent erection made sleeping difficult. No matter how manytimes he jerked off, his shaft still roused when his mind wanderedto her. He’d never believed it would be possible for someone tohave him so wound up yet so at ease, but Maggie did both thosethings to him.
“I’ll take a shower, and we’ll go,” he toldher.
Maggie watched as he walked into thebathroom. Clasping her hands together, she tried not to think abouthim standing naked beneath the water when it turned on, but themore she tried not to picture it, the more she imagined the watersluicing off his body.
Dangerous or not, bad decision or not, shedidn’t know how much longer she’d be able to resist thisvampire.
• • •
“Can I turn into a vampire?” Maggie asked asshe watched the cars rushing through the intersection.
Aiden hit the gas when their light turnedgreen. “If you lose enough blood and are given the blood of avampire, yes, you can become one.”
“No, I mean, if I’m a half-vampire, can Istart to turn into one at will or something?”
“No. You would have to go through thetransformation, the same as everyone else does.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.” He glanced over at her, sensing morebehind her question. “Why do you ask?”
“I had the strangest dream last night,” shemurmured. “And I didn’t know if it would be possible for me totransition into a vampire at will or something. Blood has helped tostrengthen me for years without me knowing why, so if I drankenough of it, would it turn me?”
“According to Ronan, you still need to bechanged from mortal to immortal by a vampire. You can’tspontaneously make the transition. What was your dream about?”
“I dreamt I bit something, and I had fangswhen I did it. It felt very real.”
She didn’t look at him when she revealedthis, and a flush of rosy color bloomed on her cheeks. He’d giveanything to know what she’d dreamt.
