Page 17 of Your Masked Haunting

That snaps me out of my softened stupor and I flip him off as he presses the button on the wall. He chuckles softly and slips outside, leaving me all alone.

The next thought solidifies in my mind. I’m not letting him stay the night. I’m not ready for that, and as long as he comes back unharmed and not ghostly white, I know I’m safe and the coast is clear. Just because I let him come doesn’t mean he gets full access to me immediately.

But I still can’t shake it … the nagging voice in my head telling me that it’s too late, I’m already completely his. In one of his letters, he said he’s the one who’s never letting me go, but I’m starting to think he's the one who never had a chance to escape me.

Kol and I are heading over to Bates’s place right now, and I’m not wasting a single second to show Mona my new tattoo, two dancing skeleton fairies. They’re my only ink on this arm, maybe I’ll dedicate the entire limb to her. She wanted crazy, and she got it.

I find the picture taken earlier today in my camera roll and send it with a message.

What do you think?

Typing bubbles appear almost instantly, and her message comes through a second later.

Scaredy-Cat: I think they look better on you ;)

What should I get next?

Scaredy-Cat: Four letters

Scaredy-Cat: One name

Hmmm. No clue

Scaredy-Cat: I hate you

I doubt it ;)

Scaredy-Cat: Fine. I won’t get yours either

Careful. I might strap you down and do it myself

Scaredy-Cat: You do mine. I do yours

You’d probably fuck around and tattoo a spider or a dick on me

Scaredy-Cat: Ooh, don’t tempt me

That’s it. Absolutely not happening

Scaredy-Cat: We’ll see

So confident

Scaredy-Cat: I just like the idea of you holding me down and carving your name into my skin … your name being …

Almost got me

Scaredy-Cat: It’s honestly rude at this point to have not introduced yourself properly

I think we threw “properly” out of the window a while ago

Scaredy-Cat: What’s your name?

I can’t tell you. Yet. Just gotta be patient

Scaredy-Cat: How about the first letter?

How about the last?