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When she got herself somewhat under control, she gasped out, “What the hell, Finn? No way. I thought maybe you’d eventually want me to use it on you.”
Now it was me who stared at her like she was a complete and total psycho. Yup, she was definitely going to be the death of me, but I didn’t know at this point if I’d enjoy that death or not.
I grabbed her by the hand and dragged her up to the checkout counter. Isobel tossed her purchases down and grabbed a bag of gummy-shaped penises and threw those down on top of the pile.
The clerk started to speak to us, but I leaned forward and blew in her face. Her eyes immediately grew vacant, and she started neatly packaging everything into a black bag with smart white handles. The logo to the shop was on the side, looking classier than one would expect from an adult store.
The lingerie was folded neatly and wrapped in bright white tissue paper. Everything went into the bag without being rung up on the cash register, which I was expecting, but had Isobel side-eyeing me with even more curiosity.
When the woman handed the bag over without a word, I took it from her and didn’t bother to thank her. She’d have no recollection of this later, so there’d be no point in wasting words.
Isobel didn’t question this, but she watched everything with a careful eye.
I carried her bag out to the car and put it on the floor in the back seat after getting her settled into the front passenger seat.
“Do you do that often? Not pay for things but use your magic to get what you want?” she asked after I started the Charger.
This was also not a question I wanted to answer, because it didn’t make me out to look like a good person. I wasn’t one, but I refused to lie to her.
“I do it all the time,” I told her honestly and unapologetically. I was who I was and there were some things I refused to hide until it was too late for her to run away from me.
“Okay,” she replied easily. “I’ve never used my magic like that before. Honestly, I’ve never even thought to. Before the Council and everything that happened to me, I’d lived with my family. I was nothing but safe, and I had everything I ever wanted or needed provided for me. Afterwards, well, I’ve been staying with Rain ever since, and he’s very graciously provided everything for me that I’ve needed so far.”
I thought that maybe her having so many of her own things that she didn’t want to talk about made her far more accepting when it came to all the skeletons I had in my closet that I wasn’t ready to share yet.
Even though I knew it not to be true, it made me feel like we were on even ground. It was stupid, because I knew she was higher up than I ever could be.
“Is this our whole date or is there more?” The hopeful lilt to her voice was hard to miss.
Oh, there was more. The night was still very young, and I was not ready to say goodbye to her just yet.
The way things were going, I’d never be ready to say goodbye to her.
Not ever.
12
Fireworks
Isobel
So, Finn didn’t want me to fuck him but instead wanted to fuck me.
Good to know, but at the same time, oddly disappointing. The strap-on had been slightly intimidating, and I had no idea how to use it or even how to put the stupid thing on, but as soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew down to my bones that I wanted to try it on.
I couldn’t believe he’d actually followed through on his promise and took me there. Rain would have rather died than go there with me, and who the hell knew what Romero’s reaction would have been, but I didn’t think he would have stepped foot in the place, because when he wasn’t being crazy, he was kind of a prude. Well, he seemed like a prude when he wasn’t with Rain or me.
After the shop, Finn brought me to an isolated park on the river in a deeply wooded area. The sun had already started to set, and the stars shimmered brightly in the sky overhead. If it weren’t for the stars and the sliver of a moon, it would be difficult to see out here when the sun set entirely.
I’d been too lost in my own thoughts on the way over here to play any music, and I figured he’d been too lost in his own thoughts to demand that I take control of the stereo for him.
I had no idea what we were doing here, but I did know that if he didn’t feed me soon, things were going to get ugly. I could turn into a real monster when I was hungry. I’d never been like thatbefore. It was a result of my time in that hole and forced starvation.
I didn’t want to share any of that with Finn, but I feared the hungrier I got, the less control I had over my mouth. If I was an asshole to him, then I’d have to explain myself and I wasn’t ready for that.
Finn parked in front of a gazebo and coaxed me out of the car. The trunk popped open, and I met him at the back of the car. Finn pulled out a thick blanket, a cooler, and a picnic basket from the trunk. That damn cooler had better have food in it and not just something like drinks.
He refused to let me carry anything, but I kind of wished he’d shared the burden so that maybe we would be able to hold hands again. I really liked doing that. It made me incredibly curious to experience new things with him that I might like.
