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“Looks like I gotta go.” The vampire eases his arm from my mouth and replaces it with his lips. He kisses me softly, surprising me. “Mmm, but I wish I didn’t. Your mouth is exactly how I imagined your lips to taste watching your stunning performance.”
I react to his words by kissing him back, the flavor of his lips as good as his blood. “Don’t leave.” What am I saying? His blood must be influencing me, turning me into a pleading little donor. I’ve seen it happen with Pearl, another performer, and Alexander.
The stranger gives me a sexy smile that smolders my insides. “Sorry, vixen. I wish I didn’t have to, but it’s not safe for me. You saw what happened to my guard when he was trying to buy you on my behalf. Your master would hunt me down if I tried to take what doesn’t belong to me too.”
My eyes widen as his words sink in. He admitted to trying to buy me. What the hell? I don’t even know how I feel about it. It snaps me out of my lusty haze, and I try to find a reason to explain why he would. Why he thought it was something he could do. “You caused all of this?” I don’t know why my words come out as a question. Or why I say anything more at all? One of the biggest rules of surviving a vampire is never giving them a reason to keep engaging in conversation.
The strange man doesn’t respond or try to explain himself. I doubt he would anyway, even if footsteps didn’t sound from somewhere behind me. He disappears, leaving me staring at the empty space in front of me.
“Hayley! Damn it! Get your ass over here,” Alexander yells, flying into the small hallway with Opal and another guard behind him. “What the fuck? How could you let that asshole put his hands on you? You almost cost me—”
“Master Alexander, don’t blame—” Opal hisses and steps back, touching her reddening cheek. Alexander slapped her too quickly for me to follow.
“Don’t fucking get involved.” Glowering at me, Alexander flashes his fangs. “Come on, Hayley. Time to go. You have some fucking explaining to do.”
I hang my head in silence. There is no point in arguing.
Alexander locks his fingers around my wrist and drags me away.
