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“It’s not safe for me to be with you, either,” she snapped back. “After all, you’re nothing but a dog.”
His hands tightened on the steering wheel. “You didn’t seem to be repulsed when we fucked, Tamaska.”
“I didn’t know.”
“So now you’ve got—what it is?—buyer’s remorse?”
She flinched. “I…”
How could she have given herself intimately to him? He might be hot as fuck and great in bed, but she was normally so level-headed. She blamed the Blood Moon Nightclub. After her second visit, she was convinced the place was fucking cursed. Regret gripped her stomach. She hadn’t found the Blood Opal, either, and had only made her life messier. Now she was stuck in a car with a dog.
One she wanted to lash out at. Or hide. Or…she didn’t know.
“I don’t like you or your kind.”
“Noted.” He didn’t sound bothered, but there was something in his tone that whispered she’d hurt him.
“Take me home.”
“Not on your fucking life,” he said. “In case you didn’t notice, those vampires have a thing for you. And I don’t think it’s the hearts and flowers kinda thing.”
“And you’re better how?”
He muttered something she didn’t catch but the sentiment was more than clear, and his annoyance thickened the air. “I don’t want to kill you. Although you’re testing me.”
“Typical dog.”
His look was sharp, brutal. “I can drop you off at one of the lairs we know about. Maybe with you wrapped in a ribbon. As a gift.”
“I want to go home,” she said, pushing the words out.
“You’re not going to be safe there.”
“And I’m safe with you?”
“Yes.”
“Where are you taking me, then?” she asked, a new wave of fear building in her.
“Somewhere safe.”
Tamaska looked out the window and noticed fewer lights. “Away from the city?”
“I know a place where you’ll be safe,” he said. “So yes.”
“No,” she said, but her voice lacked resolve. Her breath shortened, and her mouth dried. She tried to breathe, but bile began to rise up her throat. “I don’t—not with, not—not with you!”
“Jesus, Tamaska, calm the fuck down.”
“Let me out!” She banged on the door. They were going too fast for her to risk opening it.
“Fuck, no. I just risked my life to save you. You’re staying put.”
She banged harder on the door, her movements more frantic.
“Let me out,” she demanded, I panic in full flight.
“Deep breaths, and count each one to ten. In and out. Calm and we can talk.”
