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Mysinuses burn asIbite down on my lip. “I’msorry, too,Z.”
Along and quiet moment passes withZaksniffling on the other end.
“You’restill my girl,Steph.”
Freshtears flood my cheeks. “I’llalways be your girl,Z.Butthis isn’t fair to either of us.”
“Whatdo you mean?”
Ifidget with the hem of my tank top. “Icheated on you, and you killed me.”Ichuckle sadly. “That’sa hell of a way to pay me back.”
Hedoesn’t share the dark humor. “Ididn’t attack you for that.Ijust…Ismelled blood, andIcouldn’t think straight.AllIcould think about was how hungryIwas…”
Hetrails off and leaves a silence so heavy that the hand holding my phone drops slightly.
“Areyou still… hungry?”
“No,” he murmurs. “I’vebeen aroundDreejust fine.”
Iswallow the rock forming in my throat. “Maybeit was a fluke?Aone-time thing?”
Ican see him running his tattooed hand through his long dark hair. “Maybe.”
“Ormaybe our favorite devil has supernatural immunity to baby vampires,”Igrumble asIpress my fingertips against my temple.
“A’ight, so get this: the devil and a baby vampire walk into a bar…”
Itry suppressing it, butIsnort untilI’mchuckling withZak.
“Imissed hearing you laugh, babe.”
Myheart flutters in my chest—my high school sweetheart on the phone isn’t the one who attacked me last night on the approach. “Imissedyou,Chiquito,”Isay softly.
Ifeel it deep inside that he’s smiling at the other end.
“Whathappened to us, babe?”
Fiddlingwith my bottom lip,Iavoid answering.Adrian’srevelation simmers to the top, demanding acknowledgment and an answer. “Whydid you ask me out?”
Hepauses. “BecauseIliked you?”
“Dreesaid you weren’t supposed to.”
Zakfalls so silent thatIthink we’ve lost the connection. “Z?”
“Didhe tell you the rest of it?”
Mybrows furrow. “Restof what?”
“Hewasn’t supposed to ask you, either.”
“Whatd’you mean?Henever did.”
“No, butIsaw he was trying to.Wehad an agreement, and if he wasn’t sticking to it, then neither wasI.Iwasn’t about to let you go without a fight.”
“I’mnot a fucking game to be played.”
“It’snot like that.Itwasn’t like that.”
