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Men are such strange beings.
“Uhm… yes?”
Felix growls, then tugs the curtain open the rest of the way so hard that the plastic hangers snap, the bar that was holding it falls off and crashes to the floor. I jump back as he slips in the tub, but catches himself on the wall and doesn’t fall. He gets out, straightens himself, then pins me with a glare. He walks toward the door, but stops right beside me, looking down at me and says through clenched teeth, “It smells like death in here.” Then he keeps going.
I’ve made him angry.
Why did I make him angry?
No, not why. But how? I didn’t do it on purpose—hell, I didn’t even do anything but save Felix. I don’t want him angry with me. I want him to love me!
“Felix, wait!” I shout, spinning around to follow after him. I find him on his hands and knees in the kitchen, looking under the table. “What are you doing?”
“Looking for my cat so we can leave.”
“Leave? What? Why? I thought we were… you know. Uh…” I look back at the bedroom. “Doing stuff.”
Because I really want that stuff to continue. Damn my brother for interrupting!
“I need to go. I can’t say here. I’m not thinking straight. I need to eat.”
“I can feed you!” I say, taking a few steps into the kitchen.
He gets to his feet and runs a hand through his wet hair. “No, I told you. I can’t drink human bl—”
“I’m not human,” I shout, though I didn’t mean to say it so loud. I clear my throat. “I’m not human, so you can feed from me… right?”
He blinks a few times, then looks me up and down. He shakes his head. “I can’t.” Then he pushes past me.
“Why not?” I call after him. “If you’re hungry, I have blood. Lots of it, inside my body. You can have all—okay, maybe notallof it, but you can have whatever I don’t need to stay alive.”
He turns to look at me, brow furrowed and a frown on his lips. I have no idea what he’s thinking, and I hate that I can’t figure it out.
“You’re married,” he says sternly.
What the hell does that have to do with him eating?
“Why does that matter?”
“You don’t understand! I’mstarving.I already lost control in there,” he points to the bedroom, “with you and that soul sucking toy. There is no doubt in my mind I’ll lose control again, and I can’t let that happen, because you aremarried.”
“But—”
“No buts!” He throws his arms up, then spins around. “Roger, where the hell are you?” he calls, then steps into the bedroom, getting on his hands and knees again to look under the bed for his alien. Hopefully, he stays good and hidden, because Felix will not leave without finding that damn cat. So, maybe that’s a good thing…
I could tell him I saw him head toward the basement, but I’m not going to do that.
I step into the bedroom. “I don’t want to be married,” I say, hoping that’ll help things.
“And I don’t want my cat to be missing, but here we are.”
He gets up and pops his head into the bathroom.
“He’s not missing. He’s just… hiding.”
Felix glares as he turns to face me. “Well, you actuallyaremarried, so—”
“You don’t understand!” I shout at him, repeating the words he said to me only a short time ago. “He’s not a good person. He’s… evil. And I know that’s crazy because he’s a demon, and most demons are, but he’s likereallyevil. I… I didn’t agree to the marriage. He just took me, and forced me to marry him, and that’s… that’s why I’m here because I’m trying to get away from him, but living up here is so hard. There are so many things and rules and laws and I don’t know what to do but I can’t go back. I can’t let him find me.”
