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“Obviously the lotion I use doesn’t affect it.”
“No. It’s different from human blood.”
I bit my lip. “And how can you track it?”
“The smell of my own blood?” he questioned, raising an eyebrow. “I can track it for miles. You wouldn’t have time to run far enough for me to lose scent of it.”
“Great,” I mumbled.
He took my arm and slowly turned me around before brushing my braid to the side. I stared at the boarded-up window, a shiver running through me when his fingers grazed my collarbone when he laid the necklace on me. My heart jolted as his lips brushed my ear.
“Even if you weren’t wearing this, I’d still be able to find you,” he murmured.
“How?” I choked out, resisting the urge to squirm when his lips touched me again.
“Your scent. It’s ingrained in my fucking head. I could track it anywhere.” He ran his nose up my throat, letting out a low moan. “I’ve never smelled anything so good. So potent.”
“Lucky me,” I muttered. “Having blood that vampires crave.”
“Crave…right.” He sounded conflicted, and I looked over my shoulder at him to see his eyes more guarded than usual.
He clasped the lock on the necklace, and the second his fingers left me, I spun around to face him. My pulse was thudding, and I grabbed the charm, staring down at it.
“You really had to lock it on me again?” I grumbled. “I would have kept it on.”
“It only closes with the lock.”
“You got what you wanted,” I gritted out as I stepped back to create space between us. “Can we go now?”
“Don’t do anything stupid while we’re out, Kali,” he warned, his eyes locked on mine. “I just told you there’s no way to outrun me. Don’t try.”
My laugh held no humor. “Where would I go, Zan? I have no one to help me.”
“You have me.”
“Not by my choice.”
“Maybe one day you’ll change your mind about that.”
“You don’t trust me,” I stated the obvious. “Why do you care what happens to me?”
“True,” he said with a chuckle before his gaze turned serious. “But that doesn’t change the fact that I would destroy anyone who tries to hurt you.”
My heart pounded at the dark promise in his voice. “I still don’t understand why.”
Pax appeared in the doorway of the bedroom before Zan could answer. “It’s time.”
Zan nodded and swept an arm for me to go first. “Let’s go.”
Chapter 4
Kali
The tunnel we were in was dark. The only reason I wasn’t tripping over my feet was because my hand was clasped tightly in Zan’s. When I’d told him to bring a flashlight, he ignored me, and I had a feeling he’d done it just to have an excuse to keep me close. We’d been walking for what felt like forever, the sound of Viggo’s and Pax’s footsteps proving they were still in front of Zan and me.
“You can all walk in the sun. There’s no reason to be underground,” I muttered.
“No one but you and Gia knows that,” Viggo replied from ahead of me. “We don’t need vampires getting peeks of us. Once we’re out of the city, then we’re good.”
