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When they reached their next destination, Ruric managed to get them enough rooms and a honeymoon suite so that Arman and Fiona had a living room and a bedroom with two queen size beds. That meant Ruric had a room of his own, but they couldn’t risk Fiona staying alone in a room.
“I’ll sleep on the sofa,” Arman offered, being the gallant prince that he was.
“Okay, thanks,” Fiona said.
Arman had hoped she would be fine with him staying in the other bed in the same room, but that was the difference between Stasio and Jasmine. Both of them were vampires. Fiona was probably still afraid any one of them would want to suck her blood while she was sleeping.
Humans could be compelled to do things, but as a hunter, she couldn’t be. He smiled at her, willing her to invite him into the bedroom to take the other bed while she slept in the one by the window. He reassured her she would have the most wonderful sleep, just in case they were wrong about her being a huntress.
She smiled at him, like she thought he had something else in mind. A kiss? He could just see going in for a kiss goodnight and getting attacked by a black belt in some form of martial arts.
He was the one known for not taking big risks in their little group. But then he decided to throw caution to the wind and drew close. She was looking wary, but tired too. Then he pulled her gently in for a kiss, hoping she didn’t knee him where it counted.
To his surprise, relief, and delight, she kissed him before he even had a chance to kiss her. He had a lot of experience and he suspected she didn’t have, but when she kissed him, he felt a strange kind of connection, like they belonged together and the visions he’d had of her had prepared him for this moment.
He was really getting into the kiss when she pulled away, her face flushed, her breathing hard, her heart beating rapidly.
“Why…why does it feel like I’ve known you forever?” she asked.
“I don’t know. I felt the same kind of emotional and physical attraction to you.” And he couldn’t believe it.
Levka said to both Arman and Fiona, “Go to sleep before we have to leave again. Talk to each other tomorrow.”
Fiona’s eyes widened.
Arman said, “He’s only guessing we’re talking or something. He can’t read our minds. Night, Fiona. We’ll talk later.” Then he gave her a warm hug, kissed her briefly, and left her alone in the bedroom.
“Wait,” she said. “You can use the other bed. Otherwise, you’ll have to waste time making up a bed on the couch.”
“Okay, thanks.” He was going to ask her if she was sure, but he didn’t want to sabotage the offer.
Then they all settled down before they had to leave again. Arman was hoping that the phone they had left in a vehicle was headed in an altogether different direction from where they were headed.
“It won’t be safe going to Dallas to check on what happened to my brother, will it?” Fiona asked Arman after she slipped under her covers.
“Probably not. But if you have to do it, we’ll understand.” Arman rested his head on his pillow.
“Regina will call on reinforcements and you’ll be outnumbered. We can’t risk that. I can check newspaper reports later, right?” she asked.
Relieved, he said, “Sure.”
“If they were able to track the phone to our last location, I’m worried they’ll think we’re going this way.”
“Right. We can talk to the others when we get ready to leave,” Arman said.
“Or now, so everyone can make other plans. I’ll do it,” Fiona said. “It’s my decision to take a different route.”
“It’s a good decision.” Arman was glad she wasn’t feeling shy about bothering Levka, though he was a bit amused. He didn’t like bothering Levka when he retired to bed with Caitlin unless it was a dire emergency. Well, even before Caitlin was with him.
Then Fiona said to everyone, “Hey, if it works for you, let’s go to somewhere other than Dallas. Regina might figure that’s where I would want to go.”
“How about Houston?” Levka asked.
“That works for me,” Fiona said.
Everyone chimed in that that was a good plan. “I’ll make the reservations for the hotel,” Ruric said.
