Cain interrupted her, “Shayna, I am dangerous to you,” he said, and accelerated the BMW, “I crave your blood, your human blood. Do you understand that?”
Shayna looked out the window and silently nodded her head.
They pulled up to her house and she finally asked, “Do you want to hurt me?”
“No,” he said. “God no. I don’t think I could ever forgive myself if I ever hurt you.”
She reached across the car and took his hand, it was so cold. She wondered if she would be the same way.
“Trust yourself,” she told him, “I trust you. You could have taken my blood in the woods today. You’re not going to hurt me,” she held his hand tight, not wanting to let go.
“You are absolutely amazing,” he smiled and moved a strand of hair away from her eyes. “You’re so vulnarable right now, and you don’t even care.”
“Not in the slightest.”
She couldn’t move. Cain was so enticing. She was once again lost in his eyes. She wanted to be his princess, and she one hundred percent, believed deep in her heart, that he would never hurt her physically, emotionally, or spiritually.
She touched his hair. It was soft and hung just below his chin. He leaned his face into her hand. She wanted him, she yearned for his touch. He was right, she didn’t care if he thought he was a danger to her. She knew he wasn’t. Their secrets had drew them to each other.
They sat in front of her house for about twenty minutes, talking and making plans to go horseback riding. The emotions flooding through her body were indescribable. Her heart was pounding, and she felt like she was going to hyperventilate.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
“It’s a secret,” he smiled.
“I’ve lived here all my life, I know where everything is,” she said with a smirk, “So go ahead and keep your secret.”
“That’s fine if you do know. I still want to take you there,” Cain said, and gestured past Shayna toward the house, “We have an audience.”
Shayna looked over her shoulder, and saw Melina peeking through the closed curtains of the big front window. She turned back to Cain.
“What time shall I be there?” she asked him fluttering her long dark eye lashes at him.
He laughed at this, “Around nine,” he said still chuckling. He took her hand and kissed it, “Farewell my Princess, until Saturday we part.”
Shayna felt her cheeks burn, “Bye,” she was able to say, but it was barely a whisper.
She climbed out of the car, and closed the door. She stood on the curb and he slowly pulled away, accelerating the BMW faster, a couple houses down from Shayna’s. She made her way up the walkway, and to the front door. Melina never missed a beat when Shayna opened the door.
“What is that ?” she asked Shayna before the door was even closed.
“What?”
“You said you weren’t meeting anyone,”she reminded Shayna, “And five hours later you come home with him !”
Shayna smiled, her eyes sparkling, and said, “Funniest thing,” she took her boots and coat off, and sat down on the couch, “I walked into the meadow and he was there, with a horse. The horse had gotten loose and lead him there. I helped him get him back to his house,” she pulled the blanket off of the back of the couch and tucked it around herself.
“Uh-huh,” Melina said suspiciously, “You move fast don’t you?”
“Shut up Mel,” she said annoyed, “I’m not kidding, we have a real connection, and a lot in common,” Shayna couldn’t believe what she was sayin. Is this even real? She wondered.
“What, you’re both beautiful and boring?” Melina said.
“Pretty much,” Shayna agreed spitefully.
She knew that her and Cain were anything but boring, they made Melina look boring. Although Shayna had always thought
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