Damion leaves Emily’s place after clearly discussing that their hookups would not lead to anything more. He wanted to be absolutely clear from the get-go so that it doesn’t get to the point where he has to compel her to forget.He walks through the town and his thoughts stray back to Lilia. He could have driven to Emily’s place, but he had chosen to come on foot because it was relaxing and he would have more time to reflect on things without other people interfering. Lilia had said nothing about their little encounter yesterday, so far. Either she has been trying to ignore it or she hasn’t had the chance to address it with so many people in the house.Damion enters a park, walks over to a swing, and sits down. He had not said anything to Lilia either. He didn’t know what to say or how to start. He had been purposely ignoring looking at her, lest his glances betray something he doesn’t want to come out. Maybe I should tell her that it was a moment of weakness and it meant nothing, he t
At about eight o’clock, Lilia sits in the car with Damion kissing Brent goodbye and waving to the rest of the people. Then, they start driving. Five minutes into the drive, Lilia says, “Damion, I wanted to talk to you about something.”Initially, Lilia had thought that she would talk to him once they reached the University campus, but then she decided that maybe it would be less awkward and difficult if Damion is not looking at her directly. Lilia looks at him and his eyes are fixed on the road.“Go ahead,” he says.“Um- I just wanted to clarify something.”This is more difficult than she had thought.“The thing is that yesterday night, about the same time that it’s now, what happened between us. I just wanted to say that it was an in-the-moment thing. It meant nothing. I hope you don’t think badly of me because of it.”*Damion had braced himself for everything Lilia had just said, but it still hurt. It hurt knowing that it did not mean anything to her. Keeping his voice as casual as
At the same time that Damion and Lilia are driving to the University and Brent, Esther, Adeline, and Tyrus are talking about mobile phones, Carl is pacing around his room with a glass of whisky in his hand. He is waiting for someone. It has been days since he has ventured out into the open. He has been holed up here in his more secluded residence for days. The failed attempt at kidnapping the binder had been a blow. He has been coming up with ways to get to her. Luther had mentioned to him how it could be done and yesterday he had gathered some information. He is waiting to share it with him.“Carl,” a voice calls him from the door. He sees Luther standing there in his usual hunter-like outfit with his statement knee-high boots.“My friend,” says Carl.The men hug, and then Carl asks him, “Are you sure, very sure, that if the girl comes to us herself, she would be able to reach us, and it wouldn’t harm us in any way.”Luther pours himself a drink from the bottle on the table and says,
Damion and Lilia are sitting on the bed in Damion’s apartment. They have placed a box of pizza between themselves and are holding a glass of wine each. A movie is playing on the television. They had eaten about half of the pizza when Damion cracked a joke on Lilia. She laughed and playfully swung her arm at him. He leaned back to avoid it and spilled the wine all over his t-shirt in the process.“Oh, I’m sorry,” Lilia says, still half laughing.“It’s okay I’ll just change.”He walks over to the cupboard and opens it, rummaging inside for a new t-shirt. He takes off the one he is wearing. Lilia can’t see him from the bed because he is hidden behind the cupboard’s door but there is a mirror right in the front where she can see his reflection. She notices his abs as he stretches to put the new t-shirt on. He looks extremely hot and attractive and she has a sudden urge to touch him. Lilia shakes her head and quickly turns her eyes back to the television screen as Damion closes the cupboar
Esther walks downstairs from her room and into the hall. She notices Adeline and Tyrus sitting side-by-side on the couch. On the table in front of them, there is a game of monopoly, and Tyrus is teaching Adeline how to play.“I didn’t think you would be such a savage businesswoman,” Tyrus says to her.Adeline laughs, hits him lightly on his arm, and then casually keeps one of her hands on his shoulder as she bends forward, closer to the board.Esther smiles looking at them. Tyrus is such a sweetheart, she thinks. He and Adeline had gelled together pretty well. Then, she remembers her rapport with Tyrus for the first few weeks in this house. She wonders if something of a similar nature is going on between Adeline and him now. The thought amuses her. She didn’t mind. Tyrus was a nice guy, and after everything Adeline has gone through, she deserves to have some fun.“Hey,” she hears Brent from behind her.“Hi!.”She notices that he is dressed in a formal-looking blue shirt and black pant
Lilia’s head is buzzing. She is sitting in class, but she is not paying attention to anything that the professor is saying. Her head is too full of Brent and Damion and all her feelings. She has been dating Brent for a couple of months now, and she likes him very much. She likes being with him, and she is attracted to him. A lot. Then, is it just attraction? Hadn’t Brent once mentioned that humans often felt infatuated by vampires? Was she just infatuated with him and not in love? No, that can’t be. Otherwise, she would have felt it from the very first day. She had felt attracted to him the first time she had seen him, for sure, but it was because he is an exceptionally handsome man, and it is hard not to notice that. Not because he is a vampire. If she had been infatuated with him, it wouldn’t have taken them over two years to start dating. The night she had attended homecoming with him was the night she had realized that she liked him more than a friend. But now she wonders, if she
As soon as Lilia and Brent enter the washroom, Brent locks the door. He pulls Lilia closer to him breathing in the scent of her soft perfume and says, “What do you want Lilia?”“You,” she breathes.“What do you want me to do to you?”“I want you to... fuck me.”Brent smiles lightly and then they start kissing each other fiercely. Their hands explore the other’s body. Lilia unbuttons his pants and pulls them down along with his underwear. Meanwhile, Brent slides his hand under her dress and pulls down her panties. They don’t take them off completely and Brent turns Lilia around. She bends down holding the large and eloquent basin for support. Brent rubs her vagina with his thumb and then with his penis, tempting her by saying, “You want it, do you, Lilia?”“Yes. Yes, I do.”He enters her and starts moving, first slowly and then faster. Lilia covers her mouth with her hands to stop herself from moaning too loudly.*Brent is moving inside her and she feels a build-up with every move. He
The next morning, Brent had to leave early. He has gone to meet someone, alerting them to the cause they are fighting for. Lilia, on the other hand, lays on the bed till much later. She has nothing very urgent to attend to, and her head has been feeling too heavy with all the emotions she has been trying to process. Finally, she gets off the bed thinking that she couldn’t lay there all day and some action might make her feel better.After brushing her teeth and freshening up, she looks around her room. It had been some time since she had done a thorough cleaning. It might make her feel in control of stuff. She eats some breakfast and then comes back up to her room to get to the cleaning.She dusts off the windows, vacuums the floor, and rearranges her books on the table. Then, she gets to the big Almirah, rearranging her clothes, keeping them in neater piles, and putting them on hangers. She empties the drawers and arranges her jewelry, pens, papers, diaries, photos, and documents pro