She went into her room and Linda still hadn't returned. She was thankful in a way, she was exhausted, it was one in the morning and she had classes in the morning. She stared at the pile of boxes and bags with the boutique's labels stamped on them. It would take her a while to put them all away, she would leave it until morning. She stripped off her clothes and crawled into bed without even bothering to put on pajamas. She had a feeling Linda wouldn't be home tonight either. She immediately drifted off to sleep.“That went well,” Jason said from the front seat.“So far,” Lucas answered.“Julian will watch her for the rest of tonight and tomorrow while you rest.”“Excellent.” Lucas sighed and looked out the window, “Let's hope the rest of the week goes this well.”“She's not used to this attention Lucas.”“I know. It may be too much too soon, but I need her to have no reason to turn back. I need her to understand my love for her and have it returned.”“Leave it to you to find the lea
“You're awake.” She hardly paid any attention to Linda's disheveled appearance. She'd seen it a million times before. She had to get ready for this evening. Linda misunderstood her preoccupation with anger, “Are you furious with me?”She stopped and looked at her, “Me? With you? For what? You always drink too much when you go out. It doesn't annoy me.” Elsa did notice that she looked worried, “What's wrong?”Linda shook her head, “Nothing…Nothing at all.” She forced a smile.“You just glimpsed like you wanted to say something.”“No. Did you happen to talk to Lucas much Saturday night?” She tried to make it sound rare.Elsa's whole face lit up. Her previous thoughts forgotten, “Yes, quite a bit, he's wonderful.” Her heart jumped at the mention of his name. She told Linda everything that had happened between them Saturday night and her shopping experience on Sunday.Linda was stunned; Lucas didn't say anything to Elsa. If he did there was no way her innocent face would hide the betray
“Nonsense. Let him chase you down.” She laughed. “After he spent so much money on you, trust me, he's not going anywhere.”Elsa flushed, “Geez Linda, you are impossible.” She remembered Tanya, “What if she comes home and we're not here?”Linda shrugged, “So?” She was amazed that after the way Tanya treated Elsa, she still was concerned about her.“Well, what if she needs to talk?”“Fine we'll leave her a note.” Linda grabbed a piece of paper and began writing. “Not that she deserves it.” Linda turned her conversation to Ted babbling away about him as she discussed what she was going to wear, and her plan of attack. Her hangover disappeared quickly with her new excitement. Elsa has convinced the mention of any man's name could cure Linda's hangover.THAT NIGHT, Jason entered Lucas' room, his ritual brandy held in his hands. Lucas wasn't awake yet. The deep slumber doesn't end until the sun fully sets. He set the glass on the bedside table and searched Lucas' closet to prepare his c
“Do you want me to send a few others to watch her?”Lucas shook his head, “It would draw too much attention, I can't risk that. It would only take one curious vampire to sense how pure she is or why I have shown interest in her, and then her life is over.” This is just getting more complicated, he thought.“That makes sense then.” Jason stated, “We are kind of trapped between a rock and a hard place.”“So to speak.” Lucas answered with a heavy sigh, “I'll take Gabriel with me tonight, and you go see what Emily knows Jason. She's working now so her residence will be vacant.” “I understand.” Just then Jason's cell phone rang. He answered it and his eyes immediately shot to Lucas while listening to the male voice on the other end, “Yeah, all right Julian. I'll pass it on.” He hung up. Lucas raised his brows.“It seems that Elsa and the blond friend went with some fella to the campus bar a few hours ago. Julian says he approached your girl in the library earlier that day.”“Did he touch
As the evening wore on, he was trying to stay close to her, but he had some trouble with Linda hanging off his arm. He didn't want Elsa to know how much he despised her friend by telling her off especially when he was trying to make a good impression. He was thankful to find a table and seat the girls. Then he went to the bar to get them drinks. He knew she had to be somewhere else, but managed to distract her enough that she had carelessly forgotten the time. Hopefully, this Lucas fella would be put off and leave her alone so he could step in. Originally he wasn't going to pursue her after seeing her with Lucas, but when he saw her in the library earlier, as beautiful as she was, he couldn't resist. He knew one thing, it would take a hell of a lot for Lucas Edwards to be put off. If it was him, she could have run him over with a car and he would still want her. One of his football teammates, Dirk Robinson was standing by the bar when he arrived. His eyes were on Linda who was chatt
“but Lucas, to anyone else it looked…”“…You forget, I'm not everyone else.”She looked at him, “You make this too easy.”“It should be.”She buried her face in her hands and sighed, “See, I don't know how you know all that and all the other things I feel. I've never felt like this before and you're so sure about yourself and how you feel,” She looked at him, “I just don't know how to deal with this.”“There is no need to be afraid.” He pulled her closer to him and left his arms around her, “just go with it. “ he nuzzled the top of her head with his nose, closing his eyes at her exhilarating scent, “And I've never felt this way before either.”She pulled back and looked at him her eyes wide with wonder, “really?”He smiled, in all of her wide-eyed innocence she was very breathtaking. “Really? You don't have to worry. It will take care of itself. ” His hand came up and stroked her soft cheek as she laid his head against his arm.“I hope so.” She murmured.He leaned down and kissed the
Her eyes narrowed, “I have had enough of your insensitivity. It's no wonder Elsa doesn't fall for you. You are rude, sarcastic, and a liar.”He glared back at her, “What is it with you? Why can't you just leave me alone? I have tried to tell you that I'm not interested in you, but you just can't take the hint! You're like that cat that came back. Take a hint! You are a spoiled rich daddy's the girl who cries if she can't get what she wants and you treat your friends like dirt.”Her mouth fell, “Oh! Really! At least my friends have a higher I.Q. then a rock,” She was referring to Dirk by a thrust of her thumb over her shoulder at the door of Deter's, “and I'm not the one who tricks naïve girls into your little love schemes…” He was about to protest, but she refused to let him interrupt, “Give me some credit, how obvious was that with Elsa? At least I'm honest and upfront about the things I want!”He grew angry and seized her by the arms. The only time he ever laid his hands on a woma
She put her fingertips on his lips, “Then let me stay and maybe something will change on how we feel, and that this is just mere infatuation. Or maybe it will just reinforce how we feel for each other and this is real. Either way, I have to know.”She had a valid point. He knew this was real, because this was new to him and he'd been infatuated many times. This wasn't just infatuation, “I have a dark side Elsa.”“We all do.” “You may not like what you see.”“Impossible.” She breathed.He groaned and for the second time kissed her. She had won.Ted lay in his bed staring wide awake at the blanched plaster ceiling of his dorm room. He was pissed off at Linda for laying the blame at his door about Brad. He fumed about it for the last two hours before he rolled over and succumbed to a restless sleep.When Emily returned to her apartment, she noticed the door had been pried. Without thinking someone could still be in her apartment, she pushed open the door and walked in. She turned on t