He looks very interested now and goes to pick up the blood-splattered rose.
"No!" I yell at him and he drops it, startled.
"What?"
"Don't. There's something crazy powerful going on here and I don't want you anywhere near it," I say. I must get rid of it. I focus and with a click of my fingers, the rose goes up in flames with a forceful whoosh that we both step back from, alarmed at the size of the flames.
My buzzing phone draws my attention away from the fire as it dies down. I answer it on speaker, "Yes, Linc?"
"Why is there a naked Vampire sibling in your bed?" he asks bluntly.
Focusing my attention on the phone, I frown. "What? Oh, Seb. He wants to crash for a couple of days. CK is on one apparently. Initial Vampire broodiness is quite affecting."
"Humph, well, you could have told me. Scott is having a slight freak out."
"Crap. Sorry, he only asked late
last night, and I forgot to call you," I apologize. Well, ‘asked’ is somewhat of an overstatement. We were told, more like. "Just ignore him. I'm sure he won't hang around."
"Fine," he sulks.
"Oh, by the way, Linc. Can you ask Scott to make arrangements for a trip to Las Vegas on Thursday? Jet, hotel, etc."
"Vegas? Oh, are we going on a field trip to see the Demon?"
"Yes. Get Scott to message me the details and to tell CK as well."
"Sure, will do."
"Thanks, baby. I must go. I'll see you in a couple of days."
"Okay. Bye V.A."
"Bye." I hang up and turn my attentions to my husband.
"So, what are we going to do today?" I ask him.
"I don't think we should be going out with this Hunter on the loose. I mean what kind of weirdo would follow you up here?"
"He does have stalker tendencies," I mutter, much to Cole's concern. "I don't want him to ruin our time together. I’m sick to death of everyone trying to come between us!" I yell, suddenly very irate. I’m shaking with fury, but I don't know where the anger came from.
"Okay, baby. It's okay. No one is going to come in between us. The gods know they would have by now if we let them." He pulls me to him, and I relax in his arms.
"Let me get you some blood, some human blood, and you just try and calm down. You are shaking."
I nod dutifully and let him go to get me something to drink. I down it in one gulp and feel a calm wash over me, followed by the need to Hunt. Oh, dear. Hunter's blood clearly was not made to be drunk by Vampires. Arsehole, did he know it would do this to me? Pushing the urges aside, I calm myself with great effort and gain control of myself. Cole is watching me warily but it's all good now. I’m fine.
"I want to go out," I say again. "I want to do some touristy things."
"Sure, okay. Like what?" he asks curiously.
"I don't know, you tell me. You live here," I say, realizing that all the times that I have come up here, we have never left the hotel.
"I don't live here, Liv. I work here," Cole corrects me in a huff.
"Same difference. You must know of some places."
He shrugs and thinks about it, then his face lights up. "Oh, I know exactly where we can go," he says. "You will love it."