"I need to talk to him," I whispered into Genesis's hair.
She nodded and held out her hand to Mason. "I believe you promised we'd share a steak?"
"You heard that?" Mason growled.
"All of it." She grinned. "Come on, feed me, wolf."
He smiled and tucked her into his body. "I'll feed you, but I may need help with my own eating habits."
"Together." She patted his chest. "Alright?"
He kissed her forehead and walked out with her.
Typically, I would have ripped his lips off for daring to graze her skin, but I felt her heart beat for me, saw her green eyes, knew without a shadow of a doubt that she loved me — and only me.
"Controlling your emotions well, I see," Cassius said in a low gravelly voice.
"One of us should," I fired back.
He looked away and cursed. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Oh?" I moved toward the bed and sat on the edge. "No idea at all?"
Cassius stared at the blankets.
I laughed. "Lie."
Mumbling another curse, he crossed his arms. "Dirty vampire trick, tasting the air to see if I'm being honest."
"Well…" I shrugged. "At least be honest with yourself. You're disappointed."
"It's called shock. Hasn't happened in a great while… I imagine it will pass." He licked his lips only to have those same lips covered in frost again.
"You love her."
"Dark Ones don't love."
"I really wish people would stop saying that when all evidence points to the contrary." I arched my eyebrows. "She's human now."
"Thanks, caught that."
"You could mate with her."
Cassius went very still.
I kept talking. "She's immune. She wouldn't become addicted or obsessed."
"Right," he croaked.
"Fear…" I tilted my head. "Now I taste fear. Odd, since Dark Ones are afraid of nothing."
"It's a day of firsts. I should sleep."
"You rarely sleep."
Cassius pounded the mattress with his fist. "Damn it! Why didn't she just let me pass? Things would have been so much easier."
"Do you truly want easy?"