Bloodgifted by Tima Maria Lacoba

Author:Tima Maria Lacoba [Lacoba, Tima Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1477419209
Amazon: B00FLYG1QM
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Mess Up

ALEC

Damn! I seriously miscalculated Laura’s attachment to Sommers and now it appeared as if I only succeeded in driving her further into his arms. But her sweet, little body didn’t lie, despite her protests. And if little Miss Ingenii thinks I’m going to tolerate her boyfriend being present while I feed from her, then she’s in for a surprise!

I paced the scented garden, reliving every word and expression of that last hour. She had been so responsive in my arms I even dared to run my hand down her lovely body and it was an effort to stop. In fact, if she hadn’t… Damn, but I wanted her! That had been no lie, and it had nothing to do with Luc’s infernal ultimatum, either.

‘Alec?’ Judith came back into the garden and gave me an intent look. ‘What happened? Laura was upset.’

I wondered how much she knew of Luc’s Machiavellian plans. ‘Misunderstanding on my part, that’s all.’

‘I see.’ Judith was regarding me poignantly. ‘Is everything all right between you?’

‘Yes, yes, it’s fine,’ I lied and I let out a tense breath. ‘Luc spoken to the boyfriend yet?’

‘We both did. Luc’s still with him.’

‘What did you tell him?’

‘Laura’s bloodline, possible lifespan and the fact she’ll outlive him by centuries.’

That would have been interesting. ‘How did he take it?’

‘Hard to tell.’ She frowned and bit her lip the way Laura did. I tried not to smile. ‘Any chance he might be scared off?’

‘That’s what we’re hoping,’ she paused. ‘Pity he hasn’t any Pictish blood. I quite like him.’

For some reason her remark bothered me, but there was no time to pursue it. ‘Did you mention the danger she could be in?’

‘I left that to Luc.’ She gazed at me a moment longer and appeared as if she was about to say something, when she shook her head and went into the house, leaving me to my thoughts and the clicking of night crickets.

The sun had long set and I sensed the rising of the others. Two were already in the kitchen pouring small bags of blood into glasses—snacks. I decided to join them, at least for a while, to keep my mind off Laura.

‘What’s been happening?’ Cal asked when I walked in. He’d just placed some blood in a shaker and was in the process of creating his own cocktail with some of Luc’s fine Irish whisky and ice cubes.

Jake shook his head and laughed. ‘There’s no accounting for taste!’

Cal ignored him and gulped his concoction down with relish.

I sat on the lower steps that led up to the hallway. ‘Laura’s human is here to take her home.’

‘You mean the one’s who’s been coming and going from her place? The cop?’

‘Yes.’

‘Seen him a few times when I was on guard. Possessive type. Tried not to listen in sometimes, but you know.’ Cal shrugged.

His remark interested me. ‘Possessive? In what way?’

He gazed at me over the rim of the shaker as he swallowed down the last drop. ‘Likes to know where she is, what she’s up to.

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