Catalyst by Shelly Crane

Author:Shelly Crane [Crane, Shelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781468120257
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Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2011-12-28T05:00:00+00:00

Perpetual Misunderstanding

Chapter 17 - Lillian

"Well, we can find you a room. You can take a shower, too. Have you eaten? Do Lighters…..eat?" Sherry asked him.

"We do," Daniel answered. "Our bodies are as human as yours."

"Ok. Are you hungry? Would you like something?"

"I don't want to trouble you-"

Sherry touched his hand and he stopped.

"You fed me, remember? It's the least I can do. Besides," she stood, "it's kind of my thing here. I have some pea soup ready. Not the most desirable thing, but-"

"That would be acceptable. Thank you, Sherry."

She smiled and went to the kitchen. The girl practically lived in there.

I turned back to Daniel and almost gasped at his closeness. He'd inched forward some more. He seemed concerned and edgy.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"I just…can not comprehend that I am here."

"Well, you are."

"You did not answer my question," he said quietly.

"What question?"

"Why do you wish for me to stay?"

"Because it's not safe out there for you now."

"I can fend for myself."

I looked at his side and grimaced as I replied, "You sure about that?"

"This," he palmed his side, "was merely a miscalculation."

"A pretty big miscalculation. You could have died."

"But I did not."

"But you could have!" I yelled. He didn’t recoil at my tone. In fact, he inched closer.

"You are very upset," he observed.

"I am."

"But why? You act as though you are invested in my welfare."

"I am…I…don't want to see you get hurt."

He inched further still. I realized he was now kneeling on the floor in front of me. I should stop him. I shouldn't let him get any closer. But there I sat.

"Lillian," he said my name in a soft growl, "my chest hurts."

"It does? Where? What-"

"My human heart," he answered. "It beats uncontrollably."

Ohhhh…dang. I gasped slightly as he took my hand and put it over his shirt front.

"Why?" he asked. "Why is it doing that?"

I gulped and said, "I don’t know. They beat fast for lots of reasons."

He moved closer, his free arm going beside me on the couch. He inhaled deeply.

"You still smell of…Jasmine." I could only nod. "All human females do not smell that way," he mused.

"No," I agreed. "I put it on."

"So you smell this way on purpose."

"Yes, I guess so." I decided to change the subject. "Aren't you curious about what Lily did to you?"

"Very. She's…precious looking. My body instantly wanted to protect her."

"Yeah," I said and smiled. "Everybody is like that with her."

"Is everyone like that with you?"

"No, why?"

"Because that's exactly how I feel about you," he said, his voice an awe filled whisper, "except worse. My need to make sure you are safe is doubled over more than once in comparison." His hand moved and I let him touch my cheek. I shut my eyes and felt his sigh against my face. I opened my eyes and he looked like a half-drugged man. "You are the light in a dark place. You are the water to my drought. You are everything I never knew existed and everything I wanted all at the same time.

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