Cherry Stem by Sotia Lazu

Author:Sotia Lazu [Lazu, Sotia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampire Paranormal
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2012-01-11T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Lying naked in bed, pressed against a hard male body, provides the best distraction from depressing thoughts. The body being Alex’s, chiseled to perfection, warm to the touch, and snuggled close to mine, added an extra reason for me not to want to get out from under the covers to retrieve my buzzing phone.

It was still in my jeans pocket, where Alex had left it when he’d undressed me to put me in bed, and the jeans were folded on a chair just a few feet from where we were. The distance seemed vast when I knew crossing it entailed disentangling myself from Alex’s embrace.

“You’re not gonna get that?” His breath caressing the back of my neck made me itch to leave the blasted call alone.

I let out a puff of air and brought his palm to my lips so I could place a kiss on it. “You heard it?”

“You don’t need enhanced hearing for that. I think I put your keys in the same pocket. They’re jingling.” He caressed my cheek with his thumb.

“I don’t want to get up.” The words were drawn out and nasal.

Alex ignored my whining. “I heard it earlier too. May be an emergency.”

I doubted that; the caller hadn’t been persistent enough, letting hours go by between tries. I realized I should have checked my missed calls but had honestly forgotten about them until then. “The only people who have that number are Sheena, Constantine, Dotty, and the council.” Ignoring his grumbling that he ought to have it too, I went on. “It’s too early for any of the vampires to be calling me, and Sheena wouldn’t dare to.”

I was out of bed as soon as the last word had left my mouth.

Dotty! Dotty or her kidnapper—I refused to think of him as her killer—could be trying to contact me. I grabbed my jeans. My fingers might as well have been sausages, the way they refused to be agile and just pluck the stupid phone out of the stupid denim. The buzzing stopped.

I finally found the phone and was about to check my missed calls when it started vibrating again. I let out a surprised squeal and looked at the name blipping on the lighted screen.

My mood plummeted. Constantine.

There went the possibility of crawling back next to Alex and having me some early-day sex. Unless, of course, I ignored the phone. If it was urgent after all, he’d text me when he saw he couldn’t reach me. I pressed the little red button and sent him a ready-made excuse message that said Can’t talk. Text in case of emergency. Then I turned and smiled at Alex, who was sitting up and looking at me intently. “Nobody important.” A glance at the unanswered calls list showed it had been him earlier too, but I had no voice mail alert.

Alex’s features hardened, his deduction as to the caller’s identity so obvious I might as well have heard it click into place.

I put my phone back and did my best seductive prowl back up the bed, but he seemed preoccupied.

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