Urban Vampire II; Creature of the Night by Pepper Pace

Author:Pepper Pace [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pepper Pace
Published: 2011-12-18T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The girls quietly left the room leaving Paul and I alone. I was speechless and completely stunned. The emptiness that I had thought had disappeared returned like gang busters!

It hurt to know that Alexis was no longer my husband. It really hurt. I understood how the first bond was the only one that counted, but a bond was still a bond and it hurt me to know that Alexis’ role had changed. No…I loved him just as much but I knew that it was different now. Did he love Athena the same way I loved Paul because of their bond? I had never stopped loving Paul in all this time. Did that mean that I wouldn’t ever stop being in love with any of the people I had bonded with, including Tony?

Paul was watching me intently. He took my hands in his and kissed each one of my fingers.

“I know you’re shocked. But I’m happy.”

I smiled. “I’m happy that you’re happy.”

He watched me again. “You know, when I left it was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I-I knew that I was destined to die the night that the Council punished you. And I knew that if you lived through that punishment you’d hurt even more because of my death. I loved you so much…that I couldn’t allow myself to die trying to fight them because I knew how it’d hurt you. I had to do this. I have to be able to protect you.”

I exhaled a long breath. “I know and I understand. I do.”

“I love you.” My heart swelled at his words and I spoke honestly.

“I love you, too.”

“I know.” He stood up. “I have some things that I have to do, so I’m going to leave for a while.” I raised my brows. “But I’ll be back before midnight, Okay?”

I stood up and put my arms around him and he held me in his arms.

“Okay.” He ran his hands slowly down my sides and I could feel my legs quiver. Abruptly he broke the hold. He took my hand and kissed it again.

“I’ll be back soon.”

He left the room and I crossed my arms in front of me. It felt so empty without him and I was suddenly so cold.

“Alexis. I’m sorry.” I whispered.

But there was no response.

***

The girls left me alone so I had to seek them out. They were in the kitchen.

“Are you okay?” Mara asked.

I nodded. “I think I hurt his feelings.”

“I think…you’ll have plenty of time to make it up to him.” Julie said.

I smiled and then we all giggled and I felt a lot better.

Kat had some fashion books and we all went through them picking out our favorites for her to order. We all giggled a lot when we got to the men’s fashions and I picked out some boxer briefs for Paul. I didn’t want to make the same mistakes his ex girlfriend Amanda had made by thinking for him, dressing him, decorating his place. Still, he had been

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