Lore and Lust Book Three: The Awakening by Karla Nikole

Author:Karla Nikole [Nikole, Karla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781735589824
Publisher: Karla Nikole Publishing
Published: 2021-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Late November

Twenty-Nine

Junichi

[When do you think you’ll be back home?]

I’m staring at Jae’s message and considering my response.

[It’ll be fairly late. Maybe close to midnight.]

[Okay. I was going to make soondubu jjigae tonight… Breakfast instead?]

[Yes, please. I’ll try not to wake you when I come home. xx]

I set my phone down on the worktable and breathe a sigh. It’s been about a month since Jae started “awakening,” and not much has changed other than his sleep patterns. He said before he’d stay up all night sometimes. Restless and jittery. Since I’ve started feeding him, though, he sleeps well—deeply and comfortably. It’s not very exciting but definitely a good thing. I’m glad.

“There are rumors circulating about you, Takayama Junichi.”

It’s Sunday afternoon and Hisaki is perched on my couch, dramatically flickering his horse tail and looking at me. I should get rid of that couch. Can’t flounce around in here like a dumbass if there’s nowhere to sit.

“I wonder if that confounding creature I met here last month is the one everyone is talking about? The one spending time with Haruka lately. This doctor. Miscreant. What gives him the right?” he says. I’m hand-stitching a design on the collar of an outer coat for a kimono. New Year’s will be here before I know it, and I’m thinking of asking Jae to go to the local temple with me. I’m not religious, but I think the tradition is nice. My mother used to drag me and my sister because she liked to dabble in Japanese culture despite her rigid circumstance. I think she was always trying to make the best of things.

I’m making Jae a kimono and coat as a surprise. I’m starting with the coat because I don’t know his exact measurements yet. I’m estimating the neck and shoulders, but I can make adjustments later.

“Are you ignoring me?” Hisaki asks.

“I’m trying to.” I’m threading the whip stitch, which is lapis blue. The fabric I’m using is a deep steel gray. The kimono underneath will be dark blue. I think he’ll look good in these colors, and it’ll stop him from buying some pre-made kimono combination off of a mannequin at a department store.

“Are you living with him? Is he truly residing in your home?”

I shake my head, focusing. I don’t need to answer this twerp’s questions or explain myself to anyone. What’s happening to Jae is his business. Not the aristocracy’s. Not yet. If and when he awakens, then they can know.

Living together with Jae has been surprisingly comfortable. Easy. He’s pleasant and keeps busy. His room is always a mess of papers and research things, but he keeps my common areas and kitchen clean. I’ve never had a roommate before, so I don’t have any points of comparison. But I imagine he’s probably the best kind.

“You know, my bloodline is unique among vampires,” Hisaki boasts. “We have a very keen sense of smell. It has been passed down to each successive first-born child for generations. So it was easy for me

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