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Chapter 32
Genesis
Cool water touched my lips. Greedily, I reached out, my hands coming into contact with the glass and something else warm. I drank as much as I could and then slowly opened my eyes.
Ethan.
My heart clenched in my chest. Was he back to make fun of me? Watch me suffer only to leave again? I recoiled, the pain started to subside enough that I didn't want to actually kill myself.
Apparently, I'd asked Mason to do just that a few times.
"Sorry…" Ethan mumbled, setting the glass down on the table. "If I stay, it will be… easier."
It didn't feel easier.
It felt hot.
Not exactly painful, but hot to the point that my body kept telling me if I only scooted a little bit closer to him, I'd be okay. If only he'd tilt his head a fraction of an inch and kiss me — the pain would dissipate completely. I was at war with my own body, and I hated him for causing it — for bonding with me without even asking if it was okay first.
Not that I'd h
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GenesisCool water touched my lips. Greedily, I reached out, my hands coming into contact with the glass and something else warm. I drank as much as I could and then slowly opened my eyes.Ethan.My heart clenched in my chest. Was he back to make fun of me? Watch me suffer only to leave again? I recoiled, the pain started to subside enough that I didn't want to actually kill myself.Apparently, I'd asked Mason to do just that a few times."Sorry…" Ethan mumbled, setting the glass down on the table. "If I stay, it will be… easier."It didn't feel easier.It felt hot.Not exactly painful, but hot to the point that my body kept telling me if I only scooted a little bit closer to him, I'd be okay. If only he'd tilt his head a fraction of an inch and kiss me — the pain would dissipate completely. I was at war with my own body, and I hated him for causing it — for bonding with me without even asking if it was okay first.Not that I'd h
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Genesis I felt Ethan next to me. I wanted to ask him what was happening next, why my body was suddenly cold — why everything felt numb — but I couldn't open my eyes. I was trapped in darkness. "So," a low whispery voice spoke into the darkness, "will you stay or will you go?" "What?" I spoke into the darkness, unable to see anything around me. White smoke suddenly appeared in front of me, and then a hand reached out through the smoke. "Will you come with me? Allow me to ease all your pain? Or will you stay?" The hand looked so welcoming. The closer it came to my body the more I wanted to take it. But I could still feel Ethan, and leaving him… felt so wrong. My body shuddered at the thought. "Choose," the voice commanded. I didn't want to choose. I just wanted to go back to my normal existence, where I went to Starbucks in the mornings and did homework in the afternoons. Those days were long gone. "Choose," it sa
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EthanI still tasted her blood on my lips, was embarrassed for the first time in a century when Alex glanced up from his spot at the kitchen table to see me licking my lips like I'd just devoured the poor girl.He shook his head. "Been that long, huh?""Alex…" I closed my eyes and prayed for patience. "…remind me why I let you live here?""I'm good-looking," he answered simply. "Besides, I'm a hell of a fighter — scrappy, I think is how you define my kind. You need me.""Stop." I pressed my fingertips to my temples and rubbed. The ache to have her had consumed me so much that I'd run down the stairs moving so fast I'd nearly collided with a wall, and grabbed blood from the fridge.I didn't need it.But I craved it.And if I didn't drink the donated blood, I sure as hell was going to drain her and enjoyed very last drop."I wonder…" Alex's voice pierced my thoughts. "What's it like?" He leaned forward. "Having to learn self-contro
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GenesisWords didn't have power, right? They were just words, strung together in sentences, big scary sentences that had me shaking. I wondered when or if the fear would ever leave.I stared at the fruit on the table, not in the least bit hungry."I can't just…" I found my voice and glanced up at Ethan. "I can't just sit around trapped in this house away from the world. It would be like prison.""A beautiful prison." Ethan smiled.I chose not to smile back. I didn't want to encourage him or encourage my body to lean any closer to his. His body was like a magnet, even if I fought against the pull — I still couldn't help it. I found myself inching my chair closer. When it scraped against the floor, everyone smirked but Ethan.He seemed angry.Angry, yet he'd been the one to do that to me."I don't care," I said, ignoring the thumping of my heart in my chest and the fact that the closer I got to him the more it raced. "I can't just sit ar
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Genesis He kissed me like a man dying of thirst — and maybe he was, maybe it was my blood. Was it wrong to hope it was my smile? Maybe even my dress? I played with the beautiful silk fabric, waiting for Ethan to acknowledge the kissing — or at least part of what Cassius had alluded to. When the silence stretched the entire ride home, disappointment stabbed me in the chest. We reached the house. He pulled the car up to the massive gate; it opened. Still nothing. He turned off the car and reached for the door when I blurted, "Do you hate me?" His hand froze on the car door; in fact, his entire body froze. My heart picked up speed. I knew he could hear it, but there was nothing I could do about the effect he had on me. "No…" His voice was low, almost a growl. "I could never hate you." "I'm sorry…" Tears stung the back of my eyes. "…for whatever I did. I'm sorry you were forced to protect me when you didn't want to." "You
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Ethan"So…" Alex grinned over his cup of coffee. "How was your evening?""It's too early," I growled. My body was still on fire. Sleep had been hell — or maybe heaven? Vampires still needed sleep, regardless of what silly books and movies said, and I'd gotten absolutely none.Every breath she took I took with her, soaking her in, feeling her body move against mine. It was pure torture.The human moaned.She moaned! In her sleep! And clung to me like I was her lifeline. I hadn't felt that complete in a long time and didn't realize how hungry I was for that sort of affection until she freely gave it. Then again, she had been sleeping while I watched her."You're eyes are glowing," Alex mused."Why are you up? Didn't you take a woman home last night?" I desperately needed a subject change if I was going to make it through the rest of the morning with Genesis, teaching her, rubbing against her, smelling her. I nearly broke the mug in my hand jus
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