The Hunter and the Vampire
It was there, plain as the sun in the sky, in the rigid line of his shoulders, hard as a city skyline; present in his shallow breaths, in the vein bursting in his temple.
“I don’t either,” I said. “I wish I did, but I don’t.” The ice between us melted, and I burst through its remains, taking his warm hands in mine. I could see clearer, all of a sudden, as though the fog had faded and the sun had broken through the bloated clouds.
Struck by a sudden sense of poetry, I murmured, “It’s like you’re the sun: full of light and warmth. You’re safe.”
He huffed, but his smile broadened. “The sun is hot. Are you saying I’m hot, Cals?”
Hot Chapters