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"Why do you need to knohy I&039;m in Bali? Why are you in Bali?"
I asked nervously, hoping that diversion would ith Stefan His eyes narrowed and he raised a single eyebrow in amused disapproval at my attempt to deflect his questions I should have known I&039;d be wasting my tioing to work and I just needed to get with the program
"That is an easy question forwith other reasons," Stefan answered, his jaw tensing with annoyance "I find it unfair that I a your questions, yet I asked you first Let ain, Josephine Why are you here?"
Shifting anxiously, I tried for nonchalance as I blurted out my standard bullshit line "I&039;et away Why does it matter to you why I&039;rip on ainst the headboard ofht of his stare and hoped that if I didn&039;t answer, his questions would stop I wasn&039;t accusto to anyone, let alone a 975 year old va those days were over
"That sounds like the rehearsed version of why you&039;re here Let us try another avenue Tell me what you are and I will tell you why it is important that I know," Stefan paused, his face unreadable "I had no proble your questions Can you not do the sas up on the bed soonht but fear gripped my chest like a vice A tear escaped from my eye and ran downthe tear aith the pad of his thumb "Tell me, Josephine You can trust me"
I pulled in a shaky breath He&039;d answered every question I&039;d thrown at hiuarded secret about my abilities paled in co a oing to hate it when he was right
"I aet away From people," I said quietly My eyes drifted to the baain "I&039; around a lot of people drain me You&039;re the only other person that knows about this in Bali besides Anna and I&039;d like to keep it that way"
"Can you readwith his hand for me to continue His face was still a stony mask
"No, you&039;re a blank," I replied, pulling ia doesn&039;t even know Usually when people find out, I&039;ic 8-Ball or looked at like a freak I kno sos about people I don&039;t want to know I have visions that play out in h You came to ain and he leaned forward in interest "You had drea heavily, I lifted my head up from my knees to meet his curious stare I could thank my verbal diarrhea for this slip since I hadn&039;t wanted to mention my dreams to him "I had a few dreams about a man that looked like you They seemed real and in them you spoke to me Don&039;t be madI can&039;t help what pops intosry Let me tell youhis tongue over his bottoe hand I scooted to sit next to his across his lap so I could look at him while he spoke
He wrapped his arm around me and his eyes took on a far away quality as he searched through hisovermy human life I had visions of events that had not yet happened and like you, I told few of ift re the futures of humans I can see the futures of other vae I have also gained the ability to control ift and can turn it off when needed At tih It is not an exact science"
I snorted sarcastically at his last statehed dryly in response The corners of his ht smile as he continued with his story
"It was approxio that I had a vision of a beautiful human woman on a beach She would be a kindred spirit and her voice would call to me I did not understand what that meant at the ti a va in looking for her or how to do it After two centuries of searching, I found her You," Stefan paused and his face broke into a glorious smile "I had to wait over 200 years to find you, Josephine Now I have to convince you to reany kind of ro about him that drew me to hinetic My mind drifted over our conversation and I had more questions for him
"You mentioned &039;vampire bullshit&039; What exactly does that mean?" I questioned Was there a network of va as humans that networked? I tried to envision va status updates and sending out friend requests I inwardly laughed at the thought of vaes
"Yes to both They are as annoying as humans that network and we do network There is no &039;VampBook,&039; yet I a" Stefan hesitated, taking an unnecessary breath "There are five members that sit on a Council The Council answers to an Ad and tedious" Stefan rolled his eyes, his lips frowning slightly "I work e and ability The Board sends their requests for otiable"
My eyes widened in alar vaht about it! He&039;s also a mind-reader?! I buriedto hide the blush that was quickly spreading He&039;d been reading every thought that had I&039;d had about him and he hadn&039;t bothered to share that information with ether
"Back up the train, Ro the burn of anger flush acrossindex finger over my lips "We are in the same room, there is no reason to screa is perfect In fact, I can hear Georgia at her villa next door," Stefan s and his nose wrinkled in distaste "Apparently she likes reggae"
"Quit avoiding h clenched teeth Stefan&039;s s He needed to start talking and stop the sexy sin to tre in my chest as I waited for him to answer me
The aardedthe top of my hand with his thumb I watched him warily as he absently stroked my hand
"I cannot read all minds Just yours and I cannot do that consistently If your thought is strong enough or there is enough eht, then yes, I can read your rinned widely "Your thoughts about &039;spontaneous combustion&039; was actually quite funny, Josephine I pro your mind if it makes you that uncomfortable It could be quite valuable if we could learn to communicate this way"
My jaw dropped and I looked at him like he&039;d suddenly sprouted two heads Myas I replayed our conversation in my mind He was a vampire, we shared a si co to be so the world together? Would earcapes or costuht now but I can tell that it is going a ot up froe hand to ape "It is still early enough to go out Shower, dress and I will be waiting for you in the living roo Stefan&039;s extended hand aside, I jumped up from the bed and stomped to the bathroom I didn&039;t look back at him I knew if I did and saw that smirk on his face, I&039;d explode I sla under the hot spray Showering quickly, I driedoff the mirror with the towel, I rubbed loss
I found that the ry was at him I wasn&039;t sure how I felt about this instant relationship I could feel ive up everything to follow him around the world on his &039;vampire missions?!&039; The more I considered it, the more I realized I probably would do just that There was some sort of invisible bond I felt to the va forhts, I opened the door to head back to my bedroom I pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans and an aqua sequined tank top, picking out amy feet into a pair of low-heeled sandals, I walked over to the full length old hoops through h I was irritated, I had to ad, my cheeks flushed a soft pink If this was the side effect of hot sex with a van on forat my reflection for a final time in the mirror, I took several deep breaths and sloalked down the hallway to see hihyour Inner Psychic&039; I stopped to take in the sight beforeure out how he&039;d ed position onaon the proverbial cake
I felt e s the need for sohting les
Stefan looked up at azeone inch of "
Stefan had changed into another pair of jeans and had paired theray t-shirt that was as thin as tissue, the h the transparent material A shiver ly I wanted to explore his chest with my hands and rip the shirt fro hts and sto, needy libido
"Are you ready, Ro on grabbing my purse and keys from the table Stefan effortlessly unfolded himself from the couch and walked over join ainst the hardness of his body, his lips in ainstme?! My body te e direction before dinner and our clothes beca?" I asked curiously, pulling slightly away fro at his hand to follow h for me to lock the door behind us
"A restaurant called &039;Deus&039; I hear it has acceptable food" Stefan wrinkled his nose again I had to admit that was one of his more adorable facial expressions A six-foot plus va I ever expected to see
"And what are you going to do while I eat? Can you eat?" I asked as he opened the car door for s inside of the small, expensive car I was amazed that someone his size could squeeze in a car this small I heard the driver&039;s side door close and I realized just how fast he could move It took hiet inside My face ly at me
"I cannot eat food I will sendyour co later, vackra" His eyes burned intobehind me for the seat belt, I clicked it into place I tried to arrangethat resembled a smirk, but I probably failed miserably "I told you that you need to translate I don&039;t speak Swedish"
He laughed loudly at ine a quiet purr "Soon, vackra Until then, you will just have to wonder Du ?r vacker n?r du ?r arg"
I angrily crossedas he pulled out ofinto town
We were sitting on the patio at Deus It was nearly nine o&039;clock at night and the restaurant/bar was croith locals and tourists alike It was artsy with surf boards andI picked at reedily sucked down mojitos Stefanhis lasses with me when mine would empty, which was quite frequently
"I think you&039;re trying to get led as I downed lass on the table He slasses with me, so quickly that I almost didn&039;t catch the movement of his hand
"Explain what the purpose would be for me to do that, Josephine? We are already well acquainted and I have no need to try to get into your pants," Stefan teased, his eyebroaggling seductively "In fact, there are numerous parts of you I would like to revisit" He seeover the curve of throat as I ateCare to share what places you&039;d like to revisit?" Biting my lip, I slipped my foot out ofStefan rested his elbows on the table and tented his fingers under his chin, grinning cockily The alcohol wasready to lean across the table when a tap on my shoulder interrupted hts in a row? Should I alert theup, I was stunned to see Anna and her coe of our table I rose unsteadily towhy I hadn&039;t been able to see this happening This was at least the second ti a mental vision to forewarn me Anna patted me on the shoulder and pushed hts She flipped her dark brown curls over her shoulder, grabbing her date by the arm
"Do you mind if we join you?" Anna asked, her brown eyes wide as she took in our table I took athe similarities between Stefan and Mr No Name that stood beside her
He wasn&039;t the kind of man Anna usually chose to date She normally went for the blond surfer type, the kind of e Her date tonight wasn&039;t as tall or handsome as Stefan and looked to be a few years older, but he had the same iridescent quality to his ivory skin His short hair was black and his ice blue eyes had a fa across the table at Stefan, it was obvious by the look on his face that he knew the mystery man A tiny smile lifted the corners of his lips and he winked at me
"Please sit down Josephine and I would love for you to join us Lukas, it&039;s good to see you," Stefan said,to our table Anna took the seat next to me and Lukas sat down across fro to include watching &039;VampBook&039; in action
"My manners are shitty, Josie This is Lukas Meijer He cao and we struck up a friendship Yada yada yada, he stopped in today before I left work and asked ood friend Josie Anderson that I told you about And Lukas, it&039;s obvious you know Josie&039;s friend " Anna gave Lukas one of her patented death stares I&039;d been on the receiving end of one of those looks once and I shivered involuntarily at the memory
"Put that look away, bitch It won&039;t work on me," Lukas lisped in a loud voice My eyes widened in surprise as I realized that not only was this varabbedthe whole display ide eyes