“I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. Where’s your girlfriend?” I start to stand. “I mean I don’t think she’d be very happy with this.” Standing now, I point to the lap I was just in.

“You still don’t understand.” He shakes his head. “Come on, I need to feed you.” He tucks my hand under his arm and leads me back inside.

CHAPTER 10

Masen

Casper reluctantly leaves the room. “Hey!” I hear him shout but don’t care anymore. I’m too worried about why she hasn’t woken up yet. I watch her breasts rise and fall as she slowly breaths. Her dark lashes fan her cheeks. She seems peaceful, relaxed.

Eventually her eyes flutter open, and she screams, pulls herself back away from me so fast it’s a blur. I see what Michael meant, she is really fast. I’m just stuck staring at her when she starts talking a mile a minute. She is so beautiful, her long hair wild around her, cheeks flushed from exertion. Her amber eyes are large and alert. Her slight drawl makes me yearn to hear my name fall from her lips or maybe scream it while I’m buried deep inside her. I’m watching her lips when I realize she asked me where Casper is. He’s not going to be anywhere you are, little one, I think to myself. All I hear her saying is she’s trying to leave. I’m running through all the ways of keeping her here over and over. When she finally stops, she looks at me for the first time, I mean really looks at me. Her eyes dilate and her breathing changes. She breathes in deep, pulling my scent. Her back arches slightly, then she licks her full bottom lip. It’s obvious she likes what she sees. It feels like a small victory, I want to celebrate. I settle for a brief inhale of her neck and whisper I’ll get her some water.

When I stand to go to the bar, I hear Cass and Roxanne yelling. What the fuck is she still doing here? I leave the room to find out what’s going on. When I find them both in the kitchen, the conversation is heated. Cass is telling her to get out, and Roxanne keeps saying I need her. That she wants to be here for me. I stand there debating on just leaving them both and going back to Sophia. When I hear Cass say he found her lurking in the hall listening to us talk, I have my answer. Jesus, has she always been this bad?

“Casper, stop.” He’s quiet while Roxanne starts crying softly. She sniffles and starts to walk toward me looking for comfort. She thinks because I told Cass to stop, I’ve taken her side. I’ll let her think that long enough to find out how much she heard. I don’t want people knowing about how I met Sophia before she shifted. I’m starting to suspect there’s something different about her. I need to know what that is so I can protect her if need be.