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“Did you just eat?” “No.” I flush, mortified. “No,” I repeat, but the peanut butter sticks to the roof of my mouth, garbling the syllable. “I was told Vampyres don’t eat food.” I can’t remember the last time I felt this degree of embarrassment. “Serena made me,” I blurt out. Lowe glances around, to the zero number of Serenas in sight. “Not now
“Do you need medical attention?” “Nah, it’s just more burns.” I lift my shirt and let it pool right under my bra, angling slightly to show him. “My tank top was askew, and the sun managed to get…” All of a sudden, his pupils are as large as the irises. Lowe abruptly turns his head in the opposite direction. The tendons of his neck stretch, and his Adam’s apple bobs. “You should leave,” he says. Gruff. Cutting. “Oh.” His shoulders relax. “Go take another one of your baths, Misery.” His voice is husky, but kinder.
An “I’m sorry” stumbles out of my mouth. “Sorry?” The word vibrates through my skin. “Because.” My knees are buckling, so I lock them. I still feel like I might lose my bearings, so I blindly reach up. Find Lowe’s shoulder. Grasp it for dear life. “I know you don’t like my scent.” “I fucking love your scent.”