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The cab driver does as I ask Along the narrow side street he creeps The road winds around, hugging the marsh and salt water We’re now at the back of a few rental houses on stilts They appear to be empty
"Stop here," I say as we near one of the stilt houses overlooking the salt water
"Nineteen sixty-five," he says, and half turns in his seat to stare at ain, his eyes drift to ht here," I say, and then use the power of seduction I scoot back against the seat, lued to it as though he’d never laid eyes on boobs before Slowly, I easeof rossed withso close to my breasts to retrieve what he thinks is cab fare that he doesn’t see what’s really colass that separates us shatters as I lift ainst it The cabbie stares at rab hih the relass In the backseat I straddle him, and for a split second, his eyes lock onto mine and sh The fucker thinks he’s gonna get laid
That thing inside of me is free now My eyes close, my body convulses, but only for a couple of seconds When next I openI hear only the heartbeat The sound of blood coursing through veins It beckonsIn one fluid e at his chest My teeth break through skin, bone, ainst h-pitched screah uished
My thirst is finally quenched
Grabbing his discarded and shredded shirt, I wipeout of the cab, I leave the door open and begin to jog up the winding street hugging the e, I break into a run The briny air whips at my face and hair as my speed picks up to an inhuer human anyway, so why fuck with hu wind And I do
As I grow close to Victory Drive, I slow to a boring huth I never knew could exist trelance at the onco traffic--minimal at this hour but there is a small trail of cars--I hurry across the street and slow to a walk on the sidewalk Just as I reach the next block, I’rabbed A hand encircles my upper arm and I’m yanked to a halt…
"Riley Wake up" A hand on my upper arnore it, shrug off the hand Exhaustion tugsa sidewalk? Either way, I want to stay where I am Not…with this voice
"Riley!" This time, the voice and hand speak and shake rumpily, and crack my eyes open It takes a few seconds for my vision and mind to clear I focus on Eli’s face My eyes scan the room My room At Inksomnia Slowly, I push up onto e of the bed With one hand, he pushes the hair from my face and presses his lips to my forehead When he pulls back and stares at ?" I ask I feel…dirty Grungy-dirty, like I need a shower
Eli’s cerulean blue eyes searchable to read your thoughts," he says "What were you just drea about? Can you re?" I ask, and let my brain settle on before While I was asleep
"You were thrashing around, ers with mine "Your voice--it didn’t even sound like yours, Ri"
I look at Eli, and we study each other for several seconds I’et over how beautiful Eli is Dark wavy hair sweeps over his forehead, and those blue eyes lock with ainst flawless skin Perfect facial structure Perfect period I exhale, and leana sidewalk It was dark outside, and I was alone Then"--I look at hirabsaze drifts to the black angel wings at the corner of ertip, he watches his own movement Involuntarily, I shiver at the intimacy Then his eyes return to mine "I’m worried about you"
Unable to break his stare, I nod "Yeah I know But honestly, Eli I’lance aton a colance up at hioi vah I ht be, I can handleso , but I was a bad little ass before I met you Before all of"--I wave ive him a quick peck on the lips "I mean it" I ainst him His profound blue stare nearly makesto see inside ainst hly I pull away first
"Where do you think you’re going, chère," Eli says, his French accent thick and heavy with lust
"I need a shower in a bad, e in a little ht," I whisper against his jaw "Be back in a few"
As I leap from the bed, Eli playfully slaps my rump I shoot him a saucy look and hurry into the shower As the hot water steams the bathroom and runs down my back, over my face, soaks my hair, a small, teeny slice of normalcy washes over me When I say small and teeny, I mean just that Most of the tio Only like nohen I can sohtly nore I use extra liquid soap with moisturizers that fill the steamy bathroom with the scent of jasmine and honey I stand beneath the rainfall and close my eyes Moments pass; how many, I don’t even know or care My body relaxes, the tense h I cannot see you, I can feel you within me Just as I know you feel ht who you truly are…what you’re beco is only one aspect of our existence, you know Everything is heightened thereafter Our scent, our beauty, our lust We have eternal life, Riley, and the world is at our fingertips You no longer belong a…with ?"
I’idly cold Every bone and , and it’s unstoppable That frantic fah I feel so me, it doesn’t seem…real I don’t actually feel skin to skin It’s s I can’t even opencold, I just want to sleep…