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/> Werewolves were notoriously frisky, like me. But I was neater about my mischievous ways, which came from my vampire side. I didnât go blundering around, killing left and right like a pup. Iâd always had some sort of conscience.
âOh. Well, I have some raw meat in the freezer. I can thaw it.â He offered. This time it was my turn to snort. I hardly ever ate frozen meat if I could help it. I usually preferred prey killed by my own hand, and that still had a heartbeat when I bit into it. But maybe I could make an exception, just for the information.
âAlright,â I relented, only slightly brightened by the fact that Iâd finally get answers, âWhen?â He laughed, and I wondered what could possibly be funny about my question.
âNow, of course,â He rumbled in his deep voice. âWhen else? Iâll call Alec.â Alec? Who was Alec? Before I had time to ask he had his Blackberry to his ear and was rolling out directions faster than the speed of light.
I was beginning to wonder what Iâd gotten myself into. A rich, cute, thug, that I might be starting to fall for (sometimes); who might or might not be a murderer (I couldnât really care if he was), and who may just be some sort of super dangerous supernatural.
How can you be falling for this guy? My rational mind questioned. He tried to kill you, or whatever he planned to do, maybe even drink your blood! Heâs a major thug!
My irrational mind replied: Because heâs just like me.
Before I had any longer to dwell on my thoughts, a sleek, black Jaguar pulled around the corner. It was headed straight for us, and pulled around a few feet away, leaving skid marks on the gray pavement. The front driver-side window rolled down.
âHey, boss.â An obedient sounding boy answered. He couldnât have been any more than nineteen. And he smelled human.
âHello, Alec. To my residence please.â Romeo said professionally. It was hard to imagine this guy as a thug. I also noticed that his real accent was back.
âYes sir, Mr. Anima.â âAnimaâ? Didnât that mean âsoulâ in Italian? (Vampires also happened to be gifted with speech, and needed only a slight amount of exposure to a language to be able to speak it fluently, even read it.)
âCome on. Heâs not going to biteâŠif he knows whatâs good for him.â Romeo shot a threatening glance at Alec. Alec laughed and drew his head back in the window.
Romeo, seeing my uneasiness, grabbed me by the hand and tugged slightly. I didnât budge; I was starting to wonder just who I was traveling with. He sighed, and chuckled under his breath.
âNik, donât clobber me for this.â He scooped me up, and started walking towards the car. Before he even made it a step, I was out of his arms and inside the Jaguar. I refused to be treated like an invalid.
Alec didnât even blink an eye at the fact that Iâd been outside only a second before. I wondered if he even noticed. I was slightly surprised, though I didnât let it show on my face. The last thing I needed to do was to be shown up in a city that I ran.
Romeo slid in next to me, filling up a lot of space in the relatively small car. He grinned at me and slid even closer, testing my reaction. I ignored him.
âAre you Italian?â I asked bluntly. Romeo looked at me as if Iâd just asked the oddest question in the world. He nodded, slowly, as if afraid that this might be leading to something bigger. It was.
ââAnimaâ,â I cried, âSoul! What is it with you and souls?â Romeo ducked his head, but the look on his face told me everything. He was debating whether or not to tell me something. He seemed to be leaning towards yes.
âMy name is Romeo Anima.â He began.
Chapter 7
âYour name is Romeo Soul?â I asked, seriously rethinking my judgment of weird names. Iâd thought mine was odd, but âRomeo Soulâ?
Romeo looked sheepish, almost shy. It was the most venerable Iâd seen the thug/businessman look since I met him, this morning. âYes.â He said simply.
âAndâŠ?â I continued, inviting him to go on. He gave me one of those âyou donât know what youâre asking forâ kinds of looks. But it looked as if he was going to tell me, but then he looked at Alec.
âIâll have to tell you later, Nik.â It was all he could say with the human present. Nik? Why did he keep calling me Nik?
âNik?â I inquired, one eyebrow raised questioningly. He shrugged. I sighed. Nobody could call me anything but Nikhil unless I told them they could.
He chuckled, like a boy about to play a joke. He gestured towards me. âNik,â He said slowly. Then he pointed at himself. âTarzan.â I hit him in the shoulder lightly, and he winced. I thought Iâd hit him lightly anyway.
âYou wish you were Tarzan. Tarzan doesnât die at the end of his story.â I replied. Romeo looked affronted, before putting on a thoughtful face.
âDoes that make you Juliet?â He asked sweetly, almost innocently. Alec chuckled in the front seat. Romeoâs head turned.
âHeâll be quiet too, if he knows whatâs good for him.â There was no joke in Romeoâs threatening voice. That was the thuggish Romeo I knew. I donât know why, but I liked him better that way than the businessman Romeo. I still wasnât sure about his sweet side.
âIt makes me Rosalind. Iâm just the pretty face Romeo seeâs before he meets Juliet.â I replied. I turned my head as he turned his gaze to stare at me. I could still feel his eyes boring into the back of my head. There was just one thing that I kept wondering: I found flirting with humans, or even Shifters, so easy; so why was even talking to Romeo soâŠemotional? Whenever we talked, I either started feeling angry or uneasy. Iâd been very emotional; my wolf side held no sympathy for prey, and my vampire side no sympathy for humans. So whoâwhatâwas Romeo?
When I turned my head I saw that Romeo had switched his gaze to the window instead. âStep on it Alec; weâre going terribly slow.â When Alec hesitated, Romeo snapped, âNow.â
âBut, boss,â Alec began, fidgeting in his seat, âIâm already going over the speed limit.â He said.
Romeo sighed, muttering something about how annoying human laws were. âWell, Iâm sure that if weâre pulled over, itâs nothing that canât be forgotten. Iâve never met a human whoâd say no to money.â After a moment, he added, âAnyway, we could always ensure their cooperation.â I knew what Romeo had in mind, but, as horrible as humans might find the idea, I didnât even spare a second thought about it. I happened to like driving fast too. That reminded me.
âYou have a driver; yet no limo?â Romeo laughed at my question. I wondered if it had yet been asked.
âI prefer smaller cars. You canât outrun anything in a limo; theyâre too long. I prefer Jaguars; nice, small, inconspicuous.â He grinned devilishly, âBesides, itâs cozy.â He slid closer.
âYou have to duck to fit in the car.â I retorted. I wondered how he was going to pass that off as cozy. But I kept wondering because at that moment the Jaguar screeched into a rough stop. Romeo cussed; a few strongly said Italian words that my vampire ears were barely tuned to hearing. He cussed worse than a sailor; his vulgar language about equal to that of an angry Frenchmanâs.
âAlec!â He roared. He didnât duck when he got out of the car, resulting in a huge dent the size of his head. Finger indents were left in the door. He was ticked.
âSorry boss,â Alec mumbled, âI didnât want to hit your guard.â Romeo stopped. He shook his head as if trying to clear cobwebs from his brain. Turning he looked at me; it was a lost puppy look, this time not an act.
âWhat just happened?â He asked. I gaped. I knew he was serious, and that was the shocking part. How could he have forgotten?
He ran a finger along the dents in his car. âDonât tell me I did this!â He sighed, âI needâŠfood. Iâll catch up with you laterâŠand explain as much as I can, Nik.â Before I could react, he ran a barely controlled, shaking finger along my jaw.
Then he was gone; in less than the blink of an eye. What had I gotten myself into? I wondered for the millionth time today. He was faster than meâŠprobably stronger too. I needed to be careful with him; but he seemed to like me, and I couldnât bring myself to fear him.
âCome on, Miss,â Alec said politely, seemingly shaken. He acted as he thought Romeo might still be able to hear him, âMr. Anima will never forgive me if I leave you out here alone.â He reached for my arm slowly.
I pulled out of his reach. âIâll be fine. Nobody messes with me.â Alec sighed. He came over and grabbed my arm, shocking me enough to get away with it.
âIâm sure you can; but Iâd rather not take any chances on my welfare.â He argued, âAnd leaving you alone could seriously be dangerous to my health, since he seems to like you.â Alec was dead serious, so I allowed him to lead me in.
He let go of my arm immediately after I began following. He said he didnât want much of his scent on me, because Romeo (he said âMr. Animaâ) wouldnât like it. He didnât go into detail.
Chapter 8
Alec didnât say much. He was trained and ordered not to. I was beginning to realize that he probably wasnât much of a talker anyway. He wasnât like the strong, silent type; more like the sulking, bored silent type. His silence was his best aspect.
For one, he smelt like dead fish; his blood was appalling. I figured that Romeo just put up with it because it kept Alec from being eaten by other supernatural people that he might hang out with. Alec wasnât the most attractive either. He wasnât ugly; but he wasnât very handsome.
He had short, dull brown hair. His caramel skin wasnât smooth, and seemed streaked, like a spray on tan. He had deep, reflective eyes that seemed hollow, and unfeeling. Nobody would bother messing with the kid. I guess that was what made him a good driver; it wasnât likely heâd have to be replaced any time soon.
We remained on silence for a couple of minutes while we made our way to Romeoâs âsitting roomâ, somewhere buried inside of his gigantic, almost mansion-like, house. He merely said a few hellos to people we passed, and a few grunts to my commentsâŠand a few of my questions.
He seemed sulky. A few times when I figured he thought I couldnât hear, he muttered something about getting stuck with me; and Romeo getting ticked at him if even a hair was out of place on my head. I wondered what Alecâs issue was, and soon stopped trying to lure him into conversation. I probably wouldnât like a conversation with him anyway.
By the time Alec finally managed to lead us through the long, twisting halls I had begun to realize that Romeo probably wasnât as nice to everybody as he had been being to me. My vocabulary had
âOh. Well, I have some raw meat in the freezer. I can thaw it.â He offered. This time it was my turn to snort. I hardly ever ate frozen meat if I could help it. I usually preferred prey killed by my own hand, and that still had a heartbeat when I bit into it. But maybe I could make an exception, just for the information.
âAlright,â I relented, only slightly brightened by the fact that Iâd finally get answers, âWhen?â He laughed, and I wondered what could possibly be funny about my question.
âNow, of course,â He rumbled in his deep voice. âWhen else? Iâll call Alec.â Alec? Who was Alec? Before I had time to ask he had his Blackberry to his ear and was rolling out directions faster than the speed of light.
I was beginning to wonder what Iâd gotten myself into. A rich, cute, thug, that I might be starting to fall for (sometimes); who might or might not be a murderer (I couldnât really care if he was), and who may just be some sort of super dangerous supernatural.
How can you be falling for this guy? My rational mind questioned. He tried to kill you, or whatever he planned to do, maybe even drink your blood! Heâs a major thug!
My irrational mind replied: Because heâs just like me.
Before I had any longer to dwell on my thoughts, a sleek, black Jaguar pulled around the corner. It was headed straight for us, and pulled around a few feet away, leaving skid marks on the gray pavement. The front driver-side window rolled down.
âHey, boss.â An obedient sounding boy answered. He couldnât have been any more than nineteen. And he smelled human.
âHello, Alec. To my residence please.â Romeo said professionally. It was hard to imagine this guy as a thug. I also noticed that his real accent was back.
âYes sir, Mr. Anima.â âAnimaâ? Didnât that mean âsoulâ in Italian? (Vampires also happened to be gifted with speech, and needed only a slight amount of exposure to a language to be able to speak it fluently, even read it.)
âCome on. Heâs not going to biteâŠif he knows whatâs good for him.â Romeo shot a threatening glance at Alec. Alec laughed and drew his head back in the window.
Romeo, seeing my uneasiness, grabbed me by the hand and tugged slightly. I didnât budge; I was starting to wonder just who I was traveling with. He sighed, and chuckled under his breath.
âNik, donât clobber me for this.â He scooped me up, and started walking towards the car. Before he even made it a step, I was out of his arms and inside the Jaguar. I refused to be treated like an invalid.
Alec didnât even blink an eye at the fact that Iâd been outside only a second before. I wondered if he even noticed. I was slightly surprised, though I didnât let it show on my face. The last thing I needed to do was to be shown up in a city that I ran.
Romeo slid in next to me, filling up a lot of space in the relatively small car. He grinned at me and slid even closer, testing my reaction. I ignored him.
âAre you Italian?â I asked bluntly. Romeo looked at me as if Iâd just asked the oddest question in the world. He nodded, slowly, as if afraid that this might be leading to something bigger. It was.
ââAnimaâ,â I cried, âSoul! What is it with you and souls?â Romeo ducked his head, but the look on his face told me everything. He was debating whether or not to tell me something. He seemed to be leaning towards yes.
âMy name is Romeo Anima.â He began.
Chapter 7
âYour name is Romeo Soul?â I asked, seriously rethinking my judgment of weird names. Iâd thought mine was odd, but âRomeo Soulâ?
Romeo looked sheepish, almost shy. It was the most venerable Iâd seen the thug/businessman look since I met him, this morning. âYes.â He said simply.
âAndâŠ?â I continued, inviting him to go on. He gave me one of those âyou donât know what youâre asking forâ kinds of looks. But it looked as if he was going to tell me, but then he looked at Alec.
âIâll have to tell you later, Nik.â It was all he could say with the human present. Nik? Why did he keep calling me Nik?
âNik?â I inquired, one eyebrow raised questioningly. He shrugged. I sighed. Nobody could call me anything but Nikhil unless I told them they could.
He chuckled, like a boy about to play a joke. He gestured towards me. âNik,â He said slowly. Then he pointed at himself. âTarzan.â I hit him in the shoulder lightly, and he winced. I thought Iâd hit him lightly anyway.
âYou wish you were Tarzan. Tarzan doesnât die at the end of his story.â I replied. Romeo looked affronted, before putting on a thoughtful face.
âDoes that make you Juliet?â He asked sweetly, almost innocently. Alec chuckled in the front seat. Romeoâs head turned.
âHeâll be quiet too, if he knows whatâs good for him.â There was no joke in Romeoâs threatening voice. That was the thuggish Romeo I knew. I donât know why, but I liked him better that way than the businessman Romeo. I still wasnât sure about his sweet side.
âIt makes me Rosalind. Iâm just the pretty face Romeo seeâs before he meets Juliet.â I replied. I turned my head as he turned his gaze to stare at me. I could still feel his eyes boring into the back of my head. There was just one thing that I kept wondering: I found flirting with humans, or even Shifters, so easy; so why was even talking to Romeo soâŠemotional? Whenever we talked, I either started feeling angry or uneasy. Iâd been very emotional; my wolf side held no sympathy for prey, and my vampire side no sympathy for humans. So whoâwhatâwas Romeo?
When I turned my head I saw that Romeo had switched his gaze to the window instead. âStep on it Alec; weâre going terribly slow.â When Alec hesitated, Romeo snapped, âNow.â
âBut, boss,â Alec began, fidgeting in his seat, âIâm already going over the speed limit.â He said.
Romeo sighed, muttering something about how annoying human laws were. âWell, Iâm sure that if weâre pulled over, itâs nothing that canât be forgotten. Iâve never met a human whoâd say no to money.â After a moment, he added, âAnyway, we could always ensure their cooperation.â I knew what Romeo had in mind, but, as horrible as humans might find the idea, I didnât even spare a second thought about it. I happened to like driving fast too. That reminded me.
âYou have a driver; yet no limo?â Romeo laughed at my question. I wondered if it had yet been asked.
âI prefer smaller cars. You canât outrun anything in a limo; theyâre too long. I prefer Jaguars; nice, small, inconspicuous.â He grinned devilishly, âBesides, itâs cozy.â He slid closer.
âYou have to duck to fit in the car.â I retorted. I wondered how he was going to pass that off as cozy. But I kept wondering because at that moment the Jaguar screeched into a rough stop. Romeo cussed; a few strongly said Italian words that my vampire ears were barely tuned to hearing. He cussed worse than a sailor; his vulgar language about equal to that of an angry Frenchmanâs.
âAlec!â He roared. He didnât duck when he got out of the car, resulting in a huge dent the size of his head. Finger indents were left in the door. He was ticked.
âSorry boss,â Alec mumbled, âI didnât want to hit your guard.â Romeo stopped. He shook his head as if trying to clear cobwebs from his brain. Turning he looked at me; it was a lost puppy look, this time not an act.
âWhat just happened?â He asked. I gaped. I knew he was serious, and that was the shocking part. How could he have forgotten?
He ran a finger along the dents in his car. âDonât tell me I did this!â He sighed, âI needâŠfood. Iâll catch up with you laterâŠand explain as much as I can, Nik.â Before I could react, he ran a barely controlled, shaking finger along my jaw.
Then he was gone; in less than the blink of an eye. What had I gotten myself into? I wondered for the millionth time today. He was faster than meâŠprobably stronger too. I needed to be careful with him; but he seemed to like me, and I couldnât bring myself to fear him.
âCome on, Miss,â Alec said politely, seemingly shaken. He acted as he thought Romeo might still be able to hear him, âMr. Anima will never forgive me if I leave you out here alone.â He reached for my arm slowly.
I pulled out of his reach. âIâll be fine. Nobody messes with me.â Alec sighed. He came over and grabbed my arm, shocking me enough to get away with it.
âIâm sure you can; but Iâd rather not take any chances on my welfare.â He argued, âAnd leaving you alone could seriously be dangerous to my health, since he seems to like you.â Alec was dead serious, so I allowed him to lead me in.
He let go of my arm immediately after I began following. He said he didnât want much of his scent on me, because Romeo (he said âMr. Animaâ) wouldnât like it. He didnât go into detail.
Chapter 8
Alec didnât say much. He was trained and ordered not to. I was beginning to realize that he probably wasnât much of a talker anyway. He wasnât like the strong, silent type; more like the sulking, bored silent type. His silence was his best aspect.
For one, he smelt like dead fish; his blood was appalling. I figured that Romeo just put up with it because it kept Alec from being eaten by other supernatural people that he might hang out with. Alec wasnât the most attractive either. He wasnât ugly; but he wasnât very handsome.
He had short, dull brown hair. His caramel skin wasnât smooth, and seemed streaked, like a spray on tan. He had deep, reflective eyes that seemed hollow, and unfeeling. Nobody would bother messing with the kid. I guess that was what made him a good driver; it wasnât likely heâd have to be replaced any time soon.
We remained on silence for a couple of minutes while we made our way to Romeoâs âsitting roomâ, somewhere buried inside of his gigantic, almost mansion-like, house. He merely said a few hellos to people we passed, and a few grunts to my commentsâŠand a few of my questions.
He seemed sulky. A few times when I figured he thought I couldnât hear, he muttered something about getting stuck with me; and Romeo getting ticked at him if even a hair was out of place on my head. I wondered what Alecâs issue was, and soon stopped trying to lure him into conversation. I probably wouldnât like a conversation with him anyway.
By the time Alec finally managed to lead us through the long, twisting halls I had begun to realize that Romeo probably wasnât as nice to everybody as he had been being to me. My vocabulary had
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