Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 55

Stella

"Do you know how to drive a car?" Evan asks me.

I shrug. "Ashley made me drive her a couple of times in her parent's car to cheerleader practices, but her parents never paid for any driving lessons. I don't have a license either."

"That's okay. If we get pulled over, I will compel the police to leave us the f**k alone..." Evan winces. "God, I have a bad headache."

I snort in amusement.

Evan lifts an eyebrow. "What is so funny?"

"Well... You're a vampire, and you're using god's name? I thought you were all evil Satanists."

"I'm not," Evan grimaces while packing blood bags into a bag stolen from the hotel room. "We will have to use blankets to make a shaded area for me in the car. I'm so thankful that most of the windows are tinted." "You won't die in the sun, right?"

"No... But it does make me dizzy and weak. The shadows entered my body and mind. I feel like I've become darkness materialized."

"Should I be worried?"

Evan turns around to give me a genuine smile. "Not at all."

"You sure?" I stare at him. "Because you're acting a bit odd..." "Odd?"

"You're like..." I don't dare say it.

Evan smirks. "Nicer to you?"

"Did you just read my mind?"

"I did... But I won't do it again if you dislike that."

"Yeah, please don't..." I blush. "Some stuff is rather private."

Like me thinking about him half-naked all the time...

"I understand... If it helps, I haven't done it more than once."

"Good."

"And to answer your other question: I almost killed you, Stella," Evan says in a sad voice without breaking eye contact. "It was one hell of a wake-up call for me." "Oh..." So that's why...

"Truthfully, I shouldn't even be around you. I'm a dangerous monster, and you're better off finding this alpha mate alone."

I gasp and stride forward. "No, you can't leave me!"

Evan stares at me when I wrap my arms around him. He turns tense from my embrace, yet I press my head against his chest. It's nice hugging him, but...

There is no longer a heartbeat, and his skin is cold.

My eyes widen, and I slip my hand underneath his shirt. He allows it and watches me stroke his smooth skin.

He is carved and chiseled. More ripped than an alpha werewolf, but I can't find his pulse or heartbeat...

"Stella..." Evan's voice is a husky whisper. "Do you now understand what I mean by saying I've turned into a monster?"

I flatted my palm against his abs, dragging it to his chiseled pecs while peering up at him.

My heart is pounding.

"You're not a monster. Different, yes, but I still like you."

Evan stares down at me with a heated gaze. For a brief moment, I expect him to pick me up into his arms and kiss me. I want him to. Making love is what I desire, but instead, he walks away. "We should get into the car."

Disappointment fills my chest, yet I follow him. "So you're actually coming with me?"

He turns around, smirking. "I will be your passenger until you get to Phoenix Lakes, and then I should keep to the shadows. Making friends with alpha Raphael will be harder if I stick around like glue." "True..." I laugh a little. "It probably won't look good if the first thing he sees is my friendship with a vampire."

Evan lifts an eyebrow. "So we are friends now, huh?"

His teasing tone makes me blush, but I try to play it cool. "W-what else would we be?"

"Good question," Evan turns around and opens the door. "Honestly? I would like to call you mine."

I follow him. "Yours?"

He laughs. "Don't get your hopes up. I realize now that I'm not a good man for you, Stella. Not when I spend every second fighting the urge to push you up against the wall and eat you." "Drink me, you mean."

There is more laughter. "How are you not running away from me yet? Not going to lie; most people wouldn't even joke like that."

"I'm not most people, and I like you," I meet the tall bastard's silent eyes and smile. "Please get that into your thick skull."

I'm given a pearly smile. "The little wolf is brave."

Butterflies swarm my chest, and I laugh. "And I bet you like that."

"You're growing on me, that's for sure."

Evan and I head to his father's car in the parking lot. He apparently teleported it to this hotel too. But we figured jumping into Raphael's territory might be a bad idea.

So we are taking the car.

It's like a thousand degrees inside it, and I'm sweating before I've even put in the keys.

"So f*****g warm..." I complain. "We are going to die."

"No, you're going to die," Evan smirks from the passenger seat. He is surrounded by stolen blankets from the hotel. They are blocking out any trace of the sun, and he is wearing oversized shades. "I'm cold to the touch, remember?" "Oh, I do remember! Come here!" I lean over the gearbox with a smile plastered over my lips. "Hug me!"

Evan shrinks away from me after I touch his muscular arm. "Ew, your hands are all sweaty!"

"Yes, I plan on drying them on your cold skin."

"Gross!"

I laugh at his cat-like reaction and sit back in my seat. "Fine, you win this time, but I will need cuddles later if it keeps being this hot. For survival reasons, okay?"

"You just want a reason to touch my abs, you little pervert."

My cheeks burn. "Hey, if you didn't like me groping you in the hotel room, you could have said something!"

Evan laughs and looks me up and down. All sexy and elegant while letting his hungry eyes roam. "Who said that I didn't like it?"

"Oh, okay, maybe you shouldn't do that?"

"Do what?"

"Look at me with your f**k-me eyes, okay? It's already hard enough focusing on the traffic."

Evan snorts and shakes his head. "You really are something else, you know that, right?"

I stop by a red light. "Is that a bad thing?"

"Nope." Evan sits back in his seat and opens a shirt button. I try not to stare and catch a glimpse of his pecs in the rearview mirror.

Instead, I squirm in my seat. "Good."

"Yup... Anyway, would you mind if I ate breakfast while you're driving? I promise not to make slurping sounds."

"Sure," I'm driving out on the highway. "Are those blood bags helping you with your thirst, though?"

"A little, but since I'm newly awakened as... Whatever the f**k I've turned into... I'm like, hungrier? And the shadows are especially drawn to your ancient silver wolf blood."

"Oh," I smile at him. "You can drink from me if you want, but... Maybe a little less than yesterday?"

Evan blinks in surprise, gaping at me. "You would let me drink your blood even after what happened?"

"Yes?" I shrug. "Call me crazy. but I do trust you."

Something moves over his face then. And holy shit... I must be crazy because the emotion resembles affection. His irises dilate, and he wears this soft smile before averting his eyes. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I will let you feed on me when I park the car, and then I will search for Raphael."

"Do you know how to win him over yet?"

"Nope," I laugh. "I don't think Leonora has had the vision of me being his mate yet, so it will be interesting to meet him."

"I see... Well, be careful around him," Evan scrunches the blood bag in his hand and throws it in an empty plastic bag. "I heard Raphael killed his own brother in a duel. It's what made him the alpha." "Really?" I had no idea Raphael had killed his own brother. Are we even talking about the same werewolf?

"Yup, but not to worry... If you need me, just call my name, okay?" Evan meets my eyes. "I will be there."

My heart flutters. "Thank you."