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Post by Selena Torres on Feb 11, 2014 21:45:35 GMT -5
It was hard to fire out the young woman at times. Hell, she had a hard time figuring out her own feelings at times. While she had been mad about seeing Julian drinking from another woman at first, she knew he needed to drink to keep living. And while she prided herself on giving him some every time they…mixed, she had come to understand he refrained from excessively drinking from her veins. So now it had come down to who he had picked to drink from. Not that any girl in that bar had been any better. They were are beautiful, either in the girl next door sense or exotic and tropical.
She would never had guessed what was about to come out of her mate’s mouth if she lived to be four hundred years old. As much as she hoped he was kidding, Selena wouldn’t have put it past him to allow her to do exactly as he suggested if it eased her mind. However, the idea of picking out who Julian was to drink from just seemed wrong to her. “I am not picking out your next meal! That’s a level of weirdness I don’t want.” Huffing, she shook her head at the very idea. After this evening, she would likely be labeled as the mate who freaked out at her mate drinking from someone else. Clingy, in other words.
Rolling her eyes, she had a hard time believing his words of no one coming close to comparing to her. But the poke to her side did cause a small smirk to streak across her lips. It was a real task to remain mildly annoyed at this point. There was no way she could even manage angry. “I’m a lady, I don’t yell.” Again, she laughed before swatting at his arm. The argument could be made her actions in the bar had been less than lady-like, but who was counting every little moment?
Bring up what occurred at the mansion caused Selena to shut her eyes not wanting to relive the moment. If she didn’t voice it though, she would be forced to relive it in her dreams. Better to tell Julian so he could reassure her everything was ok…or that she wouldn’t be put in the position she had seen. “One of the vampires was dragging a woman into the basement by her hair. And the sounds coming from down there…and her expression and pleading to me for help…” Clenching her teeth, she struggled not to up chuck her last meal. The strength radiating off of her mate helped.
Her fear was washed away as she was lifted and placed on the hood of the car. Blinking, she stared into Julian’s eyes, more than a little baffled. The low growl sent a shiver down her spine and not from fear. “My, what a jealous tone, my dear mate.” Grinning at him, Selena reached up to place a gentle hand over his cheek. Her thumb traced over his skin before trailing down to his lips. “I can almost guarantee my stripper days are behind me, but I might need a reminder of the amazing mate I have waiting for me at home.”
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Post by Julian Holt on Feb 13, 2014 14:38:51 GMT -5
At that moment all the hybrid wanted to do was throw his arms up into the air. He was at a loss at what would make his mate happy in this situation. It seemed she simply wanted him to go without feeding or to only feed from her. Which really would not be a good idea, and he wasn’t going to be heading down that road anytime soon. The little bits had did take from her already was far too much and he was always twice as worried about her well being each time. If he mentioned the women he drank from meant nothing to him he’d simply get scowled for being insensitive to humans. There really was no winning.
”Well then I don’t know what to do because I can’t stop feeding.” he pointed out sighing while running a hand through his hair wondering what she might suggest as an alternative. ”It’s not really that weird. You’d at least know who I’m drinking from and how ugly she is.” he offered figuring that might be somewhat of a good selling point. ”Would a male be more appropriate?” he offered having feed from a male before. Kyle had been with him for a good forty five years before they parted ways. Not that he had been using his blood donor as anything else but a source of blood. To many a blood donor became a sexual toy as well.
Julian couldn’t help but frown when Selene explained what she had seen at the mansion. Such things were supposed to be covered up in a more appropriate manner and done on time when humans weren’t wandering around lurking. It did make him wonder what the hell was going on inside the mansion and who was instigating them. Something told him Logan might have done it on purpose to get a rise out of him or Selena. ”As much as you want to help, please don’t. I rather not have you hurt.” he muttered making a mental note to have a look into the matter later when Selena was out or sleeping.
”Did you expect any different?” he questioned another low growl escaping him. ”Can’t have others thinking you are up for grabs.” he added playfully taking a nip at her finger before moving closer, his hands moving down her sides to stop at her hips. ”Well that is a shame to hear, because I did enjoy that performance. Here I was hoping for an encore back home.” he pointed out leaning forward to playfully nip at the exposed skin on her neck. ”At least his scent didn’t get on you, that would have been a problem.” he muttered another low growl evident in his voice.
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Post by Selena Torres on Feb 13, 2014 15:57:48 GMT -5
The big fuss really came back down to Selena not understand why Julian didn’t drink from her full time. Other vampires did, granted they called them blood slaves and she hated that label. However, her mate had only take blood from her a handful of times. Both times she had felt his hunger beating outwards as he struggled not to drain her dry. Her knowledge of vampires was deeply inhibited; her mate just did not like talking about his father’s side he had inherited.
Sighing deeply, she rolled her eyes when he tried to get her to go along with picking out his blood donor. The idea of telling him who he was allowed to drink from was just beyond Selena’s comprehension. It seemed too much like she was trying to control his life and that was not what she wanted. Like any other woman, she had insecurities. Julian thought he was afraid she would leave…well she was equally afraid he’d come to see how much of a nut she was. And once he saw that, he’d find someone far more stable. While her mind raced with what to say, her mouth snapped open in shock at Julian’s next suggestion. “A guy?” Had her 100% straight he-man mate really offered to take blood from a man? Were her ears severely damaged from the bar music? Shaking her head, she opened her mouth once more, “I don’t wanna tell you who to drink from or not to drink from. Male or female. It feels to controlling. So despite my own fears, drink from whoever.”
Lifting her eyes up from staring at her toes, she heard the worry sprinkled throughout his words and saw it etched on his face. Clearly, he did not want her to jump headlong into a fight with a vampire because they both knew who would come out alive. It sure wouldn’t be Selena. “That’s why I left the mansion. If I had stayed I would have done something stupid.” She shook her head as if she could unlodge the memory from her mind. It wasn’t something she wished to relive either in her dreams or in real life.
“Yes, I didn’t think you were the jealous type.” Each growl was just another shot of excitement which hit her heard in the stomach. Those silly butterflies were back, wreaking havoc inside her. Julian still intrigued her after all this time together both mentally and physically. A soft gasp escaped her lips at the playful nip to her finger. Instinctively, her other hand came to rest on his shoulder having a flashback to many late night rumps. “M-make up your mind. Either you liked my dancing or you don’t. Not a minute ago you said I was never to do it again.” She made a soft squeak at the bite soon placed on her neck, it was almost impossible not to tilt her head to the side for him. She was attempting to behave. “There was no time for his scent to get on me. He didn’t even touch me.” Those possessive growls were turning the poor woman into mush.
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Post by Julian Holt on Feb 13, 2014 17:32:26 GMT -5
Pausing for a moment, the hybrid tried to remember if he had ever mentioned Kyle around Selena. Going over some of their conversation he could not seem to recall ever having given it a mention. Not that it was something he wanted to bring up, given he knew Selena’s dislike for this part of his life. Vampires were quite savage and brutal when it comes to just about everything. He just hoped his mate understood it was about survival and nothing else when it came to him. Being raised within both worlds made it hard to really have a loyalty to one side or another. With the vampires at least he had some form of allies. ”Don’ be so surprised I had a male as my blood slave for over forty five years.” he admitted hoping she didn’t go to insane over what he was telling her.
Talking about Kyle was something he did not do. Not after everything that happened. His reason for taking the kid as his blood slave had been to help him with his illness. Hearing her explain she wasn’t going to be telling him who he could drink from had Julian chuckling softly. ”At least you see reason. But if it helps, I shall choose less attractive women?” he offered a hint of a chuckle still in his voice. Granted it might be a bit hard to find someone less attractive that was willing to feed him. Most of the blood slaves he had known were all attractive at least the ones that worked in the bars or were present at the mansion.
Speaking with regards to the mansion and how she had to witness so many things that went on there. Granted it did help him in the long run because he could get information on things that were going on while he wasn’t there. The Hispanic woman was quite sneaky when she wanted to be and not that noticeable. ”Would you feel more comfortable living outside the mansion? I’m sure we could make other arrangements for you.” he offered figuring if she at least had a place to hide out in when things were crazy in the mansion it would be better than her wandering the streets all alone.
”I’m not. You can flirt with whoever you want. Just not a fan of anyone else seeing the rest of you.” he explained between leaving bits on her neck. ”In public. I said you can’t do that in public. In our bedroom…. Whole other story.” he added moving lower, down to her collar bone giving it a nip. ”You need to wear more silver.” he added knowing that would at least make it harder for a vampire to get closer to his mate. All thoughts of where they were was lost on the hybrid as his wolf took over, using her body to push his mate down onto the hood off the car while his hands worked at getting the shirt off again.
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Post by Selena Torres on Feb 13, 2014 18:31:46 GMT -5
Her beautiful, sexy mate had a male blood slave for over forty years? How was she just now learning this? The knowledge confused Selena more than upset her. It was in the past after all. Getting angry over that would have been like getting angry over any past lovers and she knew he had quite a few of those. “How can I not be surprised?” She was incredible surprised. Had it been sexual, highly unlikely she believed, or was it just beneficial for them both. “He was a friend?” Trying to put things delicately was not her area of expertise. She tended to just blurt things out rather than care about if the other person might be embarrassed or hurt by her words.
“You can try to find less attractive women to drink from, but I won’t hold my breath.” Selena gave him a sad smile. Her mate was too sexy to go unnoticed by all types. Also, oddly enough, most women who were in the vampire world were extremely pretty. Those in the mansion could make most models run for the hills to cry.
Whenever Julian was out doing council business, those were the times she saw the most awful things – women bitten in the hallways, men forced to do degrading things in open bathroom or even bedroom doors, or even a child being drank from by multiple vampires. It always made her miss home, the palace, and the level of nobility most of the lycans held. Scrunching her eyebrows, she didn’t understand why she would want a place away from the mansion. Away from Julian. “I’m not sleeping anywhere you’re not.” Despite not knowing much about vampires, she knew as long as she found sanctuary in Julian’s room, where his scent was everywhere, she was safe.
“Then it’s a good thing I don’t know how to flirt.” Selena teased in regards to him telling her she could flirt with whoever but not strip ever again. The teasing tone quickly left her voice as her mate began his assault on her neck. Shivers ran down her spine as she fought against the moans her throat wanted to make. An ally outside of a blood bar was hardly the place to create those kind of sounds. There was no telling if one of the other vampires might be leaving to head out wherever and get curious about the noise. Moving down from her neck to her collar bone was not helping her keep quiet. “Most of my silver is back on the island. Remember? You didn’t give me much time to pack.” It was extremely hard to collect her brain enough to string those couple of sentences together. Her arms moved to wrap around his shoulders to bring him closer.
“Julian…” Selena’s voice had turned husky at the sudden heated attention. Without a fuss, she allowed him to urge her back onto the hood of the car. The jacket kept the chill off her heated skin. “We’re in public now.” Her words seemed to be lost on him as his fingers were working on the buttons of the shirt. Without thinking, a very deep throat moan escaped her lips.
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Post by Julian Holt on Feb 13, 2014 19:24:53 GMT -5
”Why didn’t you tell me this before?” he asked having wondered where all her silver had gone. He remembered her constantly wearing something made of silver that would always burn him. The fact that he hadn’t been burned lately was finally making it into his mind. All this time his mate hadn’t been protected against the vampires. ”We’ll change that in the morning.” he added his wolf going into full control as he continued to breathe in his mates scent. Anytime he was around her it was a chore and a half not to simply let his wolf take control.
The amount of clothing Selena was wearing only hindered his advances a fraction. After all he could simply rip them off her body. However, before he could go further the words of them being in public had him stop for a moment looking around. As much as he wanted his mate in that moment the back of an alley was simply too trashy to continue where his mind was going. Sighing, the hybrid pushed his wolf down and pushed off of his mate shaking himself and jumping around for a moment to calm himself down. ”Not sure how long I can hold out but maybe we can get home.” he mused before scooping her up off the hood and heading to the passenger side of the car. Opening the door, he set his mate down before waiting for her to get in. It was taking restraint not to just climb into the car with her and close the doors so no one could see.
Once she was inside, he closed the door and walked around getting in himself before starting the car and pulling out of the back alley onto the main road. While trying to take his mind off of the fact that he wanted to jump his mate, he figured he would clear up a few things they had previously been discussing. ”His name was Kyle and he became a friend. Nothing more. I took him on as a blood slave because my father decided I needed one and to piss him off I took on a guy who was dying instead of a woman like expected.” he pointed out shrugging his shoulders. It had initially been to piss his father off and to help the kid out, but after so many years they had become friends. ”Needless to say it didn’t give him doubt that I might be gay.” he added chuckling lightly at the memory. Despite how hard he tried to piss the vampire off, it didn’t always go over as planned.
”As for a place outside the mansion, you could go there when I’m not around. Get away from the crazy that was going on?” he offered figuring it was an idea one she didn’t need to jump at right away. Turning down the road, he sped up driving towards the mansion again. ”If you don’t know how to flirt I’m a princess.” he added glancing at his mate for a moment before turning his attention back on the road.
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Post by Selena Torres on Feb 13, 2014 21:02:47 GMT -5
“I guess cause I only just realized today that…” Her voice trailed off. The case of the missing silver jewelry wasn’t a big mystery. Selena was pretty positive she knew what had happened to it. But would it be silly to say someone had stolen her bangles? At first she hadn’t been sure, only one or two went missing, but then she noticed half of the ones she had brought from home were gone. She had no idea if Logan had taken them, if another vampire had – wrapping them in a cloth would likely prevent them from burning- or if a servant had to use as their own protection. There was no proof of the theft, just that now all of her silver bangles, rings, and earrings were gone. She hated Julian being burned by her babbles, but when he wasn’t around she did put them on. “We will?” She had asked the question, but she was more curious about the harsh ton his voice had taken on. As if he was fighting something within himself. Clueless was the best word to describe how little she realized her scent attracted her mate.
The sudden loss of Julian’s body covering hers had the young woman pouting. Nothing like getting all fired up to be suddenly thrown back into the cold night air. Of course, having sex this out in the open did not make it on Selena’s bucket list. Sitting up on her elbows, she arched an eyebrow as her mate spring around the area as if trying to awaken from some spell. There was little time for her to speak up before Julian easily lifted her off the car to place her by the passenger side. “Someone clearly was affected by my dance.” Grinning, she eased into the car after the door was opened.
Settling into the car, she barely had her seat belt buckled before Julian rushed the vehicle out of the alley and down the road. He really was in a hurry. It wasn’t hard to pick up that he was bring up his old blood slave only to distract himself from attacking her. For the moment, she was perfectly okay with this. Listening intensely, she was amused by her mate’s attempt to annoy his father by picking a male blood slave over a female. She was pretty sure Tristan had blown a gasket when he learned of Julian’s choice. It also made her realize how sweet her mate could be by helping a guy out for health issues. “But I’m sure it did piss him off though.”
“Seems silly to have a place outside of the mansion.” Her nails dug into the seat of the car as he speed down the road. Yeah, he was in a BIG rush. At his teasing that he would be a princess if she didn’t know how to flirt, her lips formed a smirk as she said, “You tried to convince your father you were.”
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Post by Julian Holt on Feb 13, 2014 21:45:45 GMT -5
”I rather you have something on you. Even if it burns me as well.” he added wondering if Logan knew about any of this. His half brother would have been all over this the moment he knew that his mate was vulnerable. It was one of the reasons why he felt it might be better for Selena to be out of the mansion rather than in it, even if it meant having to divide his time between there and wherever else he set her up. He could make it work, he knew he could. And it wasn’t like anyone else would have to know he was living elsewhere at the same time. Granted knowing some people might start asking question. It was a tough decision to make but he was going to keep that option in the back of his mind for now. ”I might be silly but I rather you not be hurt by my stupid family.” he added his mind going in different directions at the same time.
Trying to keep himself distracted, the hybrid continued to drive while he let a few things go through his mind. The comment about her dancing only brought his wolf back to the surface while he tried suppressing it. Lately it had become harder and harder to do so seeing as he hadn’t exactly been in touch with it in the last few centuries. Given his mother hadn’t been around much to teach him about his wolf or how to keep control of it. His first full moon had been highly unpleasant and lonely. Well he hadn’t known the sadistic woman had been watching in the distance but that was beyond the point. Right now, he was trying to focus his attention on something else.
”Oh I pissed him off. Made sure he saw me feeding from Kyle everywhere he went. It was quite entertaining to say the least. We even put on a show for him and Logan.” he added chuckling lightly at the memory. Those had been interesting times ones he did miss greatly. However, now he didn’t have a blood slave instead he had a mate which really set the damage his so called father could do quite higher. The bit about him being a princess had Julian glaring at his mate. ”That is not the point and it was in much different context.” he pointed out making a sharp turn realizing it was the turn off at the last second since he had been looking at Selena instead.
”In the morning I’ll take you shopping for some silver. Make sure you are stocked up.” he added before staring ahead for a long time. ”I might be gone for a few days. Will you be okay? Or would you rather come with me?” he added figuring she could head out in whatever town or city he was in instead of being stuck in the mansion.
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Post by Selena Torres on Feb 14, 2014 12:29:28 GMT -5
“I had stuff and I wore them when you weren’t around.” Pouting, she crossed her arms over her chest. In fact, she was a little upset some of her good pieces were missing. Some had significant sentimental value such as her first pair of bangles – plain silver with opal gems – a gift from her sisters years ago. She still had a few gold bangles, but gold had no effect on vampires which was why she was more inclined to wear those pieces when Julian was nearby. However, those times he wasn’t around, those days where he left to do whatever for the council she was vulnerable. It wasn’t a feeling she liked. Even her cross had gone missing for crying out loud! She was tempted to get a moon necklace. As long as she had belief in the object – for the Lady Moon she did – it could work just the same.
Trying to picture her mate drinking from a man was like trying to imagine the product of a coupling of a donkey and a lion. The picture was unnatural and pretty scarring. She found it pretty easy to understand Tristan’s annoyance, but she knew why her mate did it at the same time. “You are pretty cunning when you put your mind to it, mi cariño.” It seemed this Kyle hadn’t been a terrible influence on her mate. They even seemed close from the few comments Julian made. So what had happened to him? Had they just parted on good terms or had some misfortune fall on the man? However, the glare thrown at her made all her questions thrown out her mind as she broke down in laughter. Her mate being a princess was far too much for her to handle picturing. It had been a different context but he just didn’t like she had made a pretty damn good comeback.
The laughter was cut short by the harsh sharp turn onto the new road. “Jewelry shopping? I think that will be a first for us.” Sure, they had gone clothes shopping, but not for jewelry. Laughing softly, she glanced over at her mate. He really did care deep down. Hell, he wanted to make sure she had some protection from his blood sucking family. It hadn’t helped that she had snapped at his father, daring to defy his order to treat her like a lowly human rather than his son’s equal. She refused to allow herself to be treated as anything less than a person and not a blood bag. Her philosophy was show respect to those who showed respect in return.
Blinking, she turned her eyes back to her mate. “You’re going away?” Was that worry in the young woman’s voice? Needy was something she prided herself on not being. But between the kitchen incident and the blood bar just now, she was a lot more hesitant to not have Julian around for more than 24 hours. The offer to go was tempting. It would keep her out of Tristan and Logan’s way for a little while. “I want to go with you.”
Translation: mi cariño – my darling
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