“Are you well?” he asked, breathing deeply.
“I’m okay,” she replied, melting into his touch.
He looked at her pointedly, his gaze searching her features.
“Nye.”
“Fine,” he said. “What do you want to do tonight?”
“Tonight?” was her confused reply. “Don’t you have any diabolical vampire shenanigans to attend to?”
He smirked. “Diabolical vampire shenanigans?”
“Oh, you know what I mean.”
“No,” he said. “I’m all yours tonight. I know we haven’t spent much time together since…” he trailed off, a frown creasing his pale forehead.
She wasn’t a fool. She knew the rune Eleanor had carved into his chest still bothered him. Honestly, it still worried her, too.
“Whatever you like,” she said.
“How about I answer some of your questions. For your thesis.”
She pulled back and stared up at him in surprise. “Really? I thought you didn’t—”
“Take the offer while it’s good, Isobel,” he interrupted.
Thrilled that Nye actually wanted to talk about the parts of his human life he remembered, she placed a soft kiss on his lips. “Let me just get my notes.”
Maybe it was foolish, or maybe it was a mere distraction, but she still hoped she could pick up the tattered remains of her life and go back to the Master’s program at Oxford University. The life she’d been plucked from the day she decided to check up on Alex and had been imprisoned by Nye instead. Finishing her thesis was important to her even though it might not amount to anything considering their vermin problem.
Snatching up her notebooks and laptop, she flung herself down on the bed and patted the space beside her, which Nye took.
“Get comfortable,” she said with a wicked smile. “I’ve got a lot of questions.”
* * *
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