Chapter 10: You're Cold

Jane sat in the hot bath water and sighed as she relaxed back into the frothy suds. She went over his words again and again but she still didn't know what he wanted from her. He'd assured her it wasn't just sex but so far all the contact they'd had was sexual and she knew nothing about him.

She knew she should be scared off him but there was something about him that made her feel safe. She knew how ridiculous she was being but part of her just didn't care, she kept picturing him, the human him, with his blue eyes and his sophisticated voice. She mentally slapped herself, she couldn't decide whether she was angry with him or if she wanted to walk out of her bathroom and find him naked in her bed.

She sat down on her couch and tried to focus on the TV but she just couldn't, she sighed and grabbed her laptop. She wasn't sure what she was expecting to find but she searched anyway. It was no good searching for him, how could you find out something about someone when you didn't know anything about them except their first name? Perhaps lycans would bring something up but when she tried it all she got was stories on werewolves, hairy dog looking wolves. These weren't the same as Lucian, she felt frustrated, surely other people must know about lycans and yet there was nothing about them anywhere.

A month passed and she didn't see or hear anything of Lucian, she hated to admit it but she wanted to see him. She'd taken to working the late shift in case he showed up again, but so far he hadn't. She even went back to that stony chamber in the woods to see if he had been there but it hadn't changed a bit.

She got back to her apartment after a long day at the hospital, she felt dead on her feet and was ready to just collapse on her bed and sleep. She pulled off her soaking wet jacket and pushed her wet hair out of her face as he leant against the door to close it,

' You smell like blood' her head shot up in full alert at his voice, he was here in her apartment,

' How did you get in here?' she said defensively, she refused to let on to him that she'd even given him a seconds thought since their last meeting,

' I apologise, your maintenance man let me in' he said standing up from where he'd been sitting on her couch,

' Why are you here?' she said throwing her wet jacket on the table,

' You're cold' he said moving closer to her

' Yeah well it is raining out there and you're avoiding my question' she snapped back

' I came to see you'

' Why? Because you haven't gotten laid in a month so you thought you'd come fuck me then leave again' she said bitterly

' I wanted to give you time…and part of me wasn't sure you'd ever want to see me again' she could hear his soft footsteps moving closer to her across the tiled kitchen floor,

' What do you want?' she said, her back still too him as she gripped the kitchen counter for support,

' To see how you are…to see if you wanted to see me?'

' Why me?'

' What do you mean why you?' she turned to face him

' Why have you selected me out of all the women in the world, why me?'

' Because you called out to me…your body called to me…your scent' with every sentence he moved a step closer and Jane felt her skin prickle and he stopped right in front of her,

' Jane I feel something for you that I haven't felt for anyone in centuries…something I didn't think I would feel again' his face was inches from hers as he spoke, she suddenly felt shaky and nervous. He moved his hand up to her face and slid a wet strand of hair off her cheek,

' You're tired…I'll leave you to rest' he said, his fingers lingering on her cheek,

' No! Stay… please, I'm not sleeping very well at the moment what with the problems I've had with my ex and…I just keep thinking…'

' Thinking what?' he asked quietly

' That…the pale man will come back or someone like him and…look it's stupid I know I'd just feel better if I didn't have to sleep alone and…' she was aware how defensive she sounded but it was the truth, she hadn't had a decent nights sleep in a long time,

' I'll stay on the couch' he said, she was afraid to meet his eyes in case he was looking at her like she was being childish,

' You can stay with me…I mean sleep with me…oh god not in that way, what I meant was…this is coming out so wrong' she rubbed her face as a fresh wave of tiredness swept over her,

' I understand, you want me to literally sleep with you not "sleep" with you?' she nodded and she noticed the small twitch in the corner of his lips as he tried not to smile.

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