Alec holds me in his arms as we sit on the wooden bridge where we first made love. Its been a two weeks since our child was taken from us, and most of the time between then and now has been filled with healing, mourning, and flirting.
"What happened there, in Romania?" Alec speaks of the taboo subject. The thing I have been avoiding talking about. It reminds me of...him.. The creature that took my baby boy from me.
"Nothing of importance." I look away from him. He grabs my chin and forces my head up, searching my eyes with his.
"You can tell me." He whispers. His eyes draw me in. A burning crimson. The color of passion, sin, anger, and lust.
"I was taken into a room and tied to a chair. He forced me to watch the video you guys still haven't told me about. He forced me to drink the blood of other half-breeds. He was always touching my stomach, mumbling crazy rubbish." I shudder at the thought.
"You will never go through that again, love. And about the video.. Zafrina helped us out. She made the two think they were seeing what they saw as Corin tampered with their camera while remaing off film. They left thinking they saw the witch twins burn to death, and a fucked up video." He grins as if he has accomplished some bad-ass deed.
"Oh, you naughty boy." I roll my eyes.
"You know you like it." He purrs, pushing me on the bridge in the exact same way he did the last time we were here.
"So true. I find you quite yummy." I lick my lips as if he is something to eat. He presses his lips to mine, heat building between our smushed bodes.
"How yummy?" He murmurs, not taking his lips from mine.
"So yummy I might just have to eat you up." I move my lips down, sucking on his neck.
"I'd like to see you try," He laughs. "Don't forget, I am still stronger than you." He pins my arms beneath me with his icy hands.
"I have the power of seduction." I say in a sultry voice, smiling seductively as I begin sucking on his neck again in a more intimate, sexual way. His grip slackens.
"Oh, you're good." He grins.
"Aren't I?" I begin moving down, unbuttoning his shirt. He jerks away.
"Ay, none of that."
"Why not?" I look at him like he is crazy.
"Because I am a gentlemen who is going to protect your virtue." He sits up.
"Oh please. Its a little too late for that." I scoff. I don't mention it, but talk of a wedding hasn't even come up.
"Yeah, and I'm pretty sure we can both agree that was a bit of a mistake. Not that I regret sleeping with you, its just we obviously didn't think of the consequences. Well, this is me thinking of the consequences." He stands and buttons the two or three buttons I managed to undo as I glare up at him and pout.
"How about just once, just tonight. Don't you have any protection?" I ask with a pathetically desperate plea to my tone.
"I am ashamed to say I do." He grimaces and I giggle. Why the heck does Alec have condems? For me, obviously. When did he get them?
"And when were you planning on using those?"
"The month you came back for your mom's ceremony. But someone picked the one time to give me what I've always wanted when I wasn't close to my room." He flips everything around on me as if it is my fault.
"I'm sorry. That was so rude of me." I pretend to be appalled at myself.
"God, Ryan, how could you be so inconsiderate?" He turns away as if he is angry, crossing his arms over his chest. I leap up next to him, grabbing his arms and forcing them by his side. He takes my left hand in his.
"Oh, won't you please forgive me?" I whisper.
"On one condition." He says just as quietly, his cool breath fanning across my face as his lips curve up in a smile. I feel something cool slide on to my left ring finger and look down to see Alec has sneakily slipped a large diamond ring on me. I look back up into his flaming red eyes burning with passion. He then whispers the words I have been waiting to hear for longer than I can remember, "Marry me."