“Like Batman and Robin.” Did I really just say that? The blank look on his face told me I had. “I’m sorry Sully, I didn’t mean that.”
“Marcella was supposed to be mine. I wanted to marry that woman. I truly thought I had found whom I was supposed to be with throughout the ages, but Davin came along, and Marcella was mine no more. Then he threw her away, deciding there was something better out there. No one ever knew how I felt about her because I never had the chance; nor did I ever express it to anyone because I am supposed to be the arrogant brother that doesn’t give a shit about anyone, and Davin is the heartthrob who sweeps women off their feet.”
I really didn’t want to hear about Davin’s past, but I wasn’t about to cut into Sully’s fit. So I continued to sit there listening to every word he had to say.
“And now here you come, and there you go; right in to Davin’s little web. He swears you’re his soulmate, and maybe you are, but he wasn’t the only one having visions of you before you arrived in Hanover. I was too.”
And here was the doozy that I knew was coming somewhere in his tantrum. I didn’t know it was going to be to the extreme that he was in love with me too. I just knew there would be one.
“I felt that you were here for me, but once again I am beaten to the punch. So, instead I screw around with your annoying ass little friend, and act like I don’t give a damn. You see, Davin and I are more than just vampires that were changed together. We share the same blood; we’re true brothers. With the change, we are more in tune than you could even imagine, sometimes it’s like we are the same person. I feel every emotion he feels when he is with you, even during your most intimate moments.”
I blushed. “Gretchen is not annoying, she really likes you.”
Okay, maybe she was a little over the top. But she was very outgoing and bubbly, which calmed some of her annoying traits. Also, replicating a delicate pixie made her even cuter.
“And now I have to watch you every second of the day and control myself not to touch a single inch of your body. Because once again the prize isn’t mine.”
“I’m not a prize Sully. I’m just a human.”
“Being human doesn’t make you any less of a prize to me. The scent of your blood drives me crazy, more than any human I’ve ever encountered; which makes these urges I have that much harder to ignore.”
I sat there stunned, unsure of anything I could possibly say that would make the situation any less awkward. I wished now more than ever that I had gone with Gretchen. Before I could react, he had his lips on mine, in a chilled kiss similar to those I shared with Davin. As much as I knew this was all wrong, I couldn’t push myself away from him. A part of me may have actually liked it.
He pressed his lips into mine a little harder for a moment, before pulling away in a loud smack. His eyes seemed to instantly lighten, as he shook his head in a manner that looked like he was clearing any thoughts out of it.
“I have scared you. I’m so sorry, Adelay. I don’t know what came over me. Please forget that I have said anything to you. I let my emotions take control which was very naïve of me, and out of my nature.” He turned back to the road pulling off of the shoulder.
The car was silent the entire ride home, and we couldn’t have gotten there fast enough. I swung the Mustang’s door open, yanking my bag out of the back seat before closing the door behind me. When I turned, Sully was in front of me, blocking my retreat into the house.
“I’ll be by to pick you up for this thing around 8:00. Please forgive me, Adelay. I didn’t mean to be so forward with you. This has all been wearing on me, and the urge was too strong to handle having you in the car by ourselves. I hope this won’t dampen any friendship we may have.”
“It’s okay; everyone makes mistakes.”
I didn’t really consider him my friend anyway, he’d barely ever spoken to me before now. With that I turned away from him hastily getting to my front door to avoid any more sudden urges. What I didn’t know was if I was running from his urges, or my own. Hmm, that was a weird feeling that I wasn’t going to have twisted up in my brain. I wanted Davin back, and I wanted him now! Sully was very handsome -- actually handsome didn’t even put to justice what the Ashford boys looked like -- but the kiss between Sully and I only reminded me of how much I loved Davin and proved that with him being gone anything could happen. And the night wasn’t over yet; it was in fact only just beginning.
I pulled my cell phone out of my jacket pocket once in my bedroom, struggling with whether I should place one more call to Xander and his mother. It was one more final attempt to prove that this was all one big misunderstanding.
Sully had told me not to do it, but technically Sully wasn’t the one in charge of this operation; Davin was; and he hadn’t said one word about not trying.
Scrolling through my list of numbers, I closed the phone just as I got to the name Carla Farnham (Xander’s mom).
Maybe it was
