• 𝓛𝓾𝓬𝓪 •

I felt my grin spread slowly across my face as Noah paced my room. I probably looked like a lunatic, but I didn't care. I couldn't help it. Not after what he just told me.

So, he grew some balls and made a move. On top of that, he sprinkled my name into the mix as well. To be honest, I hadn't expected him to come to my room and tell me that he healed Mae, let alone admit to her that he wanted to stick his dick in her.

I was so proud of him.

"Quit pacing," I said, my grin starting to hurt my face but I couldn't stop. "Was she interested?"

Even if she wasn't interested in me, I'd fucking kill to just watch the two of them. She seemed the type to take control and I'd love to see her do that with Noah. He wouldn't know what to do with himself. The feisty little thing would tear him up if he let her.

Now, if she was interested in me, she'd have to let go of that control.

Or I could be completely wrong and the feisty exterior held a cute little submissive inside instead. That would just be perfect. Tie her little ass up and-

"I have no idea," he said, still pacing like a caged lion. Fuck, that was driving me insane.

"What did she say?" I stood and stopped him with a hand to his shoulder. Truly, the guy needed a Xanax or some shit to relax.

"She said 'you' like she wasn't sure she heard me right." He ran a hand through his hair. "Then I brought you up and she laughed."

I pursed my lips. "Laughed?"

"Like she was caught off guard." He shrugged, eyeing me. "Not that she wasn't interested."

Oh, good. Though little miss vampire hater would be difficult to break in that regard - it's been a while since I'd known her - I didn't think it would take forever.

I saw the way her eyes trailed after Noah when she thought no one was looking. While most of the time she looked sad, like she'd lost some part of her, there were times I could sense the underlying hunger there. I could also feel the way she reacted to me. When I smirked at her and her cheeks flushed this pretty little shade of pink.

She reacted differently to Kite, however. The dick needed to get his head out of his own ass. I had no idea what came over him in the office when she finally got the nerve to ask for healing. I would have punched him if I thought it would give him some common fucking sense.

She'd been hurt plenty in her life. Though Noah hadn't come out and explained everything that he knew, it was obvious in the way she held herself. In the lack of sparkle in her eyes and the anger burning just beneath the surface, even in her attempts to hide it. It's what drew me to her. That façade. I'd never seen someone with so much pent up anger who hasn't just exploded with it.

Fucking her would be a joy.

"Are you going to pursue it," I asked.

He sighed.

"I swear, if you say no." I shook my head. "You know what? If you don't, I'll lay it on so thick I'll have her dripping with no release in sight unless you grow some balls."

I wouldn't tell him I was already proud of him for bringing it up. He didn't need that kind of praise. Not yet. He'd think he finished his duty, yet it had only just begun. He planted that seed in her head. It just needed a little...watering.

I allowed my lip to curl. "Or maybe I'll just get her so worked up she's begging for my cock instead of yours. Fuck, what I wouldn't give for-"

I only stopped because I was getting the reaction I wanted from him. He didn't want me to have her first. He didn't care if I had her...but he wanted her first. I'd oblige. He saved himself for her. Well, at least since he's been in the south district. It didn't matter the amount of women who crawled on his lap and ground themselves against him as he drank from them, chasing that orgasm he somehow figured out how to always deny them. Once he was done feeding, he was done. Didn't matter if the friction made him hard.

I myself didn't have that problem, but, hey. It was endearing. For him to have such strong feelings for someone that he'd deny himself an easy lay. Hell, even the vampire women wanted him.

Though I could see why he'd hold himself back now after seeing her.

Kind of.

I patted his chest. "You have until tomorrow."

He balked. "Tomorrow?"

Was that not enough time? Maybe not. But man, the dude needed a push, or even a shove at this point. I had eternity to live, but I wasn't waiting an eternity for her. Not that she wasn't worth it. I just wanted her that badly for some godforsaken reason. I think our...issues...would clash lovely together. Naked.

I'd been a vampire for longer than Noah. I was still green, sure. Five years versus the thousands Titus was, and the hundreds Kite was. It was still five years on Noah, who still sometimes struggled with his abilities.

Which was why I was so shocked that he healed her. That could have gone very wrong if he messed up, then I would have had to heal her and I really didn't want to do that. Not because I didn't want her to feel better and not be in pain, but because my healing power was a bit different from Kite's and Noah's.

Trauma transference is a bitch. Just because I healed quickly, did not mean that I couldn't hurt. And what Zero did to Mae? That would have fucking hurt if Noah fucked the healing up.

"Tomorrow," I agreed. "Then I'll come in and help."

He looked at me dubiously, and all I could do was smile back at him.

I truly hoped he chickened out.