How to Elude a Vampire (VRC Vampire Related Crimes #2) - Alice Winters Page 0,91
speculation at this point, so let’s not jump into anything.”
I stare at him because I’m prepared to jump into anything at this point to have a lead. I’m done with being terrified of this man haunting me. I have to stop him from consuming my entire life.
“What are you guys whispering about?” Karsyn asks as he wheels over to us.
“Karsyn, come here,” I whisper.
Marcus looks up and I notice Miller is coming, so we need a different tactic.
“Come, come,” I say as I grab Karsyn’s hand and Marcus’s hand and take off.
“Wow, we don’t look suspicious,” Marcus says as I lead them off toward the bathroom.
“The thing is we now look so suspicious it’s clear we’re not trying to be inconspicuous,” I explain. Just as we’re about to pass Brooks’s office, Brooks opens the door and looks out at us.
“Do I even want to ask?”
“God, I don’t have enough hands. Marcus, grab Brooks’s hand.”
“Why can’t we just walk? Why do we have to hold hands?” Marcus asks.
“Brooks, meet us in the bathroom upstairs in two minutes. The tiny one that looks like a closet,” I say and hurry off.
“Can you let go of my hand?” Karsyn asks.
“Shhh… human touch will not harm you or make you ill. It’s a proven fact,” I assure him.
“Yeah, well, it’s making me want to vomit and vampires don’t even vomit, so please, end this torture,” Karsyn says as he tries to pull away, but it’s my fake hand so I know he won’t and just like that, I have them both headed up the stairs with me.
“Does it hurt you this much to have physical affection? Is this why you don’t have a boyfriend?” I ask Karsyn who thinks I am anything but funny.
He slams to a stop so fast that I’m pulled to a stop, so I look at him. “Who the fuck told Claude I’d go on a date with him if he watched Finn? Like how does that even relate to me? I was going to bitch sooner but I wanted you guys in person so I could see your faces as I punched the one who agreed to this.”
“You’d punch me?” I ask while making sure I look wounded that he’d suggest it.
He bites his lip. “Maybe. Did you do it?”
“I did,” Marcus says as he pulls his hand free from me so he can cross his arms over his chest and just stare down into Karsyn’s eyes. “Now tell me, Karsyn, what would you like to do to me?”
Karsyn stares at him for a long moment. “Why’d you do it?”
“Because he wouldn’t listen to anything else and I thought this was best. It’s just a date.”
“He did nearly die because of me,” I add as I peek around Marcus’s menacing body.
Karsyn’s eyes get huge. “You too?”
Marcus waves him off. “I didn’t say a date, I agreed that he would treat you to a drink at Rouge.”
Karsyn hesitates. “Rouge? Isn’t that the place where the glasses are like a hundred dollars?”
Marcus grins at him. “It is. Make sure you get extras to take home.”
“Finn, you should be on my side for this,” Karsyn snaps.
“I would be, but Claude saved me and my sister, so now I owe him anything he wants. If he wants to force you on a date, then there’s really nothing I can do about it besides let him. You guys will be so cute together.”
Karsyn looks to be about one word from his bursting point. “Yes, zanuda, I will look very cute covered in his blood after he says some disgusting bullshit to me about my face or my accent.”
“Adorable,” I say.
Marcus just laughs because Marcus only finds things funny when it pertains to blood, gore, or torture. Why’s he still so handsome? “Is this how you plan on taking Finn from me?”
“I don’t want Finn!” Karsyn says, then quickly hurries off, making me cock my head before glancing at Marcus.
“I think he wants you,” Marcus says.
“I don’t want him! Let’s get this over with!” Karsyn snaps.
“I’m so flattered,” I say as I grab my chest.
“Don’t be,” Karsyn calls back to us.
We head into the bathroom, but the only issue is the bathroom back here, while secluded and farthest away from the rest, is fairly small since it’s only a one-person bathroom.
“Why do we have to talk in a closet?” Karsyn asks. Maybe it’s because our bodies are pressed together.
“We have to be quiet,” I say as the door swings inward, smashing into Marcus.