The Contrary Mate

24 Aura

My head was spinning. My body was on fire and it screamed for me to continue what we had started. His kiss was amazing, and I wanted more.

But he broke it, and I appreciated that restraint as much as I hated it. I could tell he felt the same as me, the ragged breathing that only made me hotter, the growing hardness pressed up against my stomach... I wanted him.

Instead of giving in to temptation, I stepped back to put some more space between us. "I should go home," I managed to say, even though I had absolutely no desire to leave. It must be the bond, wrapping around me and pulling me tighter against him. And I couldn't even dislike it.

"Will you let me drive you?"

"Yes," I said. This third time, I'd pretty much assumed that he would drive me. I hated his car, but I liked being with him, so it was an acceptable trade off. If I wasn't careful, before long I'd be thinking the same about living in this beautiful dead structure that loomed over us as we walked inside it.

In the garage again, Jack rounded the car to help me in and I had the most nagging urge to kiss him again. I forced down the feeling, since it seemed like every minute I stayed the harder it would be for me to leave him. We sped off his property and out onto the main road, and all too soon he pulled over to the side of the road roughly where he had first picked me up. A bit of guilt ate at me that I was treating him like a shameful secret, but I just wasn't ready to take on everyone just yet.

Instead of leaping out and fleeing like the first time, or just saying farewell and leaving, I leaned across the seat and brushed my lips to his. It took only a second before he increased the pressure between us, and his tongue swept into my mouth, searching me in a way that made me want to reveal everything to him.

A few cars sped by us, their headlights illuminating us for brief moments before they sped off into the distance, but I barely noticed them, lost in his touch. Finally, I broke the kiss, pecked in him on the lips again, and moved away. "See you soon."

"When?" he asked, and the almost undetectable note of desperation in his voice filled me with a sort of satisfaction that I was so desired by this man. It felt good.

"When do you want?"

"All the time, Aura, but I'll settle for anytime."

"Tomorrow night? Same time?" I asked. I should have picked a further date, to give myself time to decide how to proceed, but he was entirely too enticing.

"Of course. Can I pick you up again?"

I nodded, and I left his car. I flew over the highway, since there were no humans around to see this time, and the darkness would obscure me. Looking back, Jack's car made a u-turn and drove away. I flew forward, about to conjure a small magic light when I slammed into a solid body in the darkness. I shrieked, and flew backwards.

"Aura!" Rex's familiar voice swept away my fear with relief but quickly morphed to irritation.

"Rex? What are you doing out here?" I asked sharply, my heart still pounding.

"Looking for you."

"Well, I don't need you to look for me." I flew around him and started on my way home with a low orange tinted light to guide me.

"I was worried. You've been acting strange lately. Who were you with?" he asked as he kept up beside me.

"None of your business," I responded with a scowl he probably couldn't see.

"It's not a good idea for you to be running off into the human world like that, Aura. In a car, of all things. I thought you disliked human transportation."