Who? | The Dhampir (Book Two)

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George

**Previously on Who?| The Dhampir

It is Jared, right?

"I never expected it was Mr. Tuna who ate those chickens," Cayden says while serving the spaghetti.

"He likes meat than cat food, huh?" Clarkson says, staring at the cat with wonder.

"I missed you," I say. My fingers rake his long black hair and rest my hands on the side of his face.

Pain takes over his playful gaze. He clenches his jaw and sighs. His hands pull my back. His hands envelop me with a warm hug. The heat of his body radiates even more as the cold wind of the night from the window brushes on my skin.

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"Father is sick," Jared says.

I look at him while searching if Clarkson left his clothes. But I guess he brought everything with him.

"I was told to hide.  A warlock saw a vision that the next king will be killed by the next Alpha," he sigh.

"You have warlocks?" I ask.

I pause searching and look at him. "I'll... kill you?" I furrow my eyebrows.

"That's what the warlock says. We do have a few witches and warlocks with us, those who didn't believe in the leadership of werewolves," he looks at me.

The light coming from the window glows on the side of his face, emphasizing the structure of his face. I give up looking for Clarkson's clothes and hand him my bathrobe instead.

"Here," I say. I turn my back, fighting the urge to look at his body.

"So, you mean," I pause and bite my lip. "I'm going to kill you...?"

"Will you kill me?" he asks.

"Why would I?" I frown.

"We never know, Georgina," I hear him sigh. "We never know."

"So you're hiding at your killer's village," I conclude.

"I thought you wouldn't kill me?", he asks. I can imagine his eyebrows furrowing as his mismatched eyes glare at me.

"As of now, I won't. Like what you said, we never know," I say. I tap my feet to distract myself from the thought of his naked body.

He clicks his tongue. "This is quite short for me."

Silence.

The silence of the night isn't helping me with the tension I am feeling with the vampire in the room.