"What are you?" He asks me, breaking the silence. I am quite shocked by this question. Mostly because I don't even know how to answer it.
"Werewolf. I think... And you are a vampire," I state. He nods.
"You don't smell like a werewolf." He lifts his...
I follow Dom out of the apartment complex. He moves to the side of the building and enters a parking garage. I stay a bit behind, not wanting to enter an enclosed space alone with him. He looks back at me and just shakes his head and grins, probably noting my fear. A few moments after he disappears into the darkness, a green vintage car with two white stripes down the middle pulls out. I step back onto the curb, as the car stops with the passenger side door right in front of me. Inside Dom leans over to look up at me.
"Gonna get in or what?" He asks with a smirk. How he can be so relaxed right now, I will never know. Well, I guess it isn't him with his life on the line if I am to believe what he just told me. I exhale forcefully trying to calm my nerves, before I pull the door open, hop in, and pull the door shut a bit too hard.
"Woah calm down with the doors, this isn't a tank." He scolds me while beginning to drive off.
"Well, maybe a tank is what we need right now," I just mumble under my breath, not liking being told what to do. He just laughs.
"You seem feisty. I like that." He says. We drive down the road in silence for some time except for the nice pur of the engine. As a big sign at the side of the road signals our departure from Dunsmuir with the text 'Come back soon', I remember my earlier question.
"So you are from Scotland, huh?", I ask, not looking over at him. I hear him sigh as he answers in the affirmative. We sit in silence for some time again, before it becomes awkward and I want to fill it with something.
"I'm Athena by the way," I say, glancing over at him through the side of my eye. His eyes are still focused on the road, but I notice that he melts a bit more into his seat as some tension leaves his body.
"I'm Domhnall, but you can just call me Dom.". He answers with his deep raspy voice. Again silence.
"It's an interesting name," I say, just to say something. This seems to get him going though.
"Haha, yeah, it means World-Ruler. I gave myself the name when I got to the Americas.". He smiles at this and looks over at me. As he spots my unamused look he says, "Ah dinna fash, as long as my subjects are loyal, I can be very forgiving," he says with a wink and looks back at the road. This time, he is the one to continue the conversation.
"So tell me, what was a banshee doing walking around naked with a werewolf and wolf?" I whip my head towards him in surprise. He spots it and continues "Yes, as you might have guessed, I was the one to follow and tease you in the woods.". I don't answer his question, but instead, ask quite annoyed,
"And why would you do that?". He just laughs again and says,
"I was bored! Same reason that I am abducting you right now.". I gasp and my eyes go wide as I try to decide whether or not it would be fatal if I jumped out of the car right now.
"Oh relax, it was a joke of course. No seriously, you will die if you stay." He says a bit more somber.
I sit back in my seat slowly, while giving him the side eye, still unsure whether or not to believe him.
"So where are we going?" I ask after a small pause. He seems to contemplate for a little while.
"I haven't decided yet." He then states, still sounding like he is weighing the options. I feel how my body slowly gives out to the tiredness. I feel like I haven't had a good night's sleep in forever. At this, I side-eye Dom again, when I realize, that that is his fault. I also have to pee. Great.
"Well, if you don't have any idea, I suggest that we find a place to eat and sleep. You robbed me of my sleep yesterday, so you owe me.". He grins and shakes his head slowly.
"Whatever you say, m'lady.".
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After another hour of driving, I feel like my bladder is about to explode. Just before I'm about to command Dom to stop the car he says,
"This looks good enough," and pulls into a parking lot next to a building with the words 'Inn and Diner'. I don't care what it is, as long as it has a toilet, food, and two separate beds.
As Dom pulls the car to a stop, I jump out of my side and run to the front door, eager to find a bathroom. I go up to the counter that says 'check in' and furiously tap the bell on it. Before long a middle-aged and large woman walks slowly towards the till. Could you possibly move any slower, I think bitterly to myself. Before she gets to ask me any question, I blurt out
"Where are your toilets?". At this point, I'm jumping from foot to foot. The lady looks at me annoyed and says,
"Only paying customers can use our facilities.". What the hell is up with all this bad customer service? I'm about to explode, just as the bell above the front door chimes, and Dom comes waltzing in.
"Don't worry, I'll deal with booking us a room, you just find a bathroom.". He barely as much as glances at me, as he walks up to the check-in counter. He is wearing sunglasses, probably something he keeps in his car, so humans won't see his eyes. I barely get to blush at the realization, that he obviously knows, that I have to pee, because he suddenly pulls down the glasses over his nose, and stares directly into the eyes of the woman.
"You give the keys to your best room to me and wish us a good day.". At the same moment, as he puts his glasses back in place, the woman turns around, takes a set of keys from a hanger, and happily hands over to Dom.
"Have a great day!", she says, and Dom just nods and gives her a smirk before walking off. I just stare at him in amazement.
"What is that?" I ask while looking at him with big eyes.
"Just a little perk of being a super awesome vampire like me. You wouldn't know," he says sarcastically, and I roll my eyes before following him down to our room.
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