Blood Moon | kn

sneak peek #2

Here's the sneak peek. Enjoy. But caution, swear words coming x

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"Do you find me attractive?" She says, as she looks up to him doe-eyed.

Tristas' eyes widen in and he loses his balance slightly. "What the fuck?" He eventually mutters, since he had no others words in his otherwise usually extensive vocabulary.

She frowns slightly, "it's just - "

"You and Valerie have been talking again, haven't you?" He scoffs, "She's been filling your head with these thoughts."

Shyly, Lailani nods. Her conversations with Valerie were a first for her. They talked about things she never imagined she could talk about with her older sisters. And Tristas had revealed that he curiously eavesdropped on them once and found them talking about things he defintely shouldn't have heard. Lailani shrugs the thought away.

"It's just," she says, "I don't know - are you? Are you attracted to me?"

"Why the fuck does this even matter?"

"Because we sleep in the same room for crying out loud!" She shrieks, and stomps her foot on the floor, "and - and because - for goodness sake, because you kissed me!"

Tristas finds himself frozen, stunned at her sudden bravery.

"And Valerie told me about your girls." She hisses, "And how there were...a few."

Alright, time to put you out of your misery.

"If you're asking if those girls matter to me, they don't." He says, "If you're asking if you matter to me, you do. And I've never let anyone sleep in my room or take up my damned entire bed, or live with me, other than you.

Lailani, I wouldn't have rescued you that night if I wasn't attracted to you. I wouldn't have searched for you. And I wouldn't have made you forget me."

Lailani is rendered speechless.

"Oh now you have nothing to say," he rolls his eyes.

"No," she gulps, "I wasn't expecting that. Just - just - "

Before she can continue, he presses his lips to hers. The gentlest of kisses. The most sudden of kisses that makes her freeze again, but then relax.

The kiss only lasts for several seconds before Tristas pulls away. He can see the blood that has rushed to her cheeks. And the shy glint in her eyes.

"Does that answer your question?" He smirks, and walks out of their room.

Lailani brushes her fingers against her lips, where the ghost of the kiss remains. And she finds herself squealing.