Bloodlines - Book One - COMPLETE

Chapter 21

"You didn't see the persons face…?" Desmond ask.

We were sitting in his room. I was on his couch and he was sitting on the coffee table in front of me.

He was leaning forward on his knees, his knees just barely touching mine.

Desmonds eyebrow rose as I slowly nodded.

"Any other convenient information you found out?"

"You speak French…"

He rolls his eyes and with a small smile says, "Something useful dear."

"You were supposed to see her that night…." 

Desmonds smile drops and he just slowly nods. "Yes… yes I was…"

"What stopped you? I cant help but think…"

He raised a hand to stop me. "If I wanted to talk about it. I would."

"But...master," I hate calling him that...it felt So wrong and dirty. "I think, talking about her will help me with the missing pieces. Last time a lot of it was blurred out and missing."

"Little kitten." He says and takes my hand. I couldn't help but inhale, feeling the warmth of his touch gave me. It was intoxicating. He was quiet for a moment, his eyes dropped to my hand and he started smiling again. His thumb petting my hand. "I received a phone call that night she wasn't feeling well. That I couldn't see her quite yet."

"Why couldn't you? She looked healthy…"

Desmond took a deep breath and nodded. "This may be true. But we vampires, have a hard time conceiving kin. Most royals are in their position of power for many years before being able to have kids. So the simple fact that Janice had twins, two beautiful little girls, was a miracle. But something is bound to turn up to try to take one away."

"I wasn't allowed to see her, they were trying to protect me from getting attached. They didn't want me to…" He stops and takes a deep breath. "When she was young, about four is when it started and they didn't know what to do. She freaked and destroyed a room with her abilities. She would go in and out of comas. The night I was suppose to meet her she has another surge and deemed it unsafe for me to come."

I could feel threw his touch and his voice the pain he was in. I couldn't help but grab his hand back, taking in this beautiful feel in he gave me. "What do you mean, attached?"

In response he took my hands back and held them in his and looked at me. "I, my kind has a way of what you call 'finding love'. And I knew my love was being carried in Janice's pregnancy. I didn't know how. But i knew and i told them."

I went to speak but he pulled my hands closer to him and he took a deep inhale. "And when they found out they were having twins, they shut me out. They wouldn't tell me the names of either one of them. Wouldn't let me see them. Anything. In fear I wouldn't be able to do my job if she died. So, her attack is when I met Esmeralda."

He paused and went to speak. But I stopped him by grabbing his face and making him look at me. "You don't have to talk about this anymore…."

He shakes his head. "I fear that's why I have grown so fond of you. Something happened between you two…"

"And we will find out together." I say and give him a smile. "Which means you have to let me live till we know."

Desmond chuckled and rested his head to the side against my hand. Taking a deep breath he sighs. "You smell delightful…"

I could feel my face go flush and I look away. And Desmond chuckles at my response.

"There you go, hiding like a scared little kitten."