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“Suki,” Will said as I lay on the couch, half-asleep, “is someone ready for bed?”
I shook my head, forcing my eyes open to watch my show.
He just stood over me. “You’re very stubborn, aren’t you?”
He just leaned down and caught my arm, making a short gasp escape my mouth before he scooped me up and adjusted me against him.
I cried out and caught onto his shirt, curling my body tightly in case I’d hit the ground.
“Relax,” he said, chuckling when he started walking, “I won’t drop you.”
I just stared at his chest when he carried me down the hall. “I don’t want to sleep.”
“If you keep resisting sleep,” he said then, “you’ll get sick. I can’t have that.”
I remained silent when he pushed open my bedroom door and lowered me onto the bed.
I gazed up when he pulled the covers over me, sighing while sitting on the mattress.
He just caught one of my teddy bears and gave it to me.
I snatched it from him and held it tightly, making him smile.
“You’re a child at heart, aren’t you?” he said gently, brushing my hair away from my face. “I can live with that.”
I closed my eyes tightly when he leaned down and kissed my forehead.
“Go to sleep,” he said then, pulling away slightly.
Before I could respond, he pressed his finger to my lips. “Or I’ll drug you.”
He then stood and brushed off his pants, starting to the door.
“Why are you acting like this?” I said then.
He stopped and glanced over at me. “Like what?”
“You’re taking care of me,” I said. “Why?”
He smiled then, eyes glowing slightly. “Am I not allowed to?”
“That wasn’t my question. Answer the question, Will.”
He just watched me. “I might be a daem, but I care for my Angel’s too.”
“You care for the ones you kill?” I said.
“Yes,” he said gently, “you, especially. I can fall in love with my victims, but I am a daem, after all.”
I just stared at him. “Is that… why can’t you change that?”
“I am immortal. You are not. I cannot change that. In the end… I have to feed. I wish to keep me with you forever, that’s the mark on your stomach. It marks you as mine… until death.”
“Am I no longer yours after death?” I said then.
He was silent for a moment before he smiled. “You’ll always be mine.” He flicked off the light switch, making me gasp a little. “Good night, Angel.”
And he closed the door behind him.
I stared into the darkness for a moment before I sat up and pushed the covers off me.
I then stepped to the bedroom door.
After parting it, I clutched my teddy bear tightly before opening the door fully and stepping down the hall.
I continued forward until I met the living room, finding Will cleaning up the living room.
His back was to me. “Didn’t I tell you to go to bed?”
“I want to cuddle,” I said then.
He just stood up straighter before glancing back at me with a smile. “You’re so straightforward, aren’t you? Do you turn back into your real self when you drop the resistance?”
“I want to cuddle,” I said again.
He just chuckled, stepping over to the couch and sitting down. “Alright, come here.”
I stepped over to him and settled in his lap sideways, making him set his hand on my head when I buried my face in his shoulder.
He ran his hand along my head. “Good girl.”
I smiled not-so-innocently.
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