Finding You

Chapter~~16

            “No it wasn’t you. I had to go to the bathroom really bad. It’s a habit of mine to get up abruptly.” I shrugged my shoulders trying to sell my story. “I’ve been trying got to break it.”

            Tom laughed. “Thanks for lying to me.”

            “No problem.”

            We talked some more but Tom left at about one in the morning. Not much later Lucas came down and got me. We went home. I fell asleep in the car, but woke up in bed the next day. It was the afternoon and Lucas there.  I went down the kitchen and he wasn’t there either. I searched the whole house and didn’t find a trace of him. I began to panic. ‘Lucas’ I thought.

            ‘Yes lover’ he answered.

            ‘Where are you?’ I asked panicked.

            ‘I am in the attic. I will be down in just a few minutes. Go back to the bedroom. When I come down I will have a surprise for you’ he said in a soothing voice.

            I followed his advice and went back to the bedroom. I lay on the bed and thought to myself. Time went by, and once I heard him near I sat up. Lucas entered the room holding a long elegant dress that’s train fell to the floor. It was black with cream color lace embroidery of symbols going down the sides of the dress. That dress is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

            Lucas walked over to me. “What do you think?” he asked in a gentle voice.

            “It’s beautiful.”

            “It is for you” his eyes were gentle and intense. “I want you to wear it when I mark you as mine.”

            “What do you mean mark me as yours?” His remark pulled me out of the trance the dress put me in.

            “I forget that you did not finish learning about Myxs.” He exhaled loudly. “Myxs usually do not bond as early as you did, but to finish the bonding process Demons mark their Myxs as theirs by piercing their necks. It is a sacred event only seen between a Myx and Demon. I plan to mark you next week. I want to take you somewhere to dinner and then we will return and finish the evening.” Lucas’ eyes smoldered as he explained this. This is obviously a big deal for him, but I’m a little nervous.

            “When you say pierce my neck you mean biting me and drinking from me, correct?”

            Lucas shook his head. “I will drink a little just from the breaking of skin, but I will not purposely suck.” I don’t really want him to. I couldn’t help but be scared of the pain it would bring. Whenever I thought about pain, the only pain I could think of was the excruciating pain of bonding. “Why do I feel that you do not want to do this?” The pain in his eyes was obvious.

            I felt bad that I was hurting Lucas’ feelings. “No, I’m just a little worried. I just don’t want to have bite marks on my neck.” I tried to be honest with him, but still be nice and not hurt his feelings any further. 

            “The bite marks will heal and the only people that will be able to see them are Demons. They will see your bite marks and know that you are taken.” He looked into my eyes. His eyes were begging mine. My insides warmed the longer I stayed in his gaze. A smile spread across my lips and I nodded. “Good, I will go hang this in the closet.” He hung the dress up and then joined me on the bed.

            We stayed home that night and all the next day. The day after that at ten o’clock we went back to the club called the Blood Bank. Lucas danced with me for a couple songs but otherwise stayed up in the Demon’s section. Around midnight I ran into Tom. We talked for half an hour before he told me he was gay. I acted like I didn’t already know. Within minutes of him telling me another guy came over to where we stood. He was short with light brown hair and brown eyes. Tom introduced us. His name was Vincent, and he was very enthusiastic.