Page 17 of Samuel's Bloody Obsession

“Well, what ur yae waiting fur? I’d like to see ma granddaughter married before ah keel over,” she said with her white eyebrows shooting towards her hairline.

“You're right.”

“Of course I’m right,” she scoffed.

“One thing at a time. I don't want to spook her,” I said, trying to smother a smile.

“Dae yae want me tae ask her fur yae?” she asked with a grin.

“No. Most definitely not,” I said with a frown.

“Since am generous, I will give yae a week.”

“You're so gracious, Glenda,” I said dryly.

“I need tae get yae hooked because I like you better than Jaimie, although he has been behaving better,” she said thoughtfully, and I nodded because I knew exactly why Jaimie the cunt was behaving.

My ears pricked up when I heard someone rushing. It was too fast to be a human, and it wasn't a car. I put the wool over the edge of the wooden arm of the chair.

“Please excuse me, Glenda. I need to check on something,” I said.

“I hope yur no gonnae to ask her to marry yae while she is wearing her work skivvies.”

I shook my head at her before I left the room, but as soon as I was out of sight, I paused to listen again until I heard it again. When I stepped out of Glenda’s apartment, I could vaguely hear Charlotte converse with one of the residents. I rushed around the entire complex, but there was no one there.

When I paused on top of one of the grassy hills, I spotted someone running in a Northerly direction. I didn't hesitate, and I was uncaring if any of the humans saw me. I sped through the retirement complex, across the park and onto the street. There should be no other vampire anywhere close to us. The last thing I wanted for Charlotte was to regress in her progress from her previous trauma.

After a quick look around, the vampire was no longer on the street. I clawed up the closest building until I reached the roof, but when I stood up to find the vampire, I couldn't see or hear him. I searched for the grey-coated culprit but to no avail. Torn between leaving Charlotte and remaining in pursuit of the vampire, I eventually went back to her work.

I could hunt at night.

Chapter 12

Charlotte

Samuel paused as we were about to go inside and he slowly looked around the estate. I frowned and looked around, but all I could see were trees and rain. I tugged on his arm, and he seemed to snap out of it.

“What’s going on with you? You've been distracted for the last few days,” I said.

“It’s nothing. I thought I heard something,” he said, shaking his head and leading me inside.

Given his keen sense of sight and hearing, it could have been anything or anyone. It was likely a fox or a badger at this time of night. After work, we came home and changed our clothes to go out for dinner. It had been a lovely change, and it had felt like a proper date until he had begun to get handsy under the table, not to mention the strange looks since Samuel hadn't eaten anything.

He locked the door as I walked through the hall, but I had barely got my coat off when he flung me over his shoulder like a caveman and ran upstairs. I let out a grunt each time I bounced on his shoulder.

“If I puke down your back, it’s on you,” I groaned, but we were already in our bedroom by the time I finished my sentence.

He slowly pulled me down and sat me on the edge of the bed. His dark eyes had an intense look in them as he searched my eyes. I stopped breathing when he knelt down on the floor on one knee, and I saw the burgundy velvet ring box in his hand.

“Charlotte, we were made for one another. I don't know how many times I’ve missed you in your previous lives, but in this lifetime, would you do the honour of becoming my wife?”

My eyes welled up at his words. These last two months had been full of laughter, love and happiness. I paused and cleared my throat before I could speak.

“I would love for you to be my husband,” I finally whispered.

He lifted my left hand and kissed it before he slid a stunning gold and diamond ring on my finger. I couldn't take my eyes off the solitaire diamond in the middle. The rest of the band had smaller diamonds running down the side of it.

“It’s beautiful,” I said when I could wrench my eyes away from it.

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