Page 88 of Thicker than Blood

“If Elias turns me, I have no idea what I’ll be.”

“You’ll be you. Geordi.” His eyes light up. “Geordias.”

“Geordias?”

He nods happily. “Geordi, Elias—Geor-Dias. It’s your ship name.”

I shake my head as happiness bubbles out of me. “Yeah, okay.”

“Are you gonna do it? Let him turn you?”

I nod without hesitation. “Yes. He wants me forever. Just me. I’d finally have a home and someone to love me.”

“Does he love you?”

I shrug. “I don’t know if it’s the same for vampires, but he’s convinced I’m the one for him. That’s good enough for me.”

Enyo holds my hand in his. “Do you love him?”

The question bounces around my head. “What does that even feel like? All I know is that I want to be with him. I want the promise of forever. I want the security he provides. I want to stop hiding in a lab and experience life.” I smile with tears in my eyes. “And I want to be authentically me. All parts of me.”

“That’s awesome.”

“I’m afraid to lose Meredith though. And my job. What if she can’t trust me anymore? What if I shouldn’t be trusted anymore?”

“I don’t believe that. I don’t think you’re gonna change. I mean, obviously, parts of you will, but you’ll still be you. Meredith will understand.”

“I hope so.”

“Worst-case scenario, you can just hang out in Paradiso doing whatever the fuck you want.”

I laugh. “True. What’s going on with you and Jagger?”

His expression turns wistful as he gazes off past me and a sappy smile paints his lips. “I like him. I feel so… alive when I’m with him. He treats me like I’m something special.”

“You are.”

He shrugs. “Maybe. If he wanted to turn me, I’d say yes.”

“I should be scandalized, but I’m not.”

“I’m not afraid of it. I think it’s cool. Why do you think I became a vampire researcher? You were drawn to it because it’s in your blood. I was drawn to it because I’m a freak.”

We both laugh at that.

Elias, Jagger, and Lucius walk over to us. I canfeelElias’s emotions and desires pouring off him, warming me with waves of heat, like when you open the oven to check on your food. My stomach flips and my cock twitches in my jeans.

“We’re going to invite our friends back to the club,” Elias says. “You and I will have a private room with an audience of one.”

I nod, swallowing hard. I’m really going through with this. I’m going to let Elias fuck me in front of Tristan, and then, if all goes as planned, make me his for eternity. By morning, I’ll be changed forever.

Enyo squeezes my shoulder before allowing Jagger to lead him away. “Have fun,” he whispers.

“You too.”

“I’m starving,” Lucius says as he follows Jagger and Enyo. “Please let there be a pretty mortal to indulge me tonight. I’ve earned it.”

“We’ll find you two, or even three,” Jagger promises.

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