Page 69 of Matteo

Shut the fuck up, you scared her,I groaned.

“Matteo?”

Rain’s voice shattered my concentration, and I nodded focusing on her face. Her eyes were heavy with curiosity.

“Do you remember when Nora was kidnapped?” I started.

“Oh God,” she bit at her lip. “Yes. And I also remember y’all didn’t do shit about it.”

“Not exactly true,” I took a deep breath figuring that was the best point to help ease her into this.

Outside, the rain had really picked up. I could hear it pelting angrily against the house.

“The man that kidnapped Nora…he was like…he was like a government experiment gone wrong. He’d been dosed up withsomething that mimicked something that me and my family members have naturally.”

“What…what do you have?”

Tell her what we are,the Corsican whispered.

Jesus, shut the fuck up,I hissed.

“Okay…just gonna rip the Band-Aid off, Stizzy. I was born with an entity called a Corsican…extra strength, a dual personality…I’m faster…”

Her eyes grew wide. “Does Nora…does Nora know this?”

She’s taking this better than I thought she would,I whispered to him.

She is ours,he whispered back.

I nodded. “Yeah, she does. And she’s protected our secret.”

Rain stood up and shrieked. “That little bitch! I knew she was holding out on me about something, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. You wait till I see her ass…”

In an instant with that super speed I’d mentioned, I was standing and pulling her in close to my chest. The way her blood started to pump through her body hit me like a ton of bricks. “Listen to me, Rain. This isn’t something you can just go mentioning in a café over coffees…”

“I mean…who in the world would believe me,” she whispered staring up into my eyes. “And that still doesn’t explain… you. In my head, all the time?”

“Doesn’t it though?”

Rain sighed. “If you tell me you’re some sort of dream walker I’ll lose my shit.”

“Then I won’t tell you that…” I paused. “Rain?”

She tensed. “Oh my God, what is happening?”

“Rain?” I asked again.

“Yeah?” She paused.

“How do you know what a dream walker is…and why aren’t you more freaked out?”

Her words came out in a stammer. “I…I’ve always been into the weird stuff. Crystals and tarot…not too heavy on aliens though. But like… I’ve always felt really in tune with things like that.”

Searching her eyes, I could tell she wanted to ask more questions. I cupped her face again.

“We…” I said slowly. “…would like to kiss you, now,” I inched down gently.

Her expression softened and I could smell hints of arousal then.

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