Page 14 of Trolling For Love

“I like you, Flynn Davies,” he murmured against my lips. I could feel the hard press of his lower fangs and it did even more strange things to me. I was hard, and I was shocked at how easily Gunnar had taken all my control away.

“Wow,” I whispered on a long breath.

“You make me want to do things to you I have never done with a human before, but I fear it may be more than you can take,” he said, snapping me out of my haze of attraction.

“You would never hurt me,” I said and slid closer into his side while he held me close with the same hand that had guided my lips to him.

“I would never mean to. But humans are far more breakable than you seem to understand. I would never hurt you willingly, Flynn, my Flynn,” he said, and my heart melted a little more.

“I trust you, Gunnar, with every part of me,” I said, and meant it. He’d shown me nothing but respect and a deep curiosity for learning about this new world he found himself in, and I was willing to help him all I could.

“There is so much I want to learn, so much I want to know about you and your world. Never did I think I would actually meet a human who I would want to spend any time with, but you proved me wrong. The hours we’re apart you’re always on my mind.” There was a low rumble in his chest as he spoke that I leaned in even closer to hear and feel.

“I’ll teach you anything I can, and we’ll learn together anything I can’t help with,” I promised.

“We get the whole weekend together,” he said and waggled his eyebrows shocking me and making him laugh at my reaction. “Don’t worry, little human, we can take it slow.”

“Oh, I don’t want to take it slow, I’ve just never seen you move your eyebrows like that.” He roared in laughter and slapped his leg. Laughing changed him so much I barely recognized him, but it also showed me how unhappy and unsure he’d been all week.

“You make me so happy, Flynn,” he said, and left off my last name which was apparently not easy for him.

“Good, I want you to be happy here.” I meant it, because now I was having a hard time remembering what it was like beforehe’d arrived at the worksite in the back of a truck. The washing machine finished and both of us shifted everything to the dryer before sitting together on the floor again. “Shouldn’t be too long now,” I said.

“I don’t mind waiting,” Gunnar said and slipped his arm around me. He was so much bigger than me and while at first that intimidated me, now it made me feel safe. He nuzzled into my hair, and I would have sworn I felt his tooth rub against my head before he took a deep breath and smelled my hair. “You smell like the trees, and fresh air.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It’s wonderful,” Gunnar said with a big exhale.

Chapter 13

GUNNAR

After our washing was finished, we put our bags into the truck, and I crammed myself back into the front seat. “Are we going back to camp now?” I was anxious to spend time with Flynn at camp without everyone else being there. I still wasn’t sure what we’d do but I didn’t care as long as he was there.

“Not yet. We need to get some groceries and something to eat. Did you want to eat first or shop first?” he asked just as my stomach growled. “Sounds like we’re eating first.” He laughed and drove us down the street to a restaurant I had not been to before.

“What is this?” I asked. I could smell food, but I wasn’t sure what it was.

“Pizza. Have you had it before?” He parked in a space in front of a restaurant and after turning off the engine he turned to look at me.

“No, but most human food is new to me. Dwayne is a very good cook,” I said and meant it. In the short time I’d been at the camp I’d grown to look forward to every meal.

“He is, but he doesn’t cook pizza. Come on, you’re in for a treat,” he said and led me through the door. There were many humans there, and when we first walked in the noise of them speaking all went silent, but when Flynn ignored them, everyone went back to what they were doing. There were a few monsters here having dinner too. I could sense them, but they were not something that was familiar to me.

A man and a woman sat at one table speaking quietly to each other, he had blond hair and appeared far younger than I could sense he was. I wondered then if Flynn could sense who was monster and who was human in the room, but I knew from experience most humans did not know a monster was nearby until they were being made a meal. But not in this place.

“Hey, Sandy, how’s everything at the school?” Flynn asked as he stopped at their table.

“Well hello, Flynn. It’s a pretty good year so far, how are you doing working out in the middle of nowhere?” she asked, and I knew she was like Flynn. She did not judge us.

“It’s been great, Gunnar just started working on the crew this week. He’s really helped us out a lot.”

“Hello, Gunnar, I’m Sandy Bosco and this is my husband, Bo. How long have you been here?” she asked.

“I was at the facility for about a year,” I said and hoped that’s what she meant.

“What part of the other world are you from?” the male, Bo, asked.

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