Page 31 of I Dated a Golden Vampire
“Yes.Cabree, I had no idea.”
Pria removed the water.“Don’t go for clothes, Cabree.It’s the last thing you want to do.”
“Why?”
“No shame in reacting the way you do.I still get queasy with I see a rising wave.That is why the cruise.Face my demons.”Pria glanced at Cabree, “I mean, my demons don’t have eternal boners, but you deal with what you are dealt.Are we good?”She looked between them.
Denog nodded.“We are good.”
Cabree smiled nervously.“Good.Sorry to have set the alarm off like that.”
“No problem.It got me out of some weird flirtation with Riro.”Pria winked and slapped Cabree’s butt with a loud smack as she left the door and closed it behind her.
Cabree walked back to the bed and turned her head.Denog sat next to her and took her hand.“So, I think we need to have a chat.”
Cabree exhaled.“About the...”He nodded.“Well, I went into the program early, studied, and what happened happens a lot, apparently.An active took an interest in me because I looked like suit bait.I said no; he persisted.I said no again.He continued.And then...I said no when he was in front of his buddies.He was a speedster and ran with me until I passed out, and I woke up with him on top of me in the next country.He finished, got up, saw blood, and laughed.Then, he left me there and ran home.I got up and called a friend for help.She called another friend, and I was soon being carried to a med facility for treatment.”
She clenched her hand on his.“Apparently, I didn’t speak for twelve days, but the male in question was stupid enough to grab me in a public space.”
“Is he still around?”Denog asked innocently.
Cabree smiled slowly.“No.He disappeared on vacation and was never seen again.It was a relief.”
“Ah.Too bad.What do you think happened to him?”
“I think he’s in low orbit and due for re-entry sometime in the next decade.”She smiled.
“Who was the friend of the friend?”
“He’s on one of the teams.It was a favour to my friend, and I know he was paid for the favour.Frequently.”She chuckled.
“He was paid for homicide?That must have been pricey.”
“Well, we don’t know for sure that he is dead.He may have had a secondary activation not to need to breathe.We will find out when he’s back in the atmosphere.”
Denog chuckled.“So, you have an alarm set?”
“Yes.It isn’t that I am in danger; it is that my PTSD perceives a danger based on logical conclusions.”
“Like, angry, active male.”
“Yeah.That gets a jump on the panic right away.”
“Because he shouted before he attacked.”
“Correct.”She tapped her nose with her free hand.
He paused.“But when I get loud during sex, that is fine.”
“Yes.”
“And you don’t like an area that smells like sex?”
“I don’t like an area that smells like other people having sex.”
Understanding struck.“You are monogamous.”
“Yeah.Tacky.I know.”
