Page 31 of As Darkness Fall
Yet, he’d agreed to the farce of “returning Aaron to the room Jo was being held in” as the change in his contract, and he’d done so without batting an eye. Not that I called him out on it, nor would I. This was just Aaron’s way of showing he was a good guy, without him having to be forced toadmitto it.
“Doing this will put you on a lot of people’s radar,” I said instead.
“I know,” Aaron said quietly. Without hesitation. He knew full well what he was getting into, and he was doing it anyway.
As I said, a good man.
I let loose with another power-yawn, feeling myself being pulled toward Aaron as I blinked back sleep. He would make a nice shoulder to rest on as we drove. I trusted that he would support me. Whether I deserved it or not.
Behind us, Vir stirred abruptly and sat up.
I stiffened and pulled away from Aaron, only noticing now how close I’d gotten as a spike of adrenaline raced through me, bringing me back to alertness.
You need to be more careful. Can’t let yourself do things like that just because you’re sleepy. What if you hadn’t been in a vehicle and that had been Vir? Next thing you know, you’re cuddled up to a god, and it’s impossible to say no to the Soulbond.
It was hard. Really hard.
In the span of a week, I’d gone from resisting as hard as I could the call of a man I hated to being torn between two different men, both of whom called to me in different ways.
Aaron was dark, cool, and full of mysterious sexual vibes that parts of me ached for, even if they shouldn’t. He promised me unparalleled sexual satisfaction and the promise of a man who was tough on the surface but gentle where it counted.
Vir, on the other hand. Vir was a god. A literal g-o-d. It was still hard to fathom that, to accept it as reality, but I was trying my hardest. Our Soulbond was strong, even though it was only a few days old, and it whispered all sorts of warm, fuzzy pleasantries about him that, unlike Johnathan, I could actuallybelieve.
Though, of course, I had to remind myself that I wasn’t being torn between two men. Neither were human. Maybe Aaron was half-human, but he most definitely was part somethingelse, and Vir only looked human.
Just something else I was going to have to remain aware of while in their company.
Probably best if you don’t let yourself fall for either of them. Not emotionally, at least. But maybe some fun could still be had.
My wolf perked up at that, but I pushed her down. Whatever it was that ended up happening, if anything at all, it certainly wasn’t going to happen now.
Yet, we were slowing down.
I glanced over at Aaron. “What’s this for?”
“Gas,” he said, pointing a finger lazily at the dash, where I’m sure the fuel gauge said it was low or something. I didn’t know. I couldn’t tear my gaze from his face.
We drove into the service station just off the exit and right up to a pump. Aaron stopped and then waited expectantly. I started to frown. Was he waiting on me?
“Well?” Aaron said.
I almost started to reply before I noticed he wasn’t looking at me but rather the rearview mirror. At Vir.
“What?” Vir asked, looking back and forth at both of us grumpily.
“We need gas,” Aaron replied flatly.
Vir stared right back at him.
Oh, for—
“He doesn’t know how,” I growled at Aaron, wondering how long I could put up with their bickering.
“Actually, I do,” Vir said to me, his voice full of pep and energy. The exact opposite of the way he’d spoken to Aaron. “I’m a god, remember? Perks of the job. I’m just not pumpinghisgas.”
The way he said it was like Vir expected me to beproudof him for not doing as Aaron said.
Meanwhile, the other truck had pulled up, and Fred was already out and hooking up the gas pump to the tank. He saw me staring at him and waved, smiling big.
