Page 2 of Marked By the Pack
Grudge and Elias both showed their faces. So did most of the other guys I spoke to.
But then there was KingOfTheDead aka King – a billionaire with unruly hair who wore a black and goldEgyptian Anubis mask. That was all I knew about him. And the billionaire thing was just a guess based on how much he paid me. Also the fact that he wore a mask. He wanted his privacy too. I was completely and utterly fascinated by him.
A few hundred people were viewing my livestream tonight. I saw Elias’ username appear in the corner. I arched my back more as I reached into my bowl of fruit and grabbed a banana. I slowly peeled it. And then I proceeded to put the whole thing in my mouth. Thewholething. All the way into my throat. I wore a bunny mask and ate phallic fruit. It was my signature thing.
My private message icon started blinking faster. I’d pick a few random lucky guys to talk to later. But first I really needed to speak to Elias.
I clicked on his name and a video of him flooded my screen, taking me out of the group chat.
“Hey, Zoey,” he said.
Yes, I used my real name. Zoey just sounded like a porn star name to me. I was born to do this. “Hey, Elias.” I got out of my arched back pose and lay down on my mattress with my heels in the air. It gave him a gorgeous camera angle of my ass, but I didn’t think he cared. He just wanted to talk. And tonight I was ready with my questions.
“Do you believe that vampires are real?” I asked. When Emma and her boyfriend Callum were in the same room as me, everything made sense. But when I was alone? All this doubt started to creep in.
Elias pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “Vampires? Really?” He smiled like it was the silliest thing he’d heard.
I’d thought it was silly too. But now that I’d met one? I believed. I just wanted more information. Because as happy as I was for Emma…I was still worried. What if Callum bit her again? What if he turned her into a vampire too? What if he accidentally just ate her? But I’d also promised not to tell anyone Callum’s secret. So…
I cleared my throat. “I was reading this book recently. And this girl falls for this guy. He’s all secretive. Yadda yadda. And eventually she finds out that he’s like 300 years old and is a vampire. That can actually happen, right? Scientifically speaking?”
“Um…”
“Scratch that. I know it’s real. That’s not my question. In the show he confesses to it and everything. What I really need to know is if vampires can control themselves?” I didn’t want Emma to get hurt.
He raised his eyebrow at me. “I thought you said it was a book?”
“What?”
“You said you were reading about this in a book. And then you changed it and said it was a show.”
“Did I?” I laughed. “That’s because it was a book made into a show. I read and watched both because it was so good.”
“What was it called?”
Damn it, Elias, stop being so inquisitive!“I don’t remember.”
He smiled. “You read it and watched it and can’t stop thinking about. Yet you don’t remember what it was called?”
I snapped my fingers. “It was because the book and show had different names. Don’t you hate when that happens?”
“Mhm.” He leaned back in his chair and loosened his tie.
For just a second, I stared at his Adam’s apple rising and falling. Why did he never take his clothes off? Why did he only ever want to talk? What was he hiding?
“Zoey?”
“Yes?”
“You look beautiful tonight.”
I felt my cheeks flush. He always did that too. Complimented me. Really…what kind of game was he playing? “Thanks.” I put my chin in my hand and stared back at him. “But really, Elias, can a vampire control himself? I need to know.” I’d pushed Emma toward Callum. I needed to know that I hadn’t made a terrible mistake. If I wasn’t wearing heels, I probably would have started pacing.
“I honestly haven’t read much about vampires.”
This was the first and only time I’d stumped him, and I was desperate to know the truth. “Oh.”
“Don’t sound so disappointed. I’ll do some research, okay? And get back to you?”
