Page 39 of Seize the Night

“Girl.”

“Boy,” she said. “Did your mom keep your room like this is a shrine?”

Julien laughed and pulled her to his bed—a full-size bed, thankfully. She’d worried it would be a twin.

“No. I was just too sick to care what posters were on the walls. The house has ten other guest rooms so mom’s in no hurry to redecorate. And now I’ve moved out so who cares what’s on the walls?”

“Have you thought about living with me?” she asked. “I mean, once we go through with this plan.”

“At your house on your parents’ land?” He sounded dubious.

“Actually, I have a better idea. Tell you when this is all over.”

“I’d live on the streets with you, Remi.”

“Don’t worry. I’m foreseeing much nicer accommodations for us. So you’ll move in?”

“I love you,” Julien reminded her. “And we’re in this together.”

“I love you too. And I promise, this is going to work. And no one will keep us apart ever again. ”

She kissed him so he would know she meant it. And she did mean it. This love had charged into her life kicking up clods of dirt with fierce and flying feet. She’d never expected it, never saw it coming, never knew what hit her. She’d been run over by a team of wild horses and she couldn’t be happier about it.

“You know,” Julien said into her lips, “I always wanted to have sex in my own bed at home while my parents were sleeping.”

“You rebel.”

“Want to?” he asked, pushing her onto her back again.

“Oh no, anything but that,” she said, throwing her leg over his back.

Julien slid on top of her and the bedspring creaked loudly.

And at that moment, someone knocked on his door.

Remi froze, her heart racing. She looked around wildly trying to find somewhere to hide.

Julien only rolled his eyes.

“Great timing,” he sighed and stood up.

“What are you doing?” she rasped.

He smiled at her.

“Show time.”

He opened the door and Salena stepped inside his room. She had a cup of ice in her hand for some reason.

“Am I interrupting?” she asked, one elegant eyebrow arched at the both of them.

“We’re done,” Remi said.

“We weren’t done,” Julien said, “But I guess we are now.”

“I got off the phone with my friend at the hospital,” Salena said. “Now’s the time.”

Julien exhaled heavily and nodded.

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