Blood Drunk: A Slow-Burn, Fake-Dating, Witch-Vampire Romance by Robyn Herzman

Author:Robyn Herzman [Herzman, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Since Roman Adler strode into my life, I’ve been sleeping better. Save for that one, pesky little nightmare. I blink awake slowly. I’ve been trying to puzzle out what possible connection there could be between those two things.

Okay, so the guy saved my life the night I met him. There’s that. Credit where credit is due. But that feels like the least of what he’s done. He’s cracked me open, splinter by splinter. Said things to me I never could have imagined hearing from another person.

I’ve never been able to look away from you, he said after telling me he’d nearly killed Zander for hurting me. If you’d asked me a month ago if I would want a man to be so protective, so possessive of me, I’d have laughed in your face and possibly Blood Hold you because I don’t want or need anyone else.

Morning light seeps through the edges of my curtain, gilding my cream walls in dancing hues of butter and daffodils.

Or I’d thought I hadn’t wanted or needed someone else. A partner. That falls under my rule. Do not fall in love. The one rule I hold above everything else.

I am not falling in love, I tell myself firmly, climbing out of bed. A near-manic laugh spills from my lips. Love! Pah! I’ve only kissed the guy. And, yeah, okay, I’d be more than happy to do a lot more than kissing Roman Adler, but none of that requires love. Nope. Nup. No love here. I don’t do messy feelings.

It’s better for everyone that way.

I take my time in the shower and not for the fun reason. I wash my hair in a kind of lonely daze until I realise I’m picturing Roman here with me. Not naked or anything. Just. Here with me. Looking at me. Seeing me more than I’m used to.

I towel myself off. Well, if meeting Roman has had one upside that feels… safe, it’s that I now have a job and—woo!—money! Okay, not a huge amount of money, but much more than before.

After my first few shifts and the awesome tips I’ve received, I’ve not only paid the bills, but I’ve been able to stash some extra money away. I plan to buy Juni some books as soon as I figure out which ones she would like most, but I’m also saving to buy a new laptop. Sneaking into the Apothecary to use the business computer is nowhere near as good as having my own.

I prefer squirreling away in my room and writing. I don’t want to have to go outside, and I have to go at night when the store is closed, which I can’t often do now because that’s when I work. Laptop Gods, hear me! I need you!

Every time I pay a bill, then stash away the leftovers (Goddess, bless you, left over money!), my pride surges. I’m paying my way in the world. I stand a little taller, the worry in my chest easing inch by inch.

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