Hellbound With You (WN)

He held her gaze, his poker face not showing a hint of anything as his unfathomable eyes sharpened a little. ”You will disappear for good once the sun rises if you don ’t do as I say. ” came his serious answer.

For a moment, Alicia ’s voice left her. She wanted to laugh it off but could not bring herself to. Probably it was because of his gaze and his voice as he said those words that told her he was not just teasing her but telling the truth.

”Give me a reason why I should believe you at all, Ezekiel. ” She lifted her chin in defiance. ”No, explain to me why holding your hand would even make me not disappear in the first place. Would that really make a difference at all? ” She did not quite believe that this statue of a vampire prince would suddenly be so kind to her and help her out now that she was running out of time. How would it benefit him at all if he did something so important like this for her?

”There are things I can ’t explain to you. Not right now, at least. ” He told her honestly.

She scoffed and rolled her eyes at him. It was not that he would come and voluntarily explain to her later anyway, right? At that thought, she gave an inelegant snort and clicked her tongue in irritation.

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”Fine. If you won ’t answer that, then answer this. Why would you even stop me from disappearing? How would that benefit you? ” she narrowed her eyes, ”I was even expecting you to rejoice at my final disappearance. You can finally get rid of me. It must be hard for you to act as you did for every second of the past two weeks. I guess you ’ve been so fed up with me that you decided to opt getting completely naked before me then dragging a woman to bed, huh? I have to admit, that was a really good move. Now you ’re offering this? I don ’t believe you are not getting something out of it. You ’re not that kind of a person. ” she shook her head, her smile bitter and resentful. ”If you think you can fool me twice – ”