Kiss and Tell(58)
“They are going to love you. And don’t worry, I’m sure Roxy will grow on us all.”
She smacked his arm. “But what if they don’t? I mean, I’m sure I’m not at all what they expected. Do you have brothers and sisters? How many? You’re not what Roxy expected either, you know. Will they all be able to read my mind? How many people are we talking about, Seth?”
He sighed. “Well, I guess it depends. Are we counting aunts, uncles and cousins as well?”
“Yes. No. Yes. Just tell me.”
He kissed her gently on the lips. “Counting aunts, uncles and cousins, there were I believe three hundred at the last count. But you’ll probably never meet a couple of them.”
If her questions were any indication, her thoughts were flying all over the place. Before Jason came into his life, he’d have never been able to keep up with her—or understand her. No one else in Jason’s family had ever prepared him for such a quirky woman. He would have to remember to thank his friend for getting him ready for his mate.
“Three hundred! Wait, why won’t I get to meet them all?”
“Well, a few of them are…grounded, for lack of a better word.”
“Vampires can get grounded?”
“They can when their mom finds out they’ve been boasting to humans again. Of course the real trouble happened when my aunt found out that one of the humans who heard my cousin’s exaggerated boasts decided to write the story down and sell it as a book.”
Her eyes widened. “Who?”
“My cousin, Vlad.”
If possible, her eyes grew wider. “You mean, he…the Vlad is your cousin? That Vlad?”
“Don’t believe everything you read in a book, love. Almost every word he said to that old hack was a lie. Pure fantasy. But a little thing like that didn’t stop people from hunting us.”
“Okay, I was nervous before, but now… You’re family is famous. You—I…”
“Willow,” Seth interrupted.
“Yes, Seth?” She was clearly distracted by his revelations.
“You’re thinking too much.”
“Then help me to stop.” She lowered her head to his for a kiss.
“That, love, will be my pleasure.” He still felt hungry, still had the desire to drink from her, but the aching pain had ceased. And now that he knew he had an eternity to be with her, to taste and love her, his hunger seemed to ease.
Chapter Twelve
Willow smiled as she watched Seth bring in the final boxes of her clothes.
“I don’t think your sister likes me very much,” he grumbled, remembering the way Roxy had yelled at him.
“Of course she doesn’t. She’s scared you’re going to break my heart. You should have heard what she had to say when she found out I was moving in with you. She’s not going to believe that you proposed until she sees us actually getting married. She warned me that I was making a mistake,” Willow said, clearly enjoying being able to tease him. “And she couldn’t believe I wouldn’t take my job back. She wanted to know how you got my boss to admit he was lying.”
“What did you tell her?”
“I told her you showed him your teeth,” she teased again.
“Willow…” He scolded her menacingly, giving a mock growl.
“She thinks I was joking, calm down.” Putting the box in her arms down, she approached him. “I have a surprise for you.”
“You are all the surprise I could ever need.” Leaning down he kissed her lips tenderly.
“Then does that mean you don’t want to know what it is?”
“Hell no,” he laughed.
To his delight, Willow echoed the sound, giving the throaty laugh he loved. “You have to catch me first.” Without looking back at him, she turned and ran down the hall.
Looking at the box in his hands he smiled as he dropped it and easily caught up to her. Scooping her up into his arms, he carried her into their bedroom. No matter how many times he thought it, he couldn’t stop the smile that came to his face when that phrase came up. Their room. He wasn’t alone any more.
“No fair, you cheated.”
“Haven’t you heard, all’s fair in love, sweetheart.”
“Yeah, but you used your superpowers. And I don’t have any.” She pouted in his arms but didn’t struggle to remove herself from his embrace.
Seth had to fight to repress his chuckle. He knew she was only teasing. “Now that just isn’t true. You have much more power than I do,” he said, playing along.