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Dom cleared his throat. “Killed. As in dead.”
“Outside of our apartment?”
“In the alley behind the building. I found her.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“Sorry?”
“I’m sorry that you found her,” I clarified, because Dom was looking at me like he didn’t understand the words coming out of my mouth. “That had to be horrible for you.”
“Horrible. Yes.”
That was when I realized how ridiculous I sounded. Dominic Kent was a deadly vampire who’d been around for centuries. This was hardly the first body he’d seen. It was probably standard procedure for him. I also didn’t let myself wonder if he’d ever be responsible for making a person...un-alived.
“I can see you’re worried.” Dom’s expression was complicated as he watched me. “No, I didn’t kill her. No, I wasn’t tempted by her blood. I have self-control.”
“I-I wasn’t wondering either of those things.”
“Just clarifying so you didn’t have to ask.”
My fingers tapped nervously against the table. “How did she die?”
“Murdered. She was stabbed, but also...”
Dom leaned forward, elbows on the table. His face was close to me now, his forehead crinkled with concern. Those dark eyes were pools of uncertainty, but there was something deeper, something like worry, care maybe, as he fixed that beautiful gaze on me. I found it hard to breathe when his scent hit me, expensive shower gel and woodsy undertones.
“There were bite marks on her neck,” Dom finished. “I believe my brother was sending me a message.”
“What sort of message?”
“I thought it was you, Trixie.” Dom looked startled, like he’d not meant to say those words. “She looked like you. Same size, same color hair, same general clothing style. I think Sebastian was warning me that he could get close to you.”
“Why me?”
“He must know that you’re in my life,” Dom said. “He must’ve been watching me, which means he’d have seen us together. He’ll figure out that you’re important to me.”
“I’m not, though,” I said. “That’s the ironic part. I’m just some witch living in your apartment building.”
Dom’s gaze was as hard as stone as he looked at me. “I know for a fact that’s not true, and I think you know it too.”
“What?” I asked, the word echoing like a breath. “What are you talking about?”
Dom scraped his chair against the floor as he slid next to me. He turned me so that I was facing him. Our knees knocked together. His hands were on the arms of my chair, caging me in. His breath smelled like mint despite the fact he’d just finished his coffee.
“When I thought you were dead out there, I just about lost it.”
My breath hitched in my throat. “But we barely know each other.”
“There’s something between us, yes?” He pleaded with me. “Tell me I’m not imagining it.”
“You’re not imagining anything,” I said. “I don’t know what’s between us, but there’s something. And—”
“Trixie,” he whispered, cutting me off. “Unless you stop me, I need to kiss you. To explore this with you, to try. Ever since yesterday...” He shuddered. “If I don’t try, and I lose you, I’ll regret it for as long as I walk this earth.”
I gaped at him, a fish out of water. Then I leaned in, closing the distance between us. Dom snaked his hand around behind my head, threading his fingers through my hair as he smiled with relish, then devoured me whole.
His lips softened as they hit mine, his tongue gently plying my lips apart as he feverishly pulled me toward him. I let my arms circle around his neck as his hands began to move over my body—down my back, over my hips, onto my thighs.
