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“I already know Emberly is losing her shit. Maybe we can call her on three-way real quick,” I suggested.

“Do you remember her number?” Sutton asked.

“Now you know better,” I replied. Sutton knew I was terrible with numbers. I could spell just about any word in the dictionary, but when it came to remembering numbers, my mind went blank.

“My phone’s dead. Benji claimed he was going to bring me a charger. Once I charge it, we can call her then.”

“Okay, that works,” I agreed.

“Sooo,” Sutton mischievously said. “What chu been doing over there with Kenji?”

I laughed. Leave it to Sutton to be nasty. “Nothing,” I said.

“Bullshit, Quinny. If Kenji be making you feel how Benji makes me feel, ain’t no way there’s nothing going on over there,” Sutton said in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Didn’t you just say you had to fuck Benji up? I don’t think we have the same type of feelings.”

“I had to fuck him up because he thinks he slick. Benji claims I’m his soulmate and he can’t live without me, but he’s hiding something, and he thinks he can keep me locked up in this house until he gets his shit together. That didn’t fly with me, and he gone feel my wrath until he comes clean about whatever the hell he’s hiding. Nobody told his ass to come around and make me fall in love with him. I was good fucking and du—”

I didn’t mean to cut Sutton off, but her words threw me off. “You think you’re in love? Already, Sutton? It’s only been a few days.”

“Quinny, what else do you think it is? I might have experienced love a lot, but the way I feel about Benji is close to how I feel about you and Emberly, and I know for a fact I love y’all. All his ass has to do is give me a fucking look, and I’m doing whatever he asks me to. I fucked him after he kidnapped my ass. It’s Stockholm syndrome or love. I’d like to believe it’s love,” Sutton said confidently, making the wheels in my head turn. Did I love Kenji?

“I guess.” I sighed into the phone. Sutton was very headstrong. If she had her mind made up, there was no changing it. “You really had sex with Benji already?” I just knew my sister wasn’t going to fall for Benji’s charm so easily, but her ass folded like a chair.

“I sure did. Best dick of my life. Quinny, does Kenji talk to you about vampire stuff?”

“Yeah, when I ask. Why?”

“’Cause as explosive as Benji’s and my sex life is, he won’t complete our Blood Mating Bond. When he first told me about it, he told me we can complete it whenever. Of course, I was hesitant, but I slept on it and decided I was ready. So I go tell him I’m ready, and he comes up with a new add-on story, talking about it has to be a full fucking moon. I really don’t know shit about vampires, but I do know full moons are for wolves. I just went along with him. I’m letting him think he got me fooled. But I want you to keep an eye out for anything and tell me.”

“Of course, you should already know I’m going to have your back, but why stick around if you know he’s lying?” Sutton had a zero-tolerance policy. She’d find any reason to cut someone off.

“I don’t think he’s lying to be malicious. I think it’s more to the story. I see the sincerity in his eyes. Ugh! I can’t believe I said that goofy shit. I used to make fun of bitches who talked like that.” Sutton groaned, and I could see her rolling her eyes in her head now.

“Sutton done went soft on me,” I teased her.

“Sutton is in love for the first fucking time, and I don’t like it. I actually care about Benji and how he fucking feels. I don’t like this shit.”

“I’m really surprised how easy you’re taking this. I just knew you’d be coming up with an escape plan by now.”

“Initially, that was the first thing on my mind, but the more time I spent talking to Benji, the less I wanted to leave him. I feel safe with Benji. Like he’s where I’m supposed to be. That’s how I knew I was falling in love with him.”

“This is crazy.” I sighed, blowing out a deep breath. I still was trying to wrap my head around all of this. I didn’t expect Sutton to be so cool about any of our situations. Seeing her be so open really had my mind going.

“I’ma let you marinate on that. I know you are thinking real hard right now. I love you, Quinny, and I’ll call you later tonight.”

“I love you too, Sutton,” I said before hanging up the phone. I felt more at ease knowing Sutton was okay, but now I was worried about Emberly. I knew how not being able to get in touch with us could make her spiral.

Lost in my thoughts, I wondered if Kenji would take me back to get my phone. The feeling of something being tossed in my lap brought me from my head. Seeing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, I looked up to see Kenji fully dressed.

I smiled. “A vampire in designer. Never thought I’d see that.” Kenji had on a black V-neck shirt, a beige and black Christian Dior logo bomber jacket, and a pair of fitted black jeans. It was fascinating to see how up to date Kenji was even though he was old.

“You’d be surprised how many fashion designers are vampires. Humans think they invent things, but they don’t. We do. The designer, as y’all call it, is normal everyday clothes for us.”

“Alright, big spender.” I threw my hands up playfully.

“If I got it, so do you.”