Chapter 17: Here and Now
Jules
I can’t believe I’m back here again. Yet, when Rowan said that he wanted to be with me, every girly part in my body stood to attention and responded to his manly voice.
I look over as Rowan sorts through his kitchen cabinets and begins to heat something up. A frightful thought occurs to me at that moment. Is he preparing to drink blood? I mean, I’ve seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer and how one of the characters would heat blood up in the microwave. I cringe at the idea.
Rowan instantly notices my distaste and rolls his eyes. “It’s not blood. I don’t drink blood like that. I have a small refrigerator where I keep bags, or I go to my brother’s Halo and take it from a donor.
At his no-nonsense tone, a blush creeps up my neck, and I want to facepalm myself. I feel like such a newb. “Sorry, it’s just…umm…I know so little about you and what you are?”