“I’m happy that you are taking this all so well and really accepting it,” Sandy replied and Lily shrugged, getting weird vibes from her mother but decided to just let it rest. Sandy placed a small plate in front of her as James entered the kitchen and Lily scowled. Why was he everywhere? She complained silently.
“James,” Sandy greeted happily giving him a hug and kiss like she had with Lily. He smiled and greeted her with a hug and kiss in turn. Lily scowled even more as she bit off a piece of bacon and gagged as it hit her stomach. She covered her mouth getting up quickly for fear she might get sick.
“Everything okay?” James asked, but she ignored him.
“What’s wrong, you can’t eat?” Sandy asked and Lily shook her head once the feeling of nausea had passed. Sandy shook her head then grabbed something out of the refrigerator. “Are you hungry? Do you need this?” she asked holding out a black container.
“No!” Lily cried out urgently as she leaped up from the chair. “I-I’m not hungry please, get that away from me,” Lily pleaded with her disgusted.
“What is that?” James asked and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
“None of your business,” Lily snapped and Sandy “tsked” her.
“It’s… well… it’s blood James. The vampire king said she must drink it if she is hungry and can’t eat,” Sandy explained and Lily growled quietly, hating the look of concern on his face. “I really don’t like the idea at all,” Sandy went on. “How do we know how it’s safe, or how they got it? I really wouldn’t like you taking blood from someone who forced into it,” she explained.
“Well I don’t have much choice really Sandy,” Lily explained feeling a little calmer. “Anyways, I am not hungry so please just put it away,” she added and Sandy nodded with a look that made Lily want to stop and scream like a child. It was a look of pity and she hated that look on people’s face. It was the look a person gave a victim and she wasn’t a victim!
Lily turned on her heel getting out of the kitchen as quick as possible. She walked into the living room where she found Greg, typing at the computer. “Good morning Greg, have you slept any at all?” She asked pulling a chair over towards him. He looked up from the screen and smiled at her.
“Morning Lily, and yes I have slept,” he told her with a quiet laugh and she returned his smile.
“Have you got anything new on the files from the lab or anything on Xavier?” She asked and Greg sighed loudly.
“Nothing useful yet, honestly the data is practically useless but,” he started then his smile grew. “I know where Xavier has been, and what direction he is going. He is still using credit cards and such leaving a nice and easy paper trail. I don’t think he is making any attempts to cover his tracks,” Greg finished and Lily squealed with excitement and grabbed Greg, hugging him tight. She could’ve kissed him at that point but a loud deep growl sounded from behind them.
Lily tuned to see James glaring at them. He wasn’t seriously going all werewolf cave man was he? She wondered as she returned his glare. If it wasn’t for the fact that Greg looked like he was about to faint, she probably would’ve kissed him a hot messy kiss just to piss of James. So instead she sat back down in her chair. “Ignore him Greg, I think he is constipated or something,” she told the shaken werewolf and James glared at her and growled even more.
If he thought she belonged to him then he was sadly mistaken. She’d sleep with every man in the town just to prove it! “So have you told Andrew yet?” She asked ignoring James; hoping he’d get the point. Greg looked at James who had walked over standing directly behind Lily, much to her irritation.
“Not yet,” he started slowly not taking his attention off of James. “I need to organize it a little but this evening, I’ll show him,” he explained with a meek voice.
“Organize what?” James asked. Lily clenched her jaw with anger, why he had to stick his nose into everything? She was just about to tell him to go blow himself, with those words exactly, but Greg rushed to explain about the paper trail, much to her irritation.
“This is great! With this we can follow him and probably even caught up to him,” Lily cheered, deciding to focus on her excitement as she got up from her chair. “You’re amazing Greg,” she told him and couldn’t resist the urge to piss James off. She leaned over and gave Greg a kiss on the cheek. He is too sweet, she thought as he blushed bright pink. With a satisfied smile she started to go back to her room.
She was halfway up the stairs when someone grabbed her arm. She frowned when she turned to see it was James. “Do you mind?” she snapped glaring at the hand that held onto his arm and he was giving her a very nasty glare.
“What exactly was that back there?” He snapped back and she rolled her eyes.
“Doesn’t matter because what I do is none of your business… and don’t you dare say the “M” word or anything related to it or I promise you James I will mummify you in silver, got it,” she snapped pulling herself from his grip. She then noticed how his hazel eyes were strangely flecked with gold as he silently glared at her making her feel a little nervous. She intensified her glare, refusing to allow her nervousness show then turned quickly running up the stairs.
Lily closed the door, locking it with a heavy sigh feeling a strange mix of relief and frustration. Did he not get that last night was just a onetime deal and nothing more? She seriously hoped he didn’t think they were really mates because there was no way in hell she’d be his mate. She’d rather have a hole in the head to be honest.
Lily walked over to the small book case near her window and grabbed her pathology book feeling as if she had fifty pound weights on each shoulder. As if she didn’t have already enough to deal with, now she had to deal with a possessive love sick lycanthrope. If it could’ve been anyone other than James, she thought with a pout.
Lily had read her text book all the morning and well into the afternoon when someone knocked on her door. “Come in,” she called, not lifting her eyes from the page. When the door had closed again she finally looked up to see it was James.
Lily’s heart jumped to her throat and she frowned. “What the hell do you want?” She snapped, trying to ignore whatever it was inside her that was happy to see him. She was so done with being polite to this man; he’d get the point one way or another. He crossed his arms across his broad chest with a frown.
“It’s nice to see you too,” he snapped back. “I seriously wonder if Sandy calls you sunshine as some form of morbid joke,” he added sitting on the bed next to her. What did he think he was doing, walking in her room, sitting on her bed as if he owned the place? She shifted her weight nervously on the bed, not at all comfortable being this close to him.
“I am a very nice positive person,” Lily shot, keeping her mind clear by focusing on her anger but he didn’t seem offended. In face he smiled which bothered her more.