[Rock]
After some time, I released Carmen and she traced my face delicately. I reveled in the softness of her touch and the gentle scent of her. I knew she was looking at me.
“Your brow is furrowed still, Rock. You didn’t let me go before you were ready, did you?”
“I think it will be a while before that goes away. We should go have some dinner. We have another meeting soon. With a vampire,” I told her.
“A vampire? But won’t it be too early for one of them to be up?” Carmen asked.
“No, he wakes up a few hours before the sun goes down. It’s why we have to do the meeting so late, but I’ve worked with him for years. He likes us to do the bigger stuff during the day and all the detail work in the evening, so he can come check it out,” I explained.
“I thought fae didn’t like vampires.
