Devour Me

Chapter V - Be Mine ?

"Seriously Nyx what the fuck was that yesterday ?" Xuriella asked placing a forkful of salad into her mouth

Xuriella and I met at the Cheesecake Factory for lunch. Kaliyah was supposed to join us but she had to feed first. Forking around the gumbo soaked rice on my plate I sat the fork down and looked at her. I couldn't provide her with a straight answer, because honestly, I don't even know why I did it. Did the bite provide me with a good feeling ? Yes it did but I didn't plan on it being a recurring act. Even King agreed to do it only once. But I couldn't deny his words still lingered in the back of my mind when he said we'll see if that one feed satisfied him. Would he actually try to continue to feed on me ?

"Nyx" Xuriella called out causing me to snap out of my thoughts

"Sorry, Xuri. I mean I'm not sure why I did it. But can you please relax. You're making it seem like I did crack or some shit" I said allowing my irritation be known

"I'm just trying to look out for you. You can't always let your guard down with vampires" She said her voice lowered when she said vampires

Slanting my eyes at her I was taken back by her words. Granted we always had to be on our Ps and Qs when it came to vampires but we have to do that with humans too in this day in age. And what else rubbed me the wrong way about this comment was the fact our best friend is a vampire. Did she feel that way about Kaliyah, it made me wonder.

"You feel that way about Kaliyah too ?" I asked raising a brow as I awaited her answer 

"No, because I know Kaliyah and this isn't about her. It's about King. You've known him for what a couple of weeks and you think you know him ?" She quizzed

As much as I love Xuriella she was starting to piss me off with her bashing. It almost made me feel like she had a personal vendetta against King and I wasn't comprehending why. Not in the mood to eat because of how annoyed I've become I slid my plate away from me.

"You're really sticking up for dick with fangs attached to it. I thought that him feeding was stupid. You sticking up for him is beyond me" Xuriella said scrunching her nose up

"Why are you so pressed by it Xuriella ? Did you have something with King before and this is your way of letting me know. Because what you're not about to do is make me feel stupid about a decision that affects MY life and not and mine" I retorted rolling my eyes

Xuriella's eyebrows knitted together at my quick snap at her but I didn't care how she was feeling. I didn't know what her problem was but I wasn't about to allow it to fuck up my day. We've had our fair share of spats but this one was different. I could tell she was holding something back from me that was causing her to act this way. But at this point, I didn't even care to listen. I just wanted to get out of this restaurant before my friendship ended over a guy I'm not even dating let alone sleeping with.

Standing to my feet I reached into my black Gucci purse, retrieving the matching wallet I peeled a few bills out and placed them on the table. I didn't bother to utter another word to her as I walked away from the table. Muttering a few excuse me as the restaurant began to become crowded due to the lunch time rush I made my way outside to my car. To my surprise, Kaliyah was waiting at the car for me.

"Why are you waiting in the cold-you know what I forgot" I chuckled trying to push the bullshit with Xuriella aside

"I was walking in but I saw you leaving out. Xuriella coming too ?" Kaliyah asked going to the passenger side of the car

"No, I left her ass in there. I don't know what her problem is but you need to talk to your friend Kali. Why is she so hung up on me letting King bite me ?" I asked opening the door