Arranged Marriage To An Egotistic Vampire... But Which One?? (Book 2)

Date Night... But Why Do I Feel Like I'm Preparing For My Death?!

Date Night... But Why Do I feel Like I’m Preparing For My Death?!

(RILEY’S POV)

I headed back to where Nick was stood staring at the backs of his old friends and I shook my head at him. “What did expect to happen exactly Nick? What would that little stunt have accomplished?” I asked and could feel my anger rising inside of me. He might have been doing it to protect me, but he knew how much Rose means to me and harming her harms me in my heart.

“I was trying to protect you.” He ground out and turned to look at me, as if for support. I raised my eyebrows at him and put my hands up while taking a step back.

“I love you Nick but what you did today was well out of line to any girl, especially MY best friend and her BABY!” Tears came to my eyes as I thought about what I would have lost if Nick had been successful.

“She doesn’t concern me.” He grabbed the tops of my arms and stared into my eyes. “What concerns me is that you live long enough to spend eternity with me and can have MY child. Rose’s child does not concern me and neither does she.” I felt like he had just slapped me.

“But she concerns ME! She’s the only family I have ever known and she’s my sister in all but blood making her child my niece or nephew no matter who the father is. I’m that child’s Godmother! But you look as if I’m the only one who would be affected by Rose’s death. I’m not. Did you see those two vampires who are desperately in love with her and that child? They would have lost the love of their lives, again for Alex, and they would have lost their child never knowing what it’s name will be, what it will look like, who the father is, what gender it is. All of these things that make babies exciting to have and they would have lost it all along with their love.” I shrugged out of his hold and pinned him against the wall. “Now imagine how you would feel if they killed me with our child growing inside of me. How would you feel?” His eyes began to blaze with anger. “So don’t be surprised why you just alienated your old closest friend and your newest friend.” 

I let him go and backed away from him, barely able to face him. “Don’t be surprised how you managed to alienate me.” He shot forward to me in the next instant with a pleading look in his eyes.

“Please don’t leave me Riley. When a male vampire has found his soulmate his protection instincts shoot through the roof along with jealousy and all other emotions. I just can’t control my feelings about you because they’re so new Riley.” I could have melted into those adorable eyes, but I steeled myself and couldn’t find it within myself to forgive him for what he had done yet.

“You’ll have enough time to get used to them while I’m gone.”

“Where are you going?”

“To apologise to Rose, James and Alex while hoping that Alex and James won’t ban me from seeing her again. Not that I could blame them.” I added to myself and turned my back on the one I love. 

Nick stood there while I headed out of the front door and slammed it shut for emphasis on my bad mood. I’d walked down the front steps of the door when I heard feet shuffling in front of me. I really needed to stop looking at my feet when I was walking in thought! Hoping it was Rose, I smiled and looked up which made my smile immediately drop.