My Love Lies Bleeding (2000)
My Love Lies Bleeding
“I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised.
“I can’t believe you did that!” he railed. “After the field party, the vamps in the garden. Didn’t you hear a single word I said?”
“No, why don’t you yell a little louder?”
“This isn’t funny, Lucy.”
“I never said it was.” I crossed my arms and watched him stomping furiously around the foyer. “We did what we had to do. It was worth a try.”
“He could have killed her. And you.” He slammed his hand down on a side table, dislodging a vase ...of roses. It fell to the floor, cracking on the marble. Water and rose petals clung to his boots.
“But he didn’t.” The truth was I was still feeling the adrenaline. I curled my hands into fists so he wouldn’t see the way they were trembling. Maybe I wasn’t made for this spy stuff after all. “And anyway, you went out there and fought a bunch of pheromone-crazed vamps and we didn’t lecture you.”MoreLess
“I can’t believe you did that!” he railed. “After the field party, the vamps in the garden. Didn’t you hear a single word I said?”
“No, why don’t you yell a little louder?”
“This isn’t funny, Lucy.”
“I never said it was.” I crossed my arms and watched him stomping furiously around the foyer. “We did what we had to do. It was worth a try.”
“He could have killed her. And you.” He slammed his hand down on a side table, dislodging a vase ...of roses. It fell to the floor, cracking on the marble. Water and rose petals clung to his boots.
“But he didn’t.” The truth was I was still feeling the adrenaline. I curled my hands into fists so he wouldn’t see the way they were trembling. Maybe I wasn’t made for this spy stuff after all. “And anyway, you went out there and fought a bunch of pheromone-crazed vamps and we didn’t lecture you.”MoreLess
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