Chapter 21: Chemistry

Parker had stopped keeping her bedroom curtains closed. She liked being able to see outside, and she hoped she could trust Lucien enough not to be too creepy.

She brushed her hair as she got ready for bed, humming softly to herself. It bothered her that Damien would try to push her away when she wanted to support him and help him. He wouldn’t even listen to her.

She imagined that vampires could get pretty stuck in their ways after hundreds of years, but she couldn’t even get him to let her in a little bit. Parker sighed, setting her brush down.

Just before slipping into bed, she got a glimpse of a hawk outside her window. Sighing, Parker grabbed her robe and opened her bedroom window.

“You know, contrary to what popular culture would have teenage girls believe, stalking isn’t exactly a turn-on,” Parker told the hawk. The bird squawked and then trembled as it transformed into Lucien.