Blood Mates by K. Grey Page A

the door, snatched on her seat belt before crossing her arms over her chest to stare out the windshield.
    “What the hell are you pissed off about? You are getting your way...”
    “Because you are a bossy pissy dumbass and I’d rather Alfred took me because he is better company. You are so pissy... …” she then snapped her head around and glared at him. “AND I know you don’t like me which is just fine, but I won’t put up with a pissy attitude! So just drive!”
    Rhage just stared at her for a minute stunned. She thought he didn’t like her.  He knew Sloane said she was already feeling his emotions. She thought the
    Feelings she had felt from him was because he didn’t like her! Hell! He wondered what she would think if she knew he’d like nothing more than to strip her naked and fuck her for days. Hell! He would risk burning up in the sun fucking her on the hood of the SUV. Being this close to her that’s all he could think about. His rock hard cock agreed.  He was just staring at her. He couldn’t help it.
    “WELL! Drive!” she snapped.
    “It’s not that I don’t like you…” he managed to say.
    “What?” she asked barely hearing him? He had begun driving down the driveway.
    “I just don’t do good moods… I’m not a cheery flowery up beat person.” He grunted.
    “So you are just in a foul mood all the time?” she asked arching an eyebrow at him.
    “Yep….” He cut his eyes at her. “And for the record this is a stupid idea. You should be in the house where you are safe.”
    “Its daylight and half breeds burn up like toast in the sun…AND I’m sure you’re armed for something.”
    “Yes, I am…” he never left the house without being armed to the teeth and even in his room he had weapons within reach. He didn’t believe in not being ready for a fight.
    “There… see… there’s nothing to worry about.” She waved her hand in the air. “Everything will be fine.”
    Rhage shook his head. “Doesn’t your friend have someone else she could call?”
    “No…Jill doesn’t like to ask for help so for her to ask me to come is a big thing for her. She has always helped me when I needed her. I can’t tell her no…”
    “I can... call her and I will.”
    “NO!” Ava snapped. She gave him the directions. “I promised I wouldn’t be there long.”
    “I know we won’t. We will be back in an hour.” Rhage knew she was concerned for her friend. She was worried and he could feel it. He had a feeling if he wasn’t taking her she would have tried to go on her own. She was loyal to her friends and he admired that about her. They drove in silence. Rhage had no idea what to say. He wasn’t an outgoing person like Talon. Talon would know the right thing to say or how to talk to her. He didn’t have a clue! Hell the only thing he knew about women was how to fuck em… that’s it… he had learned all he needed to know and he never thought about anything else. And NOW he couldn’t even have a decent conversation with one.
    He noticed she was fidgeting in her seat. “What’s wrong?” he asked.
    “What if you get burned when you get out? I know Alfred said immortals can stand a little sun, but I don’t want you getting crispy on me.”
    Rhage actually chuckled. He couldn’t help it. He liked the way she put things. And she was CONCERNED about him. “The older an immortal is the more he can handle. We just don’t expose ourselves to the sun because it starts damaging at the first ray of the sun. The longer we are exposed the more blood it takes to repair the damage. So we just try to avoid it all together.”
    “Oh! Alright… I understand that… better safe than sorry.”
    “Yep... Now if you could just remember that…”
    Ava rolled her eyes. “Really? We have had this conversation, Rhage…Jill is important to me. I don’t have any family just her.”
    He nodded. He just didn’t like it. He wanted her safe! That was all he cared about. He noticed she kept glancing