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he an initial only kinda guy? That would be so mysterious.”
    I sighed shaking my head. Rachel was a reader. She always wanted to find some special allusion in everything. I didn’t want to tell her about Grayson. The fact that we would be presenting to him next week just felt, I don’t know, weird.
    “He does.”
    She waited for me to elaborate, but I didn’t. I got back to work.
    “Really?” she asked. I ignored her as I continued clicking away on my computer. “Fine! I see how it is. Just don’t except me to be sharing details about my love life with you anymore.” I knew that would never happen. Rachel was inclined to tell everyone anything about her relationships. Finally dropping the topic she grabbed the flyer templates and began scrolling through them again. I looked at my beautiful flowers and couldn’t help but grin. I was suddenly even more excited for Monday to come. 
     
    ***
     
    Sunday dragged on. During the daylight hours, I was locked inside waiting for our weekly delivery from the blood bank. Luckily, we owned the bank. It raised a lot less suspicion. Plus, I answered the delivery every week. I’m sure the drivers thought I had some really sick people that I took care of, not a building full of blood thirsty immortals that fed on human blood to survive. Afterwards, I headed to our in-home gym figuring I’d go a few rounds with the Wavemaster. Having superhuman strength really didn’t do you any good if you didn’t know how to use it. So I would try to get together with a trainer whenever I could and when I couldn’t, the Wavemaster made a good opponent.
    Once the sun set, I was immediately bombarded with Anton and his never-ending flirtation. He found me in the gym just when I started sparring with one of the trainers, an older vampire who made for an excellent sparring partner. Anton refused to leave, telling me he’d wait until I was done. Not really keen on the idea of him watching me, I quickly showered and followed him from the gym. He placed my hand on the crook of his arm. When I would try to pull away he’d squeeze my knuckles with his cool fingers causing my stomach to churn from his increased touch. I stopped trying to fight him off and just let him drag me along with him as he walked through the building while attending to business throughout the nest. We shared breakfast together, of the liquid variety. Vampires could eat food, but Anton chose not to. I think he thought it made him look less like a vampire. It held no nutritional value, unlike blood, but I still enjoyed the variety of flavors of a normal human diet.  
    Around eight o’clock, my phone chirped, alerting me to an incoming text. I looked around for Anton before I pulled the phone from my pocket. He was several feet away, arguing with one of his many helpers, which wasn’t unusual. That was part of what irritated me about Anton. He ran over people and treated them like garbage. I knew if I ever gave into him, which would never happen, that he would treat me just the same as he did everyone else. Look at Ava. But luckily for me there was no attraction from my side.
     
    Grayson: What time do you work tomorrow?
    Me: I get off at 5
    Grayson: Meet me on the corner of park & 34th at 6
    Me: Ok c u then
     
    I shoved my phone back into the front pocket of my jeans just as Anton made his way back to me. 
    “Who was that?” he asked, pointing to the pocket concealing my phone.
    “Work. Letting me know that tomorrow is going to be another late night.” I smiled brilliantly.
     
    ***
     
    Monday morning I made sure to pack an extra set of clothes for my date shoving them into a gym bag. I was anxious and worried at the same time and yet almost giddy to see Grayson again. There was just something about him that made me want to know more. The fear that my mother wouldn’t buy my lie, that somehow she’d see through it or catch me sneaking around lingered in the front of mind. I guess that was how teenage girls felt when