Chapter 31 I Would Have Kissed Her

-Ronan-

I am being torn in two.

One part of me wants to get away from Ara, because if that call hadn't interrupted us back at the clock tower, I would have kissed her.

And that would have been the end of me.

She might not understand the significance of a kiss for vampires, but if she knows that I have only ever kissed one other person before, she will get an idea of how important it is.

The other part of me doesn't want to be away from her.

I haven't had such a fun day in ages. Decades, really.

Her awe and curiosity about everything was contagious, and I found myself thinking of the same old monuments and places from different perspectives I had never imagined based on her questions and comments.

I've lived for a long time, and a human, of all people, is the one who has me seeing things differently.

We turn toward the road that leads to the manor, and I already see from afar that giving Gabriel free rein of the party may not have been the best id