Ryan frowned and looked off to the side and over the balcony. "You're not exactly asking for the easiest thing, are you?""I felt like they would devour me," Trisha replied. "I didn't feel safe, at all.""I won't leave your side if you have to do anything else with them, deal?""No," Trisha shook her head as she stared up at him. The man's eyes had narrowed the tiniest bit but he just nodded. "To have you completely removed from them is going to strip you of the reason for being here. How can you pretend to be my wife if you're not there with me?""You can just tell them I'm sick, or even tell them I'm pregnant or something," she replied. "I just refuse to be near them, ever."Ryan sighed and a weak smile flickered on his lips. "You win. I'll figure out a solution, somehow."Trisha grinned. "That settles it then, thank you."He nodded and they moved forward once more. It was several hundred more yards before they go

Trisha's every move was automatic as Ryan's words echoed through her head. He wanted to do that again? Her lips still burned from the brief contact that they'd had with us. When had this started? Ryan hadn't shown much interest in her until now.Though he had tried to cook for her once. True, it ended in failure. But it was an attempt none the less.  And he'd tried to make up for his nasty relatives by doing anything she wanted, despite him being not okay with the choice of events."Congratulations."Ryan's smooth voice was in her ear and she swallowed. "For what?" her words were a weak whisper. "You beat it."The haze surrounding her dissipated and she stared at her screen and the victory screen. The items that magically appeared in her inventory. "We really did it?" Funny, she couldn't remember even fighting it. Ryan had been on her mind the entire time. Why was such a handsome actor doing this to her? Was she about to end

 Trisha closed her eyes but try as she might she could not get back to sleep and to Kanda's side again."You look like you're having trouble getting back to sleep. I'm sorry I woke you." Trisha's eyes popped open and Ryan's dark eyes were practically in front of her."What are you doing?" Trisha demanded. I thought you were going back to bed."Ryan looked away from her. "I wanted to watch over you and make sure you got some rest yourself." His nostrils flared again. "Are you okay?" He repeated.Trisha sat up with a deep sigh. The urge to assault him had faded with the message from Logan. The message she still hadn't replied to."No, I just can't sleep now. You should go to bed though."He continued to stare at her, his eye focused on her lips. "I won't lie, I still  want to kiss you."The arousal that had clouded her mind was gone now. "I'm sorry, but I can't.""Because you don't know me well enough?" he

"I'm hanging out with Ryan and Kanda both. We're playing Clevania tomorrow. Ryan said he was going to give it a try since Kanda is getting addicted." Trisha replied. She didn't see any reason to keep it from him. Logan sighed. "Ryan again, huh? Trisha, you sure know how to make me jealous." The smile he gave her didn't quite meet his eyes, his face was in the shadows."Why would you be jealous?" Trisha shook her head again. "I really don't get you guys. Why are you settling on someone so ordinary? You guys could have your pick of women. You could have models, singers, actresses, the sky is the limit for you.""Our pick of money-grubbing, selfish people that only want our fame or access to our bank accounts." Logan shook his head. "I've had other girlfriends. I've tried to go on normal dates with them." He sighed. "Not a single one understood me. I had given up and thought I'd just have shallow relationships for the rest of my life, just boring shallow ordi

As Trisha roamed the halls she expected Kanda to grab her from behind at any moment. She ended up pressing her body against the hallways trying to rush as much as she could without being seen."Nakuni?" she hissed. Didn't he say that he'd come when she called him? "Nakuni?" she whispered again.The mansion was quiet. A stifling quiet that reminded her of the calm before a forest animal was killed in the forest. Was Kanda hunting her right now?Was she about to be attacked by him or even Ryan? A vampire. She'd been so close to a true monster for this long. How had she managed to stay alive?Would a true monster be afraid of killer plants though?Trisha paused in her scurry and frowned. Ryan didn't have any reason to pretend that he was afraid of something so strange.Was any of the time she spent with these guys true? Her brain ached. She wanted to believe that some of those moments were genuine, but how could she? Kanda had lied