Page 49 of The Vampire and the Barista

CHAPTER 16

After saying goodnight to Kitty and Karl, Ivan led Jamie into his bedroom. The door had barely shut when Ivan pulled Jamie into his arms and kissed the stuffing out of him.

He had been so afraid that Jamie would leave him after hearing about Derrick. He internally shook his head. He should have had more faith in his precious mate.

As they kissed, Ivan started to strip Jamie out of his clothes, before stepping back and, quick as a flash, Ivan was naked.

Jamie looked at him in shock before grinning. “Nice,” Jamie commented, looking Ivan over, “and not just your super speedy stripping. You’re perfection and all mine.”

Ivan stepped forward and placed his hand on Jamie’s cheek. “You’re the perfect one. I was so scared that once you found out about Derrick, you’ll collect Karl and Kitty and leave, thinking I was a monster.”

Jamie frowned and put his hands on Ivan’s hips. “He was the monster, not you. You didn’t turn him into a lunatic; that’s on him. He killed those people, not you. I meant what I said earlier, I’d be surprised if you hadn’t done some questionable things in the past, I’d just want to know what.”

“My past is really quite boring. I shut myself away for a long time.”

“Why, because of Derrick?”

“Partly, but my grandmother went on a murdering rampage, vampire hunters ended up tracking and killing her.”

“Vampire hunters are real?” Jamie asked in surprise.

“They are, and we can talk more about them at a later date, because we’re currently both naked, and I desperately want to make love to you.”

Jamie grinned up at him. “So what are you waiting for?”

“Nothing,” Ivan said, kissing him and carrying Jamie to bed, to spend hours making love to his human.

Ivan pulled up outside the school. He saw Kevin, Ian and another woman waiting outside the school gates for them.

Jamie turned to look at Karl and Kitty. “Ready?”

They both nodded, and the four of them got out of the car and joined Seth, Gio, Louise, Jack, Spencer, and some vampire guards, who were standing close.

“Welcome, your majesty,” Kevin said, bowing his head.

“Call me Louise, dear,” she replied, smiling at him.

“Thanks,” he said, looking at Seth. “Problems?”

“Possibly, but we’re being cautious. Now let me introduce you. This is Jamie, Ivan’s mate, his brother Karl and his sister Kitty. They need a new school closer to our place. And this is Jack and Spencer,” Seth said to the unknown lady.

“Welcome to Sleepy Magna. I’m Kevin Mellor, Alpha of the village. This is my second Ian, and Ew Singleton, the Headmistress of the school.”

“It’s nice to meet you all,” Jamie said, before looking back at Kevin and Ian. “I saw you both after we arrived in the kitchen.”

“You did,” Ian confirmed.

“They plague our coven,” Seth said, grinning at them.

“It’s the food,” Ian confessed.

“But now, back to school things,” Louise said, bringing them all back to the matter at hand.

“Let me show you around. As you know, this is a pack run school, but we do have a couple of human children already studying here,” Mrs Singleton said. “This section is our secondary school.”

The guards waited outside while they followed the Headmistress around, asking questions along the way.

Two hours later, they left the school. Mrs Singleton had given them a list of school equipment and uniform needed and promised to get their school records sent over, and told them they could start after the spring half term, which was due to start the next day.