Free The Life of Anna, Part 5: Emerged by Marissa Honeycutt Page B

nodded. “I’d like that.”
*****
    Aaron returned Sunday night and Anna greeted
him at the door with a passionate kiss.
    “Are you okay, Anna?” he asked taking a step
back, surprise evident on his face.
    “Please don’t reject me, Aaron. I...I just
need you to fuck me.”
    Aaron grinned. “That’s what every man wants
to hear when they walk in the door.” He kissed her back and they
undressed as they kissed their way to his bedroom. They fell naked
into his bed and Anna rolled on top of him, straddled his hips and
impaled herself on him.
    “Argh!” she cried, not having expected it to
hurt.
    “Are you okay?” he asked.
    Anna winced and nodded. “It’s been a few
days.” She hung her head and tried to relax around him.
    “We didn’t have to go so fast, hon,” Aaron
said, pulling her hand and bringing his lips to hers. “I’m not in a
hurry.” He held her as he rolled her to her back, still inside her,
and kissed her neck.
    Anna closed her eyes and relaxed as he kissed
her. When the pain subsided, she moved her hips, wanting him to
move.
    “Better?” he asked, moving slowly inside her.
She gasped and nodded. “Good.” He grinned. “You feel so
amazing.”
*****
    “How was the funeral?” Anna asked later as
she ran her fingers over Aaron’s chest while they cuddled
together.
    “Sad.” He sighed. “Matt wasn’t taking it very
well. He looked like he wanted to jump into the casket with
her.”
    Anna stopped moving her hand. “I feel awful
for him...and guilty. First Ben’s death and now Jenna’s. Does he
hate me?”
    “No. He knows where the blame lies: with
Devin. He did ask about you, though.”
    Anna looked up at him, expectantly.
    “I told him it was better if he didn’t know.
He accepted that.”
    “Did you see Devin?”
    “Yes. He was there but, surprisingly, he kept
to the background. He watched me a lot so I was careful about what
I said and warned Justin to do the same.”
    “What about Jenna’s family?”
    Aaron shook his head. “Luke’s not well at
all. He’s so angry and I don’t blame him. I saw him and Devin
arguing. I assume it was about Jenna.”
    Anna was quiet. So many people dead because
of her. She hoped Tom knew how to stop Devin and would do it
soon.
*****
    “Have you found her yet?” Devin growled as
Jack walked into his study at his house. Anna hadn’t taken the bait
with taking and killing Jenna. He didn’t know what else to do. He
supposed he could keep killing off her friends, but that would get
messy. He wasn’t that desperate. Yet.
    “No. She’s...disappeared into thin air.” Jack
frowned. “There’s no trace of her anywhere.”
    “That’s not possible!” Devin shouted. “She’s
a fucking Immortal. She can’t just disappear.”
    Devin stood and walked to the window. Fucking
Ian. Devin would have gotten the information out of him if he
hadn’t killed himself.
    “They’ve run the security footage on all the
airports in the area, Devin. She didn’t show up in any of them.
Could she have teleported somewhere?”
    Devin shook his head. “No. Not without an
Immortal. Half-Immortals don't have that power.” He’d scoured his
books, trying to find any sliver of information as to how she
disappeared.
    “What about the missing dancer. Justin? He
didn’t have anything to do with it?”
    Jack shook his head. “Isaak caught him
smoking pot and fired him. He’s back home in New York.”
    “Is he dancing?”
    “I don't know. There’s no indication that he
is.”
    Devin growled and looked out his window to
the street below. His powers were safe for now, but soon they would
start failing without Anna to renew him.
    “He’s from New York?” Devin asked
thoughtfully.
    “Who?”
    “Justin.”
    “Yes. Danced for the New York City Ballet
until he came out here a few years ago. After Anna stopped
dancing.”
    “What about her other friend...Aaron? The one
who was friends with Alex.”
    “I believe that’s his name. Yes, he’s in