Free Sasha's Lion by Hazel Gower Page B

were all clean he got out of the shower, turning it off, and
they dried each other. Going to bed he got into it, and she followed and
snuggled up to him.
    “Thank you.”
    Savron kissed her head. “I have no idea why you’re
thanking me. I should be thanking you.”
    She looked up, her hands resting on his chest.
“Thank you for letting me keep my promise to myself.
You could have taken me before. I know I would have let you, but you didn’t,
and that’s the second time you’ve done that.”
    He squeezed her tighter to him. “I want you to want
it. Not because I coerced you into it. I think we’ll need to have a talk soon,
though, about it. What’s going to happen if we are like that and forget to use
something?”
    “I’m on the pill. It helps regulate my monthly
friend. So if you’re clean and I’m ready…” She trailed off.
    He closed his eyes and at least felt good knowing if
anything did happen they would be covered. “Go to sleep. You have school
tomorrow.”
    She sighed and rested her head back on his shoulder.
He listened as she drifted off to sleep letting himself follow.

Chapter
Seven
     
    Sasha sat on the floor with her homework spread out
before her. Savron was due home any minute, and she’d stayed up to see him and
fall asleep in his arms in bed. This week she’d grown used to sleeping in his
warm embrace.
    She fought to keep her eyes open as another hour
passed. Jason, her dance partner, had dropped her off a couple of hours ago,
and she’d been trying to finish her assignment as this weekend she wanted to
have some time with Savron because the following weekend would be busy with the
dance competition.
    She must have drifted off as she woke to Savron
carrying her. “Hey. What time is it?”
      “Late. Sorry,
gorgeous. I had a situation.” He placed her on the bed and as he caught the
light of the bathroom she gasped.
    “What the hell happened?” She touched the scratch
marks on his face.
    “Let’s just say that there were more vampires than
we thought.”
    “Vampires? As in ‘I’m going to suck your blood’ vampires.”
    Savron chuckled at her lame attempt at Dracula’s
voice.
    “Yes, vampires, and not the sparkly
we’ll-love-you-forever ones.”
    Sasha’s sat up and hugged her legs to her chest.
“Holy shit, what else exists?”
    Savron sighed loudly as he got in bed next to her.
“I can’t put off telling you anymore.” He scrubbed his hand over his face.
“Well you know about leprechauns, and now vampires, but there are a couple of
other nasty things out there. Trolls, giants, and what we call boogie-men.
Trolls are much like the myth. They feel a bridge or a busy gateway is theirs,
and if you don’t get their riddles or pay their toll you die. Giants are
destructive creatures. Not only are they huge, but they have a—I guess you
would call it a sonic boom that topples buildings and structures.”
    Sasha stared at him, shocked at what she was
hearing. He reached over and pulled her to cuddle him. Savron’s arms came
around her, and he stroked her back.
    “Vampires, they suck the life out of you. It’s how
they stay alive. When they take your blood they absorb years of your life, and,
yes, they hate the sun.   Lastly there are
the boogie-men.” He shuddered against her. “If you ever find a man or woman who
is breathtakingly beautiful back away slowly and get away from them. Boogie-men
or women, I think are the worst. They can control your mind and get you to do
terrible things. They also have the same powers as vampires by taking your life,
but unlike vampires they can keep you alive for years and are not killed by or
scared of the sun. They’re also conniving and get the other creatures to work
together and trap and kill shifters. Some humans call them demons, but I know
some decent demons, and I wouldn’t insult them like that.”
    Wow .
What was she supposed to say after what she’d just been told? “What do you mean
you know some demons?”
    She felt