Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 19

Luna slowly removed her hands and the crystal ball reverted back into it’s original pitch black colour. I mirrored her action.

To my surprise, Luna had a slick smile on her face.

“I’m not touching you,” she stated, almost wickedly.

“What, why?” I immediately felt the hope that I had began to shatter,” but you said-“

“What did you see,” Damon was now up and standing beside me, his gaze locked with Luna,” what do you mean you won’t touch her.”

“I mean I can’t,” Luna’s expression had gone back to serious now.

“Why not,” Damon insisted.

“The girl has the Mark of Eros,” Luna stood up and grabbed the ball,” she didn’t enter The Underworld by mistake.”

She disappeared into the back and left a confused Damon and I.

I wondered what the Mark of Eros was. Did it have anything to do with the burning sword that had showed up on the crystal ball. I’ve never seen that symbol before in my life but it definitely resembled something I had seen in Greek mythology class.

“What’s the Mark of Eros,” I asked Damon,” why can’t she help me, what does it mean?”

He ignored me completely. Damon looked lost in thought and confusion.

Luna came back out and he barked out,” Are you sure that’s what you seen?”

Luna now looked amused by all this,” I’m offended.”

“By who?” Damon asked,” can you at least tell me that?”

Luna stepped closer to Damon and played with the collar of his shirt,” He’s closer then you think.”

“Do it anyway,” Damon breathed out,” Perform the ritual anyway.”

“You want me to upset every god I believe in because you want to get rid of your little human problem?”

“Please,” Damon’s eyes looked almost as if they were pleading.

“Sorry sexy,” Luna turned to walk away from Damon,” you were good, but no ones that good.”

“What do I do now,” he ordered,” how do I take her back to the castle, proving to my father that I failed him once again.”

Luna shrugged,” Not my problem, and your father should be the least of yours. You’ve got a marked foreigner on your hands now, you need to worry about that.”

“Tell me by whom, whoever she belongs to, she’ll be their problem too.”

“I can’t give you the hint and the answer as well Damon,” she sat gracefully on the dining room chair and sipped her wine,” you’ll figure it out sooner or later.”

“Luna-“

“Now get her out of here before someone gets a whiff of her.”

“Luna-“

“Now Damon,” she raised her eyebrows as if challenging him to decline.

Damon looked down at me as if I was baggage and spat out,” Let’s go.”

I scrambled to my feet and ran behind him as he almost tore the door of its hinges and marched outside and down the stairs. In the distance I heard Luna’s voice echoing with the words,” See you soon.”

Damon was walking fast enough that I thought he must have forgotten about me.

After ushering for the guards to disperse, he continued marching down the busy streets of Brooklyn. I wish I knew what time it was and I tried to keep alert for a clock somewhere but it was almost impossible to do that and keep up with Damon. I knew if he wanted to, he could have been gone a long time ago but I’m assuming he had to maintain his speed because there was humans around.

Foreigners who have no idea how lucky they are. I was one of them not too long ago.

I wondered about Luna and what she had meant when she meant I had the Mark of Eros.

What the hell is the Mark of Eros? How do I get it off?

Damon had gone into a panic when she had said that. If I was such a burden to him, I wondered why he wouldn’t just leave me here amongst my people. I could find my own way back home somehow.

I needed someone to speak words to me. Someone to sit me down and tell me exactly what it meant that I had the mark and why had it made Luna change her mind about helping me.

“Damon,” I called out, struggling to keep up,” slow down!”

He came to a halt in front of a metal door stationed outdoor in between a sketchy looking corner store and a laundromat.

Damon rattled the door and it opened without much resistance.