Mae felt Vicker tense as she placed her hand on his thigh. She tensed for a few seconds too, as she thought about removing it. But there was nothing wrong with touching him, especially when it was going to help him relax. He was going into that anger-fueled mode of his. Where he couldn't think until he did something really bad.
“Everything is going to be fine,” she said to him. She took a deep breath as she stared at the road ahead, feeling him relax. They drove for a few minutes in silence. She found herself relaxing too, and she leaned her head on the headrest. She hadn’t felt like this for a while now. Being in the vampire house made her realize how much she’d come to rely on Vicker. She wasn’t sure if that was a bad thing or not. Even if it was bad. The truth was she needed him.
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