Vlad looked away as he pulled his hood over his head to conceal his face. He could feel his heartbeat escalate with a foreign feeling, one that made him tense, because he knew what it was. If only she wasn't so strangely sweet and rather being her usual self, he wouldn't find it so hard to resist her charms.
"You should stop hiding beneath your hood." Ari said and at those words, she suddenly pulled the hood away from his face.
Vlad reflexively caught her hand as the hood fell. His eyes met hers for a split second and the tension in the air grew. Her porcelain skin felt warm beneath his finger tips and a familiar surge of desire swirled in his lower region.
There was a tempting yearning to feel her warm skin against his but before the situation could escalate any more, he shoved the fantasies in his head as he looked away while releasing hold of her.
