Unable to see in the dark, she carefully made her way back to her room. Half way there she bumped into her father. He was going to the kitchen and the... hadn't seen each other in the dark. Jessie instinctively wrapped her arms around him so she wouldn't fall. He was not wearing a shirt, so her hard nipples were grinding into his bare chest. After a long moment, when she could swear she felt something growing hard against her leg. Jessie stepped back and moved around her father. Neither one had. “Don’t.” I begged him. I wanted him to stay, cuddle and let me drink more of his delicious…blood.“Aria, my love. I would love to stay; but I cannot. It’s not right. Not yet. “But my dad…” I tried arguing.“…loves you very much and would die for you. He is your mate as well. Trust me, you will drink from him and awake in the morning with a different perspective. I promise. Please, take my advice and trust him. He will not ever hurt you.” With that, Ryder kissed me on the mouth and. She'd been praying for a ticket out of NOC. This was apparently it. If this worked out, great. If it didn't, she had pretty well resolved that whatever happened she wouldn't be going back there; this was the chance to break away.The bus left Knoxville very late. It was still in Tennessee when dawn rose, and halfway across Arkansas when the sun set thanks to a layover in an extremely scary terminal in Memphis. When it rose again, after a layover of several hours and a change of buses in Oklahoma. My hands were to my sides, not touching her at all. She finally leaned forward and told me that it was ok to touch, but I was really nervous about cheating on my girlfriend. She put her chin on my shoulder, right next to my ear and whispered to me in a very sad and gentle voice- almost as if she was begging and about to cry, "You can touch me anyway you want to."I tried to move her back, but she was still wrapped around me tightly, still grinding her hot body against mine.I was totally.