Kara thought she hid her reaction to the small smile that Hallbjorn gave her very well. It was the first time she could remember him smiling, and she knew then that she wanted to give him a reason to turn that small smile into a big one. Just so long as other women weren't looking at him when he smiled, because even that one small peek made her knees feel weak.<br/><br/>As she stood by the bed, she was very aware of Hallbjorn coming up behind her. At least with her heels on he was only a foot taller then her. His hot gaze on her as she packed made her want to twirl to show off her dress, and put a bit more sway in her hips as she walked. Feeling desirable and sexual, and wanting to turn a man's head was a new experience for her.<br/><br/>His big, warm hands on her shoulders had her leaning back against him. When Hallbjorn told her that she looked nice, she smiled with pleasure and glanced back at him so he would see just how much his compliment made her happy.<br/><br/>Kara leaned back against his chest and began to flip through the pages of the book when he told her he had not given it to her. From her cursory glance, the book seemed to be a run down of different species of the lore. It was something she was sure she'd lose herself in reading. But at the moment, the question of how it had ended up in her bag made her a little nervous.<br/><br/>“I think maybe we should, Hallbjorn. I don't want to be here if more strange things or people show up.” Though Kara knew that Hallbjorn could handle anything, she did not want to take the chance. He had suffered through enough wounds.<br/><br/>After packing up the rest of her things, she walked beside Hallbjorn with her hand in his as they checked out. A quick stop for gas soon saw them on their way. Kara took Hallbjorn's cell phone and entered in some information.<br/><br/>“We're in El Paso. If we drive all night through, I think we can make it to San Antonio.” She relayed to him as she checked out the travel times on Google maps. Kara glanced up at Hallbjorn with a hopeful look on her face. “Maybe we can visit the Alamo before we leave in the afternoon. I think they'll be closed by the time we get there.”<br/><br/>She had decided to mark a few roadside attractions off of her list, because they had spent a lot of time between the renaissance festival and shopping. Yet while Kara wanted to reach New Orleans, she felt a bit worried about reaching their destination. She didn't know what Nix would reveal to her, and Kara wasn't in a hurry to end their road trip.<br/><br/>After a bit she gave into her desire to read the Book of Lore. Kara did a quick search through the pages to see if she could find the section on the Djinn, and blew out a sigh of frustration. “It would have been too easy, I suppose, to find information about the Djinn in this book.”<br/><br/>But she did find information about the vampires, and boy was there a lot to know about them. Kristoff, the person Hallbjorn had mentioned fighting alongside, was in fact the king of the Forebearers. When she read how that faction of vampires was created, she paused for a moment. “Was Helgi turned by Kristoff, Hallbjorn? Is that how you came about fighting alongside the Forebearer king?”