Appetite of a Vampire by Dani April

Author:Dani April [April, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781622415847
Amazon: 1622415841
Publisher: Siren Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Robert Fair. The name flashed into Marty’s mind like a revelation. It was her night off from the hospital. She was washing dishes in the kitchen. She couldn’t make dinner for the guys because she hated the smell of food. To make it up to them, she always argued her way into getting the dish-washing chores on her nights off work.

As she dried off the dishes one by one and set them back up neatly in the overhead cupboards, her own beverage was set before her on the countertop. She took an occasional drink from the tall glass designed to hold wine instead of blood. True to his word, Owen had made a new batch of the blood beverage and colored it with a cherry-red dye. It now looked presentable, as if she was drinking punch, and it tasted reasonably well, too. Most importantly, it gave her constant nourishment throughout the night, so she was no longer prone to bouts of bloodlust.

When the name entered her conscious, she whirled around to Derrick, who was sitting behind her at the kitchen table. His laptop was out, and he was going over some of his online investment portfolio. She had been engaged in light banter with him, and that was when, like a bolt of lightning, the name had appeared before her mind’s eye.

“Robert Fair!” she shouted at Derrick. He looked up from his spreadsheet at her without the slightest clue as to what she was talking about. “Robert Fair!” she said, repeating the name and wanting to shout for joy.

“Who or what are you talking about?”

“Derrick, I just remembered my lover’s name from the past. His name was Robert Fair.”

Derrick shoved his laptop aside and scratched his chin. “Well, he sure sounds like a vampire.”

“Don’t joke. I’m serious,” she chided him. “It’s all starting to come back to me now. I think if I try real hard I can even start to see his face.”

Derrick didn’t look happy.

“I know this is a touchy subject for you,” she told him.

“Not only for me, but for all of us.” Derrick sighed. “We know what it’ll mean for us if you find your knight in shining armor.”

Marty sat down across the table from him. “Okay,” she said. “I don’t have to read your mind right now to know you’re jealous.”

He went over to the counter to pour himself a glass of wine. Picking up her nearly empty glass, he showed it to her. “Can I get you a refill?”

“Yes. Thanks.”

He returned to the table with his wine and her blood. He handed her the glass and took the seat next to hers. “You win,” he told her. “I admit I am jealous of this guy.”

Marty took a sip of her blood and laughed at his reaction. “Strangely enough, you guys aren’t jealous of one another.”

“We’re all human.” Derrick had a ready answer for her. “This other guy is an all-powerful vampire.” He reached out and took her face in one of his hands.

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