Blood Reaction A Vampire Novel by Atha DL

Author:Atha, DL [Atha, DL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Foxboro Press
Published: 2011-05-02T06:00:00+00:00

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No sooner had I closed my overly sensitive eyes, I was opening them to the epic sound of the doorbell again. Knowing who it was immediately, I got up just as quickly if for no other reason than to keep him from ringing it again.

Making it to the door before he could ring it again, I threw the door open to find, just as I expected, Detective Rumsfield standing on my front porch with as much arrogance as one man could muster.

His long left arm was lifted up and resting on one of the columns supporting the wide overhang of the porch, the other was resting nonchalantly on his right hip. He was no longer wearing his coat and I noticed immediately that he was in much better shape than I had first realized. Tall and strongly built, I wished momentarily I could unload all that was happening to me onto his strong shoulders.

The smug look on his face said it all. He had the warrant and there would be no way around letting him in now.

“Ma’am, I have a warrant to search the premises. I’ll need you to stand out here while I have a look around.”

“I’ll just bet you do. Call in a favor, Detective? This is bullshit and you know it.” I fought to control my anger, but wasn’t quite successful. Would being a vampire always mean being emotionally unstable?

Not rising to my words, he simply smiled and gestured for me to step outside. Glaring at him as I crossed the threshold, I turned to watch him walk in and, just like I expected, he took his hat off before he went into my house. How perfectly polite.

Sitting down in the low-hung swing, I waited patiently for him to do his search. No longer alarmed, I focused on not letting the swing glide into the patch of light bending itself around the corner of the porch.

Pushing my left foot against the wall, I swung gently, listening to the detective walk around my house. He obviously chose to go upstairs first and I could hear his heavy footsteps moving from room to room. Finally, I heard him come down the stairs, pause momentarily on the landing, then walk into the living room.

He paused where he stood at the entrance into the living room. I could imagine him surveying the room, wondering if the floor runner was a new addition. He must have stood there a few seconds before I heard him lift a foot to continue on through the room. With that step, his foot made contact with a piece of glass I must have missed.

Cringing when I heard the crunch, I held my breath expectantly; I waited to see if he was going to pull the rug up to study the floor underneath his feet. But instead, I could hear him picking up and replacing the few remaining knickknacks on the bamboo shelf.

Ticking off each piece in my head as he examined them individually and then placed them back on the cabinet, I could feel my muscles relaxing when he moved on towards the kitchen.

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