Boys That Bite: Book 1, The Blood Coven by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: YA, Vampire, Urban Fantasy
Published: 2012-03-22T19:07:57+00:00

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"Sunny?"

I open one eye, then the other, slightly annoyed at being disturbed from my slumber. Magnus is peering over me, a slight smile playing at the corner of his mouth.

"Are you going to sleep all night?" he asks, poking me lightly in the shoulder.

"Grumph," I reply, trying to roll to my other side to ig-nore him. Unfortunately, like a good girl, I'd fastened my seat belt so I have limited maneuverability.

"Wake up. We're here," he instructs.

"Here?"

"In England. The town of Bristol, to be exact."

"What time is it?"

He glances at his watch. Rolex, of course. "It's just before three a.m. local time. We've got to get to our safe house be-fore the sun rises."

I yawn, stretching my hands above my head. "Safe house?" I ask. I can't believe we're in England. That I slept through the whole flight. I didn't even get a chance to enjoy all the luxuries the plane had to offer.

Darn. Maybe on the way back . . .

Magnus nods. "You know I can't get caught out in the sunlight. I've arranged with a local vamp coven for us to stay with them until nightfall. Then we'll travel by car to Glas-tonbury. It's about an hour trip."

"Oh. Okay," I say. I had forgotten about Magnus's aver-sion to the sun. This meant our trip was going to have to take longer than I anticipated. I had stupidly assumed we'd get to England, grab the Grail, and head straight back to America, arriving just after school ended. Hopefully Rayne will be able to keep up the twin charade a bit longer.

I unfasten my seat belt and follow Magnus out of the plane. There's a limo (of course!) waiting and a properly dressed chauffeur opens the door for us to climb inside.

Once settled and on our way, Magnus turns to me. "So how are you holding up?" he asks, to his credit sounding genuinely concerned.

"Fine."

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"No. I mean, really," he insists. "It's okay. You can tell me. I'm sure it's been a bloody terrible experience for you. It's hard enough for those who have been properly trained. But to go through all this completely unprepared . . . Well, I can only imagine how hard it must be."

I nod slowly. "It's really strange," I admit. "My mom thinks I'm on drugs. I've got all these weird cravings. I feel sick to my stomach all the time. It's hard to see under fluo-rescent lights and the sun beats down on my skin as if it could blister it at any moment. And," I add, reluctantly, "I feel like I'm dying of thirst."

There. I said it. I admitted I wanted—make that needed— blood. I'm officially a freak of nature. But then again, so's he.

Magnus nods sympathetically. "I'm sure you're ravenous by this point. I had some wine for you on the plane, but I didn't want to wake you. Figured you needed all the sleep you could get." He pats me lightly on the knee. "Hang in there. When we get to the coven, we will be able to feed.

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