Braced to Bite by Serena Robar

Author:Serena Robar [Robar, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Vampires, Fiction, Horror, Horror & Ghost Stories, Schools, Juvenile Fiction, School & Education, High schools, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9780425237649
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2010-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

When Thomas returned, I had skimmed much of his material and was researching other items I thought were more relevant.

“Are you ready for a break?” he asked, handing me a bottled water.

I stood up and stretched my back, taking satisfaction in the way his gaze went to my bare belly when my poncho rode up. Hah! Take me to a library and leave me when I thought we were on a date. Serves you right, I thought smugly.

We took a walk upstairs and I was surprised to find a comfortably outfitted living room and a deck running along the entire floor.

“I bet the sunset on the water is amazing,” I said to Thomas as he offered me a seat on the deck.

“I wouldn’t know.” He smirked in my direction and took a drink of his water.

Duh! I wasn’t very good at thinking before I spoke around him. “Sorry, I forgot,” I offered lamely.

Thomas sat next to me and patted my knee in forgiveness. The gesture was almost brotherly. What was with me lately? I couldn’t get Aidan to commit to a simple date and now I couldn’t get Thomas to look at me as anything other than a genetic mutant. It seemed like the only person who wanted to be with me was that fruitcake Winthrop and I wasn’t that desperate yet—was I?

I leaned forward abruptly. “Well, it’s getting late and I don’t want to keep you out past your vampire time. Thanks for the library information.” I stood up, plainly ready to leave.

Thomas said, “What’s your hurry? Tell me what you learned today.”

I very much wanted to whack him upside the head with one of those big dusty books. “I’m not the one who’ll be incinerated when the sun comes up.”

He glanced at my face in surprise. I could have tried to keep the hostility out of my voice. He stood up and asked, “Are you mad at me for something?”

I fidgeted a moment, shifting my weight from one foot to the other. “No, no. What reason could I possibly have to be mad at you?”

His eyebrows rose in response. I really, really needed to learn how to disguise the hostility in my voice.

“Colby, I want you to do well with the Tribunal, but I can’t do the research for you.”

I gaped at him. He thought I was mad because I had to do my own work?

“I don’t need you to do my work for me, Thomas. I’ll have you know I can and did research circles around you—I found more information on my behalf by myself than in those passages you outlined for me.”

“Then what’s the matter with you?” he exploded, clearly not understanding anything.

“Oh, you’re such a—such a—bloodsucking man!” I turned to stomp away, but Thomas was faster and whipped me around to face him.

“I don’t get you, Colby! You are so independent and yet so vulnerable that I’m just not sure how to treat you. You know how important this summons is, yet when I try to help you, you get mad at me.

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