Christmas of the Vampire by P S Power

Author:P S Power [Power, P S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2012-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter five

One thing that he hadn’t expected was the raw amount of food a Demon could put away at a single sitting. She appeared to be model thin, nearly anorexic, but Keeley ate vast quantities that should have left her stomach distended and aching. It would have been the result if she were a real girl at least. Instead she ate… and ate. Clara the cook coming in with a half dozen trays of food for her to consume. It was both fascinating and extremely gross at the same time. Not on the level of something he couldn’t bear to watch, but if she didn’t need to eat that much it was wanton consumption without a real reason.

Jonas fairly stared at her, which was rude as well. It took a solid elbow in the ribs from Rebekah and some meaningful eye contact to get him to look away, his face slightly shocked. It probably wasn’t the power of the blow, since there hadn’t been much sound from it, so it was likely just the contact from the woman. It reminded Richard that her wish, the second one she was forced to take without time to think or plan, had been for “true love”. If Jonas wasn’t very careful he might just end up wrapped up in that. If he hadn’t been already.

Not that there would be any real harm to it. One thing that great age had taught him, love itself was best off if not wrapped up in physical desire. Rebekah wasn’t a great beauty, due to being a Manthori, but she was exotic and certainly a sweet enough seeming person over all. That part troubled him to no end. How could such a kind and gentle soul end up tied to a Greater Demon and not be terrified at all times? It had to be a relatively new thing, since it had only been a few months since The Mistress of Souls had taken the first Vampire. That anyone knew of at least.

It was a huge, and dark, event in the Vampire world. It marked the Greater Demon that sat in front of him eating a plate of fried donuts that smelled fresh and warm still, as the most dangerous single being for his people to have existed in memory. His kind had very long memories too. She licked a bit of glaze from a finger and finished swallowing, making eye contact with him suddenly.

“So, Richard… It seems that your part in this has ended. You set out to retrieve Maci and did it. I can return you to your home, or office if you’d wish that instead.” Her gaze went to Jonas suddenly, just a flick of the eye that most wouldn’t have noticed, drawing his attention to the fact that the man was moving ever so slightly closer to Rebekah, talking to her in low tones, but not the secret speech.

“I’m sure we can arrange a play date for these two sometime soon.” Her words were easy and comfortable, but Richard shook his head, not really certain why he did it.

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