Have Teeth, Will Bite by LD Marr

Author:LD Marr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, cozy mystery, supernatural, cat fiction, cats, historical fiction, vampire comedy, supernatural suspense, vampire romance, supernatural romance, historical comedy
Publisher: LD Marr
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Roz woke up when the last glimmer of the late afternoon sun disappeared beneath the horizon. She was relieved that there had been no visit from Cowboy Bob in the night.

She sat up in bed and stretched, and then noticed that she felt refreshed but hungry. Buttons lifted his sleepy head and stared at her.

“Hungry this morning?” he asked in her mind.

“Oh, just a bit,” she lied back mentally. “But I’ll be fine.”

But Buttons wasn’t fooled.

“I know you’re ravenous. If you’re too squeamish to drink human blood, you can go out hunting with me. I can get you some animal blood—deer or coyote or bear. All I need to do is look them in the eyes. Then they stand still as a water bowl and let me drink. You could take a drink too.”

“I’m not going to drink those animals’ blood!” said Roz. “That’s not fair to them.”

“Why isn’t it fair?” Buttons asked. “I only take what I need from the big ones. I don’t even kill mice and birds and other small critters like I used to. I thought you’d be happy about that.”

Roz thought about it. She reached out a hand and scratched Buttons behind the ears.

“I guess that’s an improvement, but I still can’t do it. I’m a vegetarian, remember? I don’t consume any part of an animal’s body,” she said firmly.

“Well, you’re going to have to consume something before too long if you don’t want to go raving mad from hunger like Cowboy Bob said.”

“No. He was wrong about that. Not me. I’m not going to drink blood, and I’m not going to go crazy,” Roz insisted.

“OK. If you say so,” said Buttons. “Anyway, don’t worry about me. I’ll still love you when you’re insane.”

He lifted a leg and began taking his first bath of the day.

“That’s very sweet of you,” Roz answered him. “But right now, I need to get ready to go meet Jonah and tell him the results of my investigations last night. Which were none, actually.”

She sighed and got up out of bed. Her stomach growled, getting the last word in the conversation.

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