Loving a Vampire by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2013-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Marianna rolled over and opened her eyes. The sun was blinding, and she quickly closed them again and moaned. The previous night’s events came back to her, and she sat up in bed. Gregory or Augustus was there. She didn’t expect Augustus because it was morning. He needed to be away from sunshine.

Where was Gregory?

Pushing the duvet off her body she climbed out of the bed. Her body was sore from last night, but she made it to the wardrobe where she found one of Augustus’s shirts.

Putting the shirt on, she made her way down the wide staircase.

“Hello,” she said, calling out. No one answered. Moving to the kitchen she saw a letter pinned to the door.

“I’m down here, Marianna. Be careful when you open the door.” Augustus’s voice travelled through the door. Turning the letter over she saw it was a blank page.

She opened the door and closed the door behind her. Slowly, she made her way down the staircase to the basement. Augustus must have had the room decorated because the room didn’t look like any kind of basements she’d seen.

“You’re awake,” Augustus said. He sat on the sofa reading a book. The room was dark barring a single light hanging from the ceiling.

“Shouldn’t you be asleep or something?” she asked, moving closer.

“I’m not tired. It was a long night.”

“Where’s Gregory? I don’t see any sign of him.”

“He’s gone to get you some food and hand your notice in at the café.” Augustus put the book aside and tapped the seat beside him. “Have a seat.”

Marianna took the seat and frowned. “I need my job.”

“No, you’re staying with us. Gregory and I are in agreement of you staying. We want your company.”

“I need that job.”

“No, you don’t. Please, Marianna, don’t waste time arguing about a job you don’t even like.”

She opened her mouth and closed it.

“Good. I hate wasting time fighting about matters that really don’t matter.”

Marianna stared at him for several minutes. The years seemed to have piled on him in the hours she’d been asleep. His mentioning about arguing and the fact Gregory wasn’t around when she woke up confirmed her suspicions. “You and Gregory had a fight, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

“You’re not going to tell me what about?”

“No. Our argument is not my story to tell. Gregory will tell you if he wishes.”

“Do you think he’ll come back?” she asked, staring up at the door.

“Regardless of his drug addiction when I met him, Gregory has never had a death wish. He’ll come back if he values his life.”

She saw Augustus’s jaw tense. “You’re not happy.”

“A vampire I may be, but fighting or arguing leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I have so much more interesting things to do.” He picked his book up and started reading. “Are you sore?”

Embarrassment crashed down around her.

“Why are you embarrassed by that question?” Augustus threw the book at the wall. She was shocked to see some on the paint crack around the impact of the paperback book. “Last night you had sex for the first time.

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