My Secret Life As A Teenage Vampire - A Young Adult Vampire Series by Liv Leighton

Author:Liv Leighton [Leighton, Liv]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swune Publishing
Published: 2018-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

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Sunday morning was rather uneventful. The sky was a dreary grey again, with a light drizzle. The weather only managed to add fuel the anger I’d suppressed the day before. Seriously? The one good day we had in Astoria, and I was quarantined to the house?

Luckily, as boring as the morning had been, the evening changed tides altogether. I learned that we were expecting a visit from Dad’s brother, Andre.

I didn’t remember Uncle Andre at all.

As the day grew longer, the house erupted in complete chaos. Mom ran around adjusting furniture and dusting shelves. Dad completely cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom. It was amazing what a little elbow grease could do a place to make it look tons better. All we needed now was a bit of paint.

“Mary,” Mom said as she finished in the living room, “go put on one of your better dresses.”

I stared. Why was everyone in such a tizzy for a visit from Dad’s brother? They were acting like the King was coming for a visit.

As I trudged up the stairs, I heard Dad tell Nate to change his clothes as well.

I waited at the top of the landing for Nate. He elbowed me as he passed.

“Ow, Jerk,” I said, rubbing my arm. “Why are they all bumfuzzled?”

He stopped at his door for a moment, not looking at me. When he did turn to face me, he stared. “Uncle Andre is…,” he looked down. “I dunno. You’ll see.”

“Different?”

Nate nodded. “Yeah.”

“Different how? Like rude, weird, eccentric?”

“I don’t know…,” he said, running his hand up the molding around the door. “I guess the last one.”

I sighed. “God, Nate. Which one?”

“Eccentric, I guess.”

I shrugged, looking downstairs. “So? It’s Dad’s brother, not like a boss or something.”

“They’re scared,” Nate said but quickly shook his head. “Not scared, intimidated, by him.”

“But why?” I shook my head and frowned.

He shrugged. “You’ll see. Besides,” Nate said, “you have nothing to worry about.” And with nothing more, he went into his room and shut the door. What did he mean, you have nothing to worry about?

I went into my room as well, but sat on the bed for a moment. I really wanted to put on my worst clothes and see what would happen. You know, the jeans with the blown-out knees and a ratty sweater? What the hell could Uncle Andre do to me anyway? I decided to not cause waves so I could see what was going on. Would make for an interesting evening.

When 6:45 came around, we sat like dolls on the living room sofa. How stupid we were all acting. I shook my head, wishing I was anywhere else but there.

The doorbell rang.

The air in the room shifted from that of anticipation, to outright tension. Mom and Dad exchanged a silent look, before Mom stepped forward to open the door.

My immediate impression of Uncle Andre was that of all of my relatives, I resembled him the most. It was something about the shape of his nose and the full bottom lip, I think.

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