Other Blood: In the Military, Immortality is an Asset by D.J. Bershaw

Author:D.J. Bershaw [Bershaw, D.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, lesbian, Vampire, Military
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2013-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Coffee after the Change is totally unnecessary, but old habits die hard. Besides, the smell curling up inside my nose told me a new day had begun. A new day after one helluva a night.

A vampire in my dreams. I wondered if John'd ever had that one, decided not. He would've mentioned it.

I contemplated the ramifications of the dream. Whoever she was, Nemain Ni Macha was a nasty piece of work. Her blood-sated eyes didn't look that much different from Eddie Martin's, and the note of regret in her voice there at the last told me that her interest in young girls might not be entirely benevolent.

Lost in thought, I sat with a bowl of milk-soaked crunchies on the counter in front of me, the Bend Bulletin propped unread up against the cereal box, when Farrell stormed in.

"You knew that would happen, Connolly! And you never said a fucking word!"

I stared blankly over the top of the newspaper. "What, Farrell? You still having trouble grasping the way the washer works? And you need to brush out your hair better, dear."

"The dreams, you Goddess-damned Irish loon! And don't tell me you don't have 'em, too! You fucking traitorous shit! I dreamt I was having sex with a guy!"

"You want some hot chocolate? Might help you calm down."

She yanked the newspaper away, stuck her face within inches of mine. "You knew it would happen!" she repeated.

I couldn't keep the smirk off my face. "So? What's your point?" She'd figured out right off that it was some kind of race memory thing, which was better than I'd done the first time.

"The point, asshole, is that you could have at least warned me! All of a sudden, I was in a hut up in the hills somewhere, nude, on a straw-tick mattress, kissing somebody. Which wasn't so bad, until I discovered I was kissing a man!"

Chewing thoughtfully, I said, "Sorry to have to tell you this, my love, but in most of your dreams where you're a woman, when sex is involved, it will be sex with men. Did this couple seem to be in love?"

"Yeah, very tender and gentle," she admitted. "But that's not the point."

"At least you weren't raped. That'll probably happen, somewhere down the line."

"Have you?"

"Sort of. Ambush in a forest, some large scandi dude tried. Fed him his balls for breakfast. Never have figured out which one of my ancestors she was. Tough lady, though."

"Oh." That cheered her up, like I'd figured it would.

I reached over to her and rested my right hand on her forearm, smoothing the soft hairs in a combing motion.

"Hey, Farrell, I'm sorry I didn't say anything. Really. But let me tell you about the one I had last night. There was a vampire in it."

"What?" she said, forgetting her indignation in an instant.

I told her the dream, pausing several times for her questions. John came in from outside as I finished.

"Have you ever heard her name before?" I asked him.

"Nemain Ni Macha? No, to

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