Patricia A Rasey-02 by The Hour Before Dawn

Author:The Hour Before Dawn [Dawn, The Hour Before]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-17T16:05:35+00:00

Bitter anger surfaced, burning the back of her throat. But she was n ot about to expound the entire truth on how the man had snuck into her bedr oom to grope her so many times she had lost count, or how he had worked up the courage to force himself upon her. The bastard had enjoyed it, so much so that when his brother came for a visit, they took turns defiling her. Th at night, she crawled from her bedroom window and never returned.

"You don't mean that."

A tear slipped down her cheek; her jaw ached from the tension of rest rained hatred. She looked away. "With my whole heart. The bastard does not d eserve to live."

Tev's arm tightened around her in a protective gesture. She knew h e must have guessed what had transpired. "How about you? Where do you com e from?"

He shifted, telling her he was also uncomfortable talking about his pas t. "My parents live here in Chicago."

"Do you have a good relationship with them?"

"If they never saw me again, I'm not sure they would mourn the loss."

"Why?"

"My parents don't accept me. I wasn't my sister. She made them proud b y earning six figures a year. Carrying on the family tradition. She's a surge on."

"Do they know about you...your lifestyle? Is that why they don't appro ve?" Krys shifted her position, and sprawled on the couch, laying her head in his lap, looking up at him.

He gazed into the room's shadows. "If you mean the vampyre part -- no.

"

"So what part don't they approve?"

"I'm not what they hoped for. My moods can be dark. My father and I only argue when we meet because we can't manage to meet halfway. So it's fo r the best that I stay away."

"What about your mother?"

Tev's laugh seemed cynical. "My mother only shits when my father tells her to."

"And your sister?"

"She's a bitch. She married a mouse of a man. Does everything she tells him to. It's the kind of man she prefers. I am far too strong-willed for her to like me."

"So how did you discover this side of yourself? Become a vampyre?"

"My family paid little attention to me, too busy with their own lives

. I spent a good share of my upbringing alone -- the bastard son; a disappoi ntment to his father. Darkness blossomed in me, all consuming. As a teenager

, this blackness grew, became an obsession, if you will." He paused, sighing heavily. "As I began hanging with others like me, it seemed a natural path for me to follow. The rest is history."

"Being a vampyre, it would seem hard to work when you sleep during daylight hours. Do you have a job?"

"There are plenty of jobs to be had throughout the night, if I so de sired. But no, at the moment I live off of an inheritance. For now, it's en ough." He ran a knuckle down her cheek again. "What about you? Where does y our money come from?"

"I work at a nursing home.

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