Purpose by Kristie Cook

Author:Kristie Cook
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780984562138
Publisher: Calibre
Published: 0101-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

After Owen left, Tristan and I sat on the balcony while I caught him up on my life. I told him about being bed-ridden for several months while pregnant and he asked about the delivery. I explained as best as I could. Dorian had been a preemie, arriving after a long, painful labor and birth—I passed out for part of it—followed by the heavy disappointment of no baby girl. Tristan pulled me into his lap and held me while I cried about it again.

I’d cried a lot today for someone who was supposed to be so happy now. My emotions ran wild, almost like Swirly still messed with me from a distance. But I had a feeling that either the situation or the Ang’dora itself really caused the havoc.

Once the tears dried, we talked about my books—he said he’d read them all in the week he’d been back in the real world—and all the events that went along with them. I couldn’t tell him a whole lot, but he asked questions to jog my memory.

“Your fans love you and the books. There are tons of sites on the Internet,” he pointed out.

“Yeah, I guess. I haven’t paid much attention to them in a long time. Sometimes they were rude and insensitive and I couldn’t take it. There was this one girl, though—her name is Sonya, if I remember right—and she was my ‘biggest fan.’” I wiggled my fingers in the air to mark the quotations. “She followed us to every signing, release party and interview. I never had any particular bad vibes from her, but she worried my agent and publicist, so they took out a restraining order against her.”

“I saw her posts online. She doesn’t hold it against you. She’s still very fond of you.”

“Really? Well, that’s a relief. I always felt kind of bad about the whole thing.”

“Don’t feel too badly. She is a little…fanatic. Her posts greatly outnumber everyone else’s, which is why I remember her. And she’s determined your characters are real. She’s more fascinated with the lore than you are.”

I groaned. “I hope she doesn’t dig too deeply and find out just how right she is.”

He chuckled. “I wouldn’t worry about it. People have been interested in vamps for centuries. The bloodsuckers tend to stay away from them.”

“Really? Why? I thought it would be the opposite—they’d want to get rid of the curious.”

He shrugged. “They can’t get rid of them all and they tend to be friends. So as soon as there are signs one has been the victim of a vampire, there are humans out looking for them, either wanting to become one or wanting to kill them. They make life a little difficult for the vamps…the hunting is easier, but that just brings more attention.”

“Oh. Well…I guess that’s good for Sonya.”

He nuzzled his face against my neck. “Can we change the subject back to you?”

I thought for a minute. “I don’t know what else to tell you. My memories are all pretty dim.

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