Rebirth by Jordan Castillo Price

Author:Jordan Castillo Price [Price, Jordan Castillo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: m/m
Published: 2010-01-28T23:00:00+00:00

* * * *The sun was still up, so the house was quiet when I woke. Even though the other vampires were probably just as comatose as Bill, I didn't want to take any chances by wandering around alone. There was a pile of slightly mildewed paperbacks beside the bed. I read the first chapter of several without really remembering or enjoying any of them.

Around nine, Wild Bill emerged from his blanket cocoon. “I slept like a baby full of codeine,” he said. “But my ass is gonna smell like green tea for a week. Pass me my smokes."

I flipped the half-full pack in his general direction and dropped the paperback on the floor. “I'm nervous. No one else here has a human companion."

Bill reached under the bed and came up with a faded, dusty book of matches. He struck one. It still worked. He took a deep drag of his newly-lit cigarette and settled against the headboard. “Miranda didn't strike me as a liar when she said they wouldn't fold, spindle or mutilate you."

"Do vamps usually follow the rules they set?"

"We're people, kiddo. Do people follow rules? Some yes, some no. I don't see how having vamp cooties is gonna change that.” His gaze turned inward, and I watched him take several more lung-scorching drags. “But like I said. If Miranda is full of shit, I can't smell it."

There was a gentle knock on the door. I twisted the deadbolt and opened it. Of the four vampires in the commune, only one of them was male—Jeremy. He looked like he'd rolled out of an early nineties hair-band video, skintight distressed jeans and all. His face was forgettable. He had pale eyes and dishwater-blond hair that hung in not-quite waves to the middle of his back. His gaze went straight to the left side of my neck—the side where Bill cuts me when he drinks. Jeremy cleared his throat and shuffled his feet. “I've got this for your, uh..."

He handed me a large wine glass. It was full, but not with wine.

I stared at it stupidly.

Jeremy shuffled some more. “So, what's the deal with the two of you, anyway?"

Bill plucked the blood-filled glass from my numb hand before I'd even realized he was standing beside me. “The deal?” he said. There was a lilt to his voice that you might interpret as playful, if you didn't know him. “I hadn't realized we were playing poker."

"No ... what I mean is ... well, shit, I'll just come right out and say it. What's your arrangement? Blood?” He tilted his head back, and I realized he'd just sniffed the air. “Sex?"

"Back in my day,” Bill said, “people didn't just walk up to each other and say, ‘Hey, are the two of you fucking?’ I guess getting turned changes more than just your diet. It chucks common courtesy straight out the window."

Jeremy held his hands up defensively. “I wasn't being a dick or nothing. I just wanted to know if he was ... y'know.

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