Suburban Fantasy 01 by The Vampire Next Door

Author:The Vampire Next Door [Door, The Vampire Next]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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After a quick stop at the store for a new shirt

and some first-aid supplies, Simon was able to

clean himself up in the bathroom before anyone

even noticed. With that behind him, he settled

down to work, but in the quiet monotony of

numbers and forms, he couldn’t stop his mind

from wandering, couldn’t stop himself from

picturing that dark mist as Raven turned into

a bird. He tried to tell himself he imagined it,

but as the day flew by and he was gathering up

his stuff to leave, he realized that denial wasn’t

helping him any. He had to go home, where that

psycho bitch bird-girl was probably waiting for

him. And when darkness fell, then he’d have a

vampire to worry about as well.

All the way home, he tried to think of a way

to fix this, but other than moving—which wasn’t

really an option, with the housing market in the

toilet like it was—his only other choice was to

kill them. A stake through the heart for him, a

silver bullet for her…

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“Oh, my God, do you hear yourself!” he said,

hitting the heel of his hand against the steering

wheel. “Do you hear how insane this sounds?”

No more insane than him talking to himself,

he supposed. No, he couldn’t kill them, and he

bet he couldn’t drive them away, either, so what

was left, trying to get along with them? Making

friends with a Goddamned vampire? Maybe he

should put up a birdfeeder.

As he turned onto Harris, the pit of his stomach

filled with a hollow sort of dread. What had she

done while he was away? He was so worried

about his house and property, that he was pul ing

into his driveway before he noticed the moving

truck was gone from in front of Julian’s house.

He breathed a hesitant sigh of relief. Maybe that

meant that Raven wasn’t home.

No such luck. As Simon pulled the Camry up

to the corner of his house, the side gate opened

and Raven stepped out of her back yard, wearing

a pink T-shirt with the sleeves ripped off and a

pair of faded cutoff shorts, a flat of marigolds

balanced on one arm. She didn’t notice him at

first, and for a moment, Simon just sat there,

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seriously contemplating the feasibility of locking

his doors and praying she’d go away.

No, he couldn’t let himself be bul ied; he

couldn’t let her think he was afraid. Never

mind that he was terrified. His gut churning,

he opened the car door and her head whipped

around, her sharp eyes boring into him. Raven’s

eyes. That’s why they were so black; she had the

eyes of a bird. Simon said nothing as he gathered

up his things and climbed out of the car. He was

done trying to be friendly; he just wanted to be

left alone.

“Sorry about this morning. I shouldn’t have

lost my temper.” Simon stopped halfway up his

front walk, trying to decide if he should respond

to the gravelly voice or not.

“Okay, then,” he said finally. “Apology

accepted.” It wouldn’t do him any good to hold

a grudge, after al . He took another step toward

his porch.

“And?” Raven asked. He glanced back.

“And what?”

“Aren’t you going to apologize?”

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“For what?” Simon asked.

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