The Vampire's Prisoner (Tales of Vampires Book 2) by Zara Novak

Author:Zara Novak [Novak, Zara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

They grabbed takeaway food from one of Kat’s favorite restaurants in Dead Rest and made the drive back to small stone house on the hill overlooking the town. When they got back, Kat felt a strange surge of defeat. The whole time she had been out in town with Ansel had been an opportunity to escape, and she’d failed to do anything about it. The thought hadn’t even crossed her mind.

A small porch sat at the back of the property outside the conservatory. Ansel set up a table and chairs for them, and they both sat quietly, enjoying the summer night and their meals. They ate dinner under candlelight, listening to old vinyls on a record player that Ansel had brought up from the basement.

Kat hated to admit, but here against her will or not, she was having a fantastic evening. After they finished eating, Ansel disappeared for a moment and returned a second later to reveal another piece of technology that was hidden within the house.

“Here.” He said as he passed a small black remote to Kat. “Press that.”

“What is it?” she asked.

“Just press it.” Ansel said with an encouraging nod. “You’ll see.”

Kat clicked the button and a thousand blue fairy lights flicked into existence around them. The conservatory, the handrail on the porch, the trees bordering the garden below, and invisible strings tied through the air above them - every inch was twinkling with tiny blue light.

“Ansel!” Kat gasped, looking down at the breath taking sight. “This is beautiful. You did all this?”

Ansel shook his head and smiled. “I can’t take credit for it. I think it was my au-” He paused, “I think it was the people who had this place before. I just found this remote by accident the other day.”

They sat a little while longer, enjoying the pleasant warmth of the evening and simply relaxing in each other’s company while looking out on the light studded garden below. A question had been nagging at Kat all the while, and she finally found the strength to ask it out loud.

“Ansel… you know before when you said you’d never drink from me?”

Ansel nodded quietly and looked as if he were making some effort to stop himself from doing something. “Yes. What about it?”

“I was just wondering… that seems like a rather weird thing for a vampire to say. Why say it?”

“Well…” Ansel picked his empty glass up off the table and rolled it around in his hands. “It’s just that… vampires generally only drink from people for two reasons. There’s feeding and there’s bonding sex. Vampires have poor inhibition, and once we start drinking from someone… we generally can’t hold back. We drink until they die.”

“Oh.”

Kat gulped. “And bonding sex… what’s that?”

Ansel shifted in his seat. “Well. That’s something a vampire does when he’s found a mate. It’s only really a short burst, and it’s done during sex. It ties the vampire to a lover. It’s not lethal, it’s a show of affection. Once a vampire bonds with someone… it’s a way of showing a person that he’s chosen for life.

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