Vamp by Rob Rosen

Author:Rob Rosen [Rosen, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance, paranormal
Publisher: MLR Press LLC
Published: 2013-10-09T19:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Running of the Bull

Steven witnessed my rapid descent from the sky and pulled up a minute later, throwing me over his shoulder before tossing me in the passenger seat and then speeding off. “You okay?” he asked, turning briefly my way as the car screeched and swerved around a corner.

I rubbed my side. I was battered and bruised, my meat, as it were, tenderized, but otherwise whole. “For a change, I sure am glad that I’m already dead, dude, because that would’ve hurt like a sonofabitch.”

He chortled. “Good way to put a positive spin on things, but why did you suddenly go all meteorite-like?”

I shrugged, the static in my head fading as we increased our distance from the house. “Vampire baddie switched on some device that scrambled my head somehow. All I could hear was white noise suddenly, blocking out my ability to keep myself afloat.”

He twisted the whiskers on his chin and nodded. “A bat’s ability to pick up the faintest sound, or wavelength of sound, is well-documented. The vampire you were spying on must be able to send out some sort of shortwave radio that covers the neighborhood and jams bat signals. They must turn it on at night before they go to sleep. Pretty ingenious.” He turned my way, however briefly. “Our jammers block the sonar, so no waves get returned; theirs prevent the waves from going out to begin with.”

Again I rubbed my side, a welt already rising up, blood from the thorn-inflicted wounds seeping through my shirt. And we all know how much I needed every last drop I could get. I sighed as I looked his way. “Nothing pretty about it, ingenious or otherwise.” I turned and again stared at the road. “And that means they were expecting me, and that we can’t ever get close to them now, at least by air. And Lord only knows what sort of traps they have on the ground.”

His nodding turned to a shake of his head. “Getting close to their houses, no, we probably can’t do that, but they don’t know that we know where they dine. So at least we have one trick up our sleeves that we can still whip out as needed.”

I grinned at the comment. “And we do so like to whip things out.” Though my grin promptly turned to a frown. “But the others, the Bolinskis, what if they all fell out of the sky just now and weren’t so lucky, with a bush to land on, I mean?” Not a phrase I had ever imagined saying, or would care to repeat ever again.

The car came to a halt as Steven turned his head up. I was still holding my working sonar jammer, so I couldn’t tell for certain, but I had a feeling he was opening up his mind to Mack and Ralph. Seconds later, he gulped and looked my way. “You know that Weather Girls song?”

“Fuck,” I cursed. “Only, instead of men, it’s raining Bolinskis?”

He nodded and frowned. “Exactly, boyfriend.

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