Vampire In Waikiki 02 - A Vampire In Christmas by A.J. Llewellyn

Author:A.J. Llewellyn [Llewellyn, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781611244670
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

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"He's fine." My sister looked down at the baby who was drooling in his sleep in a basket that had, up until a few hours ago, held vegetables in our kitchen. Aunty Genoa's quilt lay underneath the baby, the cashmere throw covering him. I was so relieved the house was still standing that I didn't care about our family heirloom being under our demon seed's butt.

"Would you stop that?" Tem looked exasperated. "He is our son. He's not a demon seed...well, not completely, right?"

Back in our home, it was hard to believe the baby could be Satan's spawn, a victim of Lamia...any of if, frankly. He looked so peaceful, pale pink color in his little apple cheeks as he dozed. Moontime, disgusted at no longer being the center of Tem's divided universe with me, padded off to our room. I knew we would find him curled up under our bedspread, waiting for his breakfast. Clancy was grinning. "Look, we bathed Beelzebub after he spat up all that bile on himself...and the strangest thing happened. Check out his left hand."

Tem and I could hardly believe our eyes. Beelzebub's little hand was turning back into pudgy baby fingers.

"How about that? Love does conquer everything." Tem looked ecstatic.

"I think those herbs of Hiroshi's might have had something to do with it." Kalani, however, looked very happy.

"Has he called or come back?" I asked.

She shook her head. "I keep getting his voice mail. Even God's spiritual envoy wants us to leave a message."

I grinned. "I'll try him again. Those herbs must be really something."

Kalani's gaze fell on the sleeping baby again as we told the girls what had happened since we'd left them. We told them everything except about our hot little tryst in Blossom's penthouse apartment.

"It's so odd that you went by the old place." My sister glanced at her wife. "Clancy and I looked at the casket the baby came in. It is definitely not his burial casket. The baby that was in it was much bigger. We measured very carefully. This is a newborn vamp for sure, with an extra little kick for good measure. I have a feeling this casket was stolen and somebody tried to bury it, put it back...you know? I think it might be valuable."

A spooky feeling came over me. "You think it was from one of the graves they found, you know...when they started construction on the Wal-Mart up on Keeaumoku Street and found those graves?"

Tem looked at me. "Div...those graves were from the smallpox outbreak, weren't they?"

I nodded. "Yes, they were."

Kalani tucked the baby in a little tighter. "But a few of them weren't, Jimmy. A few of them predated the smallpox outbreak. Remember? They said they found three graves where the victims were buried in the fetal position, the way the ancients used to bury their dead."

"But I don't remember there being talk of a baby being buried there."

"So, maybe there's a connection. Maybe there isn't. Maybe there's a fresh grave somewhere real close.

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