Vampire Beach 02 - initiation by Alex Duval

Author:Alex Duval [alex duval]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance/paranormal
Published: 2012-05-17T20:33:22+00:00

NINE

Sienna looked up, startled, as Jason drew back. Her dark eyes went wide with surprise. They held no bloodlust. There were no fangs. There was just Sienna looking puzzled and then pissed off.

"Sienna, I - ," Jason began, trying to explain.

But it was too late.

"Forget it," Sienna said flatly, and she turned and walked away. Just walked. The chase was over. Jason knew he'd screwed up. He'd had her. She'd wanted him to kiss her. But he'd flashed back to his dream and ... well, that was that.

If I could just explain, he thought. Yeah. Just say, "Sienna, I wasn't trying to give you mixed signals or mess with you. I completely want you. It's just that for one minute I thought about this nightmare where you gave in to the bloodlust and attacked me." Right. Great plan.

But he had to do something. Jason pulled in a deep breath, ran his fingers through his hair, and smoothed down his shirt. Then he retraced his steps. Sienna wasn't in the library. Neither were Erin or Dominic. The two remaining guys had switched over to playing for cash.

He returned to the gym. Vivian Andersen was lying on the trampoline now, staring up at the ceiling and giggling, like there was a movie up there or something. No Sienna.

Jason skirted the glossy polished floor of the basketball court and headed into the den. His heart twisted painfully in his chest, because there was Sienna. On one of the leather couches. More specifically, on Brad's lap on one of the leather couches.

Sienna caught Jason's eye, her gaze ice. Then she took Brad's face in her hands, leaned down, and kissed him - long and deep. The kiss that should have been Jason's, would have been Jason's if he hadn't screwed up so spectacularly. Again.

Jason abruptly turned away. He didn't want to see what he was missing. And besides, he didn't want anyone to notice him staring.

He headed toward the pool, just to have a destination. Belle and Van Dyke passed him."... to get up to the Garden," Van Dyke was saying. Jason tried to put a smile - or at least a normal, relaxed expression - on his face. To his relief, they didn't notice him. He didn't want to try to come up with words right now. He sat down in the closest deck chair and stared vacantly at the water volleyball game that had started up in his absence.

A few minutes later, Adam sat down in the chair next to him. "Remember what I said about not knowing when a docudrama was going to unfold?" he asked. Jason nodded.

"Well, the unfolding is happening now, I'm pretty sure," Adam went on. "There's this slow migration happening. People are heading upstairs - where no one is supposed to go."

Jason shrugged. "Ever been to a party where that doesn't happen?"

"Mia Hodges's third birthday party. Because we were all afraid of Mrs. Hodges," Adam answered. "But it's not just regular people going upstairs. It's only people of the Sienna, Zach, Brad variety.

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