Vanquish, A Vampire Romance (Parched, book SEVEN) by Arkadie Z.L

Author:Arkadie, Z.L [Arkadie, Z.L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Z.L Arkadie
Published: 2013-04-11T07:00:00+00:00

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I certainly don’t want to wear the hideous overalls. I can’t believe I use to wear those things! I like Fawn’s clothes a lot better. I also like that I look like her in them too. She’s all sinewy, with sexy long legs. So I settle on a pair of jeans that still have tags attached. More than likely Deanna bought them for me. However they fit well and go perfectly with the purple V-neck sweater I find hidden behind more ugly stuff. I slip back into Fawn’s furry-topped boots and I’m ready to go. I realize that I’m leaving Fawn’s torn jeans and sweater behind, but I’ll come back to collect them later. I’ll tell her I’m sorry and that it’s Vayle’s fault. So, yes, now I’m ready to go.

Vayle’s eyes expand with approval at the sight of me. “Kudos to me for letting you get dressed in peace,” his voice rings admiringly.

I snort a chuckle. “Kudos,” I say and kiss him really fast on the cheek because I don’t want to incite a third round.

“Oh,” he says as he smashes a hand on his cheek and while shaking a finger at me. “I know what you did there.”

We’re both laughing on our way out. There’s nothing more sobering than a New England ghost town. The majority of the streetlamps have been blown out by the bitter cold. The color of the atmosphere is opaque black, especially this far up Main Street. And blocked ice layers everything: the roads, the trees, the houses, the sparking power lines, everything.

“I bet it’s a hundred degrees below zero out here!” I say.

“I wonder…” Vayle’s words trail off.

“You wonder what?”

“I wonder how my mother’s doing. Can you imagine being a human living on an Earth with no sun?” We’ve made it to the neighborhood where the drop that takes us underground is. He’s looking at all the houses with their lights off and cars frozen onto the driveways. “I don’t know how long they can survive this. It’s getting colder every second.”

“Do you think this could be the end of them?” I ask, hoping that’s not the case, but it sure seems to be.

“I don’t know.” He gazes up at the sky. “I hope not, but will you come with to check on my mom later?”

“Of course,” I say without pause.

I don’t even think he’s a mama’s boy for wanting to do that. I can’t imagine having regular people on Earth that you care about. I had Deanna, but she’s not a human; she’s doing just fine in the cold. But Vayle has a brother and mother. After all that we’ve been through, the years that passed as we ventured in and out of weird universes, it’s about time he goes home.

“I was thinking about telling my mom that I’m alive.” His pause indicates that he’s wondering what I think about that.

“I think it’s a good idea. Do you think she can handle your being a vampire?”

“I don’t care. Not anymore. She can love me or forget me, but she has to know that I’m alive.

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