Waking Up Dead by K.A. Masterson

Author:K.A. Masterson [Masterson, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-23T05:00:00+00:00

“I did sleep with her,” Kilian replies dryly.

“You know what I mean!” she practically shrieks. She drops her eyes, takes a frustrating breath, and faces him again. Kilian opens a closet door and pulls out a silver buttoned-down shirt that matches his eyes before a mesmer.

“Then tell me what she is,” Kali insists, more calmly. “She isn’t human.”

Kilian ignores her, pulling off the black shirt he’d worn, baring his naked back to me. The muscles ripple beneath his movements, and I hate that I’m ogling him. While I’d seen him naked, fresh out of the shower, I’d barely seen him before slamming my eyes shut. That’s definitely not the same as appreciating his nakedness.

Aislynn wraps her body around my ankles, and I peer down at her as she slips past my legs and stands near Kilian. I’m not sure why she keeps choosing him over me, but maybe it’s because they’re both Risen. For the first time in her life, she’s found a kindred soul.

I snap my eyes back at Kali when she inhales sharply and curses. Her wide eyes are fixed on Aislynn, who glares back coolly, a low hiss rising from her small chest. Kilian buttons up his shirt and squats briefly to run his hand over her arching back, then whispers something to her in Esperanto. Aislynn leans into his hand and purrs loudly. I stare in surprise that a Vampire and a cat can actually be friends, and glare in jealousy that it’s my cat he’s befriending!

I squeak when Kali aggressively approaches with a predatory gait I’ve only seen in wolves, though she’s not a Werewolf. She doesn’t have the glint or innate power to be as impulsive or stubborn as a Werewolf.

I take a self-preserving step back, and Kilian immediately flips around to face us. Our eyes meet. Mine wide with worry, his black orbs of suppressed anger, narrowed and threatening.

But he isn’t mad at me.

Kali rounds on him before he can advance and accuses, “You see! You’re angry at me, not her! Who is she, Hunter? Why is she more important to you than me when we’ve known each other for over a century? And what’s with the cat? Cats hate Vampires! You hate all kinds of animals!” She pauses, apparently in stunned silence, as if Kilian had answered her question.

Maybe he’s telepathic, too!

“By the gods, Hunter, are you her Sire?”

Now I’m stunned into silence. Hunter’s gray eyes reach mine, cold and unrelenting, then turns away without answering her accusation. I wouldn’t have answered either since it’s a good enough front for both of us that she thinks I’m his fledgling rather than his Animator mistress. I don’t want Kali to know anything about me, much less about the power I hold over her long-time friend.

The ruse will be exposed when I don’t show any signs of Turning, though.

“Oh, no,” Kali mutters in shocked disbelief, more to herself than to us. “Hunter, you’ve never Sired and you shouldn’t have. Ever.”

“Why not?” Kilian responds without much caring.

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