A Bloody Good Christmas by Jade Alters

Author:Jade Alters [Alters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Untamed Love LLC

Irving

Irving rejoiced in the cloudy weather. Since the previous night, he’d been tormented by the heartache of losing Sage and from finding out the only reason she had agreed to continue with the program was to avoid debt and destitution. He shouldn’t have been surprised by the lows to which Cameron would stoop out of ‘brotherly love’. It felt good to be able to get some cold, fresh air and clear his head. He ran through the streets, the forests, and, occasionally, through people’s backyards. The physical activity kept his mind distracted from Sage.

After six hours of running, Irving came to a halt in front of the crossroads leading to the hamlet of Eight Oaks. He swore when he saw the approaching sign. Why does the number eight have to be included in the name? he thought. Anxiety spiked in his chest. The sound of the knocks came to him, first as quiet thumps, then as crashing bangs. They were so loud they blotted out all other sounds in the vicinity, including the roar of a motorcyclist’s engine.

“Hey!” someone yelled. “Get off the road!” In a dazed state, Irving looked up to see a man dressed in black and wearing a neon green helmet perched on his bike and staring at Irving as though he was a madman who’d just escaped an asylum. “Are you gonna get out of my way or what?” the man shouted in frustration.

Irving muttered an apology and sauntered off to the side of the road, where he fell to his knees, his hands covering his ears. “Stop!” he shouted. The knocks continued to pound painfully in his skull. His head felt as though it was going to explode from the ferocity of the sounds. When at last the inner turmoil was over, Irving found himself shrunken beneath a pile of his clothes. He’d turned into a bat.

“Blast it!” he squeaked. “My nerves have reduced me to a winged rodent.” Before meeting Sage, it hadn’t been uncommon for Irving to literally go batty. Whenever his OCD climaxed, he’d unintentionally transform. The reflex was one every vampire possessed, though, it was unusual for it to happen so frequently and without control. Having Sage in his life had helped him deal with the chaos that dwelled in his mind, preventing him from becoming a bat.

Dammit! he cursed. He struggled to untangle his wings from his clothing and coat. When at last he flapped free, he took a moment to mourn the loss of his best running shoes. Now what am I supposed to wear on my feet when I go running… Galoshes?

The only way Irving would be able to transform is if his anxiety calmed down. The sooner he returned to the Church and Chapel Funeral Home, the better. He would rather not risk transforming back to human form in public without clothes. His brothers frowned on that behavior, as it usually drew undue attention. To his embarrassment, upon his arrival he was forced to scratch on the window of his brother’s office to get in.

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