A Mate for Lance by Charlene Hartnady

Author:Charlene Hartnady [Hartnady, Charlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charlene Hartnady
Published: 2016-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“How long have you been a part of the Elite Team?” Amber gave a shake of the head when the waiter tried to put a dessert plate in front of her. “No, thank you.” She added the last with a smile.

“It’s a dark chocolate torte and coffee ice cream with a caramel brittle. It’s the chef’s specialty.” Brynn smiled.

“I can’t believe how much you guys eat,” she said. “I really thought that you were all on liquid diets only.”

“Nah, we eat. Some of us more than others. We only really need a small amount of food but we wouldn’t be able to cope long-term without blood. Those of us that train daily and have higher muscle mass need more food, and more blood as well.” He paused, thanking the waiter as he put down a piece of pie. It looked amazing but she stuck to her guns. All of these three course meals were just too much. She didn’t need dessert every day.

“Vampires have ultra-fast metabolisms,” he added, as he picked up his fork.

“I noticed,” she mumbled, feeling a little envious at the narrow hips and lean physiques. They were pure muscle. Not an ounce of fat on any of them.

Brynn laughed. “It can be a bit of a pain. Blood both feeds and helps to slow down our metabolisms enough so that we can absorb the food we eat. If we don’t feed regularly our systems go into overdrive.”

“Bloodlust becomes a problem.”

He looked at her sideways. “They did a good job in training I see. Yup, bloodlust would become a factor.”

“They covered the most important things.” She gave a small shrug. “So, how long have you been an Elite?”

He looked shy for a moment, looking down at his plate instead of at her. Then he forked off a piece of chocolate tart before looking back at her. “A few weeks.”

“New then, wow, and you made The Program?” She was impressed. Brynn did strike her as a bit younger than the rest. “We were told that only the strongest, most badass vampires make it.”

He blushed. What a sweet guy. “Yeah well, I was involved in an incident some time back. My right arm was blown off and I lost part of my face.”

Amber gasped. She could feel that her eyes were wide. “That can’t be.” She touched his arm and it felt completely normal.

Brynn laughed. “My arm is real, I assure you. We have the ability to regenerate lost limbs, teeth, hair.” He paused. “Didn’t they teach you that in training before coming here?”

She shook her head. “No, that was not part of the curriculum.”

“Yup. The vehicle we were traveling in was hit by a short-range missile. I was lucky to be on the passenger side in the front because the vehicle was hit on the left.”

“Where did it happen? Why on earth would someone do that? Were they found? The guys that did it, that is.” She sounded like a blithering idiot but that couldn’t be helped.

Brynn held up a hand and smiled.

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