Born Dark (Unfortunate Blood Book 1) by H.G. Lynch

Author:H.G. Lynch [Lynch, H.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vamptasy Publishing
Published: 2013-04-04T05:00:00+00:00

Pleasant Defeat

Reid

Once they were back on the ground, they continued their conversation, with Ember asking a lot of questions. She was about as curious as a two-week-old kitten and Reid couldn’t help but admire her for that.

He’d been worried about her finding out his secret all along, but it had kind of taken a back seat to the more immediate issue of her reluctance to return his feelings. Now, he saw he’d been stupid to worry about it. Ember was clearly unlike any normal - or sane - teenage girl he’d ever known. When she should’ve run screaming from him, she’d made jokes. Where anyone else would’ve thrashed and yelled to get away from him, she’d sat on his lap and blushed at his touch. Amazing. Bizarre, but amazing.

As they wandered slowly, winding their way through the trees, Reid asked her about what she had prattled on about earlier, the dreams she’d talked about, and she described them to him - briefly. He had a feeling she was editing out a few things but that was okay. He could fill in the blanks. Carefully, he explained to her that Brandon, Perry, Ricky and himself were all born vampires, knowing that every word he uttered to her was another word against the boys’ covenant of silence that they’d held for seventeen years. Yet, he found a sort of peace in his betrayal of his friends, in letting Ember know who he really was. Plus, his rebellious nature thrived on breaking the rules. Brandon is going to be so pissed off, he thought gleefully.

Answering each of her questions, Reid let her know about the impossible speed and reflexes, the ultra-hyped-up senses, the ability to levitate small objects with their minds - he didn't go into detail on how exactly that worked. It was a little confusing, and he doubted she’d understand it really. It was hard to describe to someone who didn’t have the telekinetic power. He also explained that, as born vampires, they weren't really dead. They were undead. They had died in the womb, but when they'd been born, they'd come to life again through the magic in their blood. Their hearts beat, but that was an evolutionary thing; they wouldn't die if their hearts didn't beat – unless the reason their hearts didn’t beat was that they’d been staked or burned - but having a pulse averted suspicion. If Reid ran around without a heartbeat, the girls he bedded would probably notice sooner or later. And that would be bad.

Lastly, he explained that they did drink human blood, but only needed to feed once a week or so.

“Is that part of why all the girls?” she asked, a taunting smile across her lips.

He nodded and replied, “But only part.” He arched a brow meaningfully at her in his normal manner. It didn’t bother her.

He didn’t feel it was prudent to mention the compulsion he could use; he knew it would likely upset her. She might suspect him for using it on her, blah, blah, blah.

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