Consequences (Blood of Pharaohs #1) by Mairsile

Author:Mairsile [Mairsile]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

November 9, 2016

da Polenta Ranch, Texas

The sun rose at 6:51, and the immortals had long since retired for the morning. The three humans sat in the kitchen, sipping coffee and ignoring their steak and eggs. The morning sun was shining brightly without a cloud in the sky, but inside the house it was dark, both visually and emotionally. Leonard looked pensive, Dorothea clutched her crucifix, and Lilah was lost in thought.

“We’ve been up all night. Why don’t you girls try and get some sleep?” Leonard suggested. “It’s going to be a busy day and a long night.”

“You’re right, Dad. I’ll take a nap after breakfast,” Lilah said, looking down at her cold steak and sighing.

“I won’t need a siesta. I slept very well,” Dorothea stated. “I don’t remember when I’ve slept so well.”

Leonard and Lilah exchanged glances, a knowing smile on their lips.

Buck walked in from the back door. “Mind if I get a glass of water?”

Startled out of their reverie, they looked up at him. Dorothea jumped up and retrieved a bottled water from the refrigerator. As she handed it to him, she examined his face, particularly his mouth, with a keen eye. He smiled at her and thanked her for the water before he walked back outside.

“He’s not a vampire, Dorothea,” Lilah said. “Vampires can’t be out in the sun. They’d burst into flames and die an excruciating death.” Lilah put such emphasis on the explanation that Leonard gave her a worried look.

“But what if it’s storming and you can’t see the sun?” Dorothea asked, sitting down beside her again.

“We could improvise,” Lilah admitted. “A stake through the heart, maybe? Never mind. Nikki said that wouldn’t work.”

“The sun is still in the sky whether we can see it or not,” Leonard interjected, shaking his head. “Look, I know this has been a shock to both of you, but we’re not going to kill our friends.”

“Chupacabra,” Dorothea corrected him.

Leonard gave her a stern look. “Are you going to sit there and tell me that you could kill Beulah?”

Dorothea inhaled sharply. She had not considered that Beulah might be one of the undead. She had always looked normal… but then, so had her husband. “No, señor.”

“No, I didn’t think so. These are people that we’ve known all our lives. They’re like family.”

“Family like great-uncle Harold, who likes to walk around buck-naked and picks his nose all the time?” Lilah asked, suddenly shivering at the vision.

Leonard chuckled in spite of himself. “But we still treat Harold like family. The point is that in all the years we’ve known them, have they ever once tried to bite either one of you?”

Dorothea shook her head. “No, señor.”

“Not that I’m aware of,” Lilah dodged. “But they can mess with your minds and make you forget half your life if they wanted to, so who knows what they’ve done to us.”

Leonard sighed. No amount of arguing was going to change their minds. He would just have to let them adjust on their own. But Lilah’s last comment concerned him.

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