Samantha Moon 17: Blood Moon (Case Files 2) by J.R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox

Samantha Moon 17: Blood Moon (Case Files 2) by J.R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox

Author:J.R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox [Rain, J.R. & Cox, Matthew S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter Thirteen

Susanna Pinkham “loans” me a simple sundress, likely something she’d wear only around the house and not out in polite company.

Okay, I swiped it. It was either that or explain the bullet hole. Of course, watching me essentially steal from the very people willing to risk their lives to help slaves amuses the hell out of Elizabeth. Though, technically I saved Lanie’s life, albeit by total chance, so I don’t feel too guilty about the dress. And she has quite a few similar garments; oh, and it’s much less cumbersome.

Anyway, with Phibe and the rest of the people I’d been escorting now reasonably safe, I can return my attention to finding Delacroix and getting the hell out of the 1860s. Unfortunately, the Pinkhams put up a fuss when I try to thank them for their hospitality and head off in the middle of the night. Susanna is about to ask about the sundress, when I give her simple suggestion that she offered it to me. Sad thing is, I’m sure the woman would have let me have it if I’d asked. But I can’t explain the hole.

So, I wind up sitting up all night in a room they insist I sleep in. Nothing makes time drag like wanting to be elsewhere in a hurry. Thoughts of Lanie almost eating a bullet mix with my homesickness. Yeah, maybe a bit of crying happens. As much as Delacroix managed to convince me that my kids aren’t experiencing time passing without me there, that doesn’t mean I don’t miss them. Time is still passing for me without them. Ugh. If this is a preview of what I’m going to be like when they’re grown and moved out… I’ve been through some wild shit since becoming a vampire, but the hardest thing I’m ever going to face is having to let them be adults someday.

Eventually, the approaching sun knocks me out. To my perception, time jumps forward like six hours in an instant. After tidying the bed I slept in, I head downstairs to make pleasantries with the family. They’re in a tizzy over the bullet that almost took Lanie’s life, clearly far more worried about her than simple employers ought to be. Perhaps the employee part is a legal technicality so she can stay with them, but I suspect they really have more adopted her than anything. It’s crazy to think that maybe all the work she does would be normal in this time period for a daughter that age. I can barely get Tammy to pick up her room.

I pop downstairs for a brief farewell with Cumberland and the others. After wishing them safe travels north, I head out into another blistering late-August day. Soon after returning to the woods, I spot a giant buck, which I run down and feed from. One advantage to taking meals from large animals like cows and deer is, I don’t have to worry about killing the poor things by drinking too much.

Since I could



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