The Blood Coven Vampires, Volume 1 by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2011-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-EIGHT

Boys That Bite

I jump away, my hand to my neck like so much déjà vu.

“That hurt!” I cry. In fact, it hurt a lot worse than the first time he did it, a week ago at Club Fang. The Club Fang bite was just a pain in the neck, so to speak. This one feels like poison is shooting through every vein in my body—my head to my toes to my fingertips.

“Sunny, sit down,” Magnus commands. Dazed and in massive pain, I allow him to drag me down to the curb. I struggle for breath.

“What did you do to me?” I cry. I feel like I’m dying. Not that I know what dying feels like, but I’m pretty sure this can’t be far off on the pain scale. My head hurts. My body aches. I feel sick to my stomach. It’s awful.

Magnus pulls out his implanted teeth and presents them to me. “I’m sorry, Sunny,” he says solemnly. “I thought it was for the best.”

“What was?” I sob, begging the pain to go away. My whole body is practically convulsing like I’m having a seizure. “Did you poison me?”

He sighs and opens his other hand. I stare at it, then up at him.

The other Grail vial.

And it’s empty.

I put two and two together.

“I’m sorry, Sunny,” Magnus says. “I know you say you want to be a vampire, but honestly I don’t believe you. In fact, I’m willing to bet a gallon of blood you’re just saying that because you want to be with me.”

I hang my head in shame. The physical pain has subsided somewhat, but the mental anguish is just beginning. What can I say? Of course, he’s right. But I don’t want him to think that’s any reflection on my feelings for him.

“So I guess it wasn’t meant to be,” I say with a sigh. Great. Now I’m happy to be turning back into a human, but depressed as all hell about losing Magnus.

“What wasn’t?” Magnus asks gently.

I look up in surprise. “You and I. Together.”

He smiles that signature sweet smile of his and takes my hand. I tremble as he strokes my palm.

“Are you kidding?” he asks. “Vampire or human or, hell, if you decide one day you’re going to become a werewolf or fairy, I’m not letting you go.”

For a moment I’m tempted to ask if there really are werewolves and fairies out there as well as vampires, but then the full impact of his words hits me.

“Really?” I ask, choking out the words through my happy tears. “You want to be with me anyway? Even if I’m not your blood mate?”

He nods. His eyes are full of love.

“But it’ll be hard to . . .”

“We’ll make it work.”

“And what if you get assigned . . . ?”

“You don’t have to worry.

“But what if the other vamps—”

“I’ll take care of them.” Magnus places a finger to my lips. “The lady doth protest too much,” he quotes.

I grin sheepishly. “You just met me?”

He laughs, then his face turns serious.

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