The Vampire...In My Dreams by Terry Spear

Author:Terry Spear [Spear, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

MARISSA

I was certain this was one adventure even my poor friend Kate wasn’t ready for. My heart pounding, I slapped my hand over Kate’s mouth to keep her from inviting the pizza delivery boy into my home, while Dominic slammed the door in the imposter’s face.

Poor Kate. Her eyes couldn’t have gotten any wider, nor could her skin have turned any whiter. She’d taken everything so well until Dominic and I reacted so violently to the pizza delivery. The thought that the vampire could have gained entry into my house and let Lynetta or any other vampire in, sent chills cascading down my spine.

“That was too close for comfort,” Dominic said, eyeing both of us to ensure we weren’t too shaken by the ordeal.

“Lynetta’s going to keep sending them, isn’t she?” I asked, hoping he’d say no and settle the disquiet forming in the pit of my stomach. In my heart I knew she’d come for him, her chosen. And she’d destroy me, too, for trying to steal him away from her.

“Uhm, guys,” Kate said, peering out the front picture window, her brow furrowed, “what do we do with the pizza delivery dude?”

To my surprise, Dominic suddenly vanished from the house and materialized next to the delivery boy. The guy nodded, climbed into his car and drove off.

This time Dominic returned to the house via the front door. “He remembered the pizza belonged to a John Smith in San Francisco, California.”

Kate chuckled. “I imagine the pizza will be ice cold by the time it gets there.”

Not wanting Kate to hear my question, I spoke to Dominic telepathically, the worry imprinted on my brain. “Why did he smell of blood?”

“He had just eaten a rat.”

My head began to spin. I’m sure my face was paler than pale. “I’ll be right back.” I hurried for the bathroom.

Seconds later, I held my head over the toilet, grateful I made it in time and didn’t have to clean up a mess in the living room. Someone rapped on the door.

“Marissa?” Dominic half-whispered, his voice threaded with concern. “Marissa, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have told you.”

I wiped the tears from my cheeks and pulled the bathroom door open. “Is that what we’re destined to do?”

Would I end up killing mammals, feasting on their blood, siphoning the life force from their shuddering bodies? Again, I felt the urge to return to the toilet.

“Not if we can kill Lynetta.”

It all came back to that. “Just how are we to accomplish such a feat?”

Dominic sighed a ragged breath and ran his hand over my arm. “We’ll find a way. We have to.”

Clanging resounded in the kitchen. I raised my brows in question.

Dominic jerked his thumb in the direction of the noise. “Kate is looking for something else for us to eat.”

I ran for the kitchen, the nausea in my stomach instantly subsiding as my mind focused on a new concern. “She has a chef’s heart, but she burns everything she cooks.” I turned to Dominic who followed close on my heels.

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