would be really pissed if they heard you say that. Besides, I think I
would have noticed them eating the gardener and howling at the moon.”
Aaron
was surprised at that. Her parents were still living. He had forgotten just how
young a vampire she was. He wondered if that was a part of the reason this
person, Rome, wanted her as well. He looked at Beau again. “You need to take
her under your wing, so to speak. I’m assuming you’ve never shifted.”
Megan
looked at Aaron with a look of complete horror on her face. “You really do
become a bat? Shit!”
“No,
not unless I want to, that is. And I don’t wear a cape either. Don’t be obtuse,”
Aaron snapped. “You can shift into something, maybe several things for all we
know. How did you survive all this time without some knowledge of what you can
do?”
“I
wasn’t,” Megan said softly. “Trying to survive, that is. I never wanted to be
this monster, but I wasn’t brave enough to end my life either. The first time
the sun touched me was…I had to run and hide until I could heal. Do you have
any idea what it’s like to have your…I guess you do. But I didn’t ask for this
and I certainly don’t want it.”
“Megan,
love, if you die so do I. You and I are a pair now, mated and bonded as a
vampire couple.” Beau started to reach for her, but she backed away. “Neither
of us can feed from anyone else unless it’s our maker. And that too is not an
option for us. We are both orphans.”
“No.
No, I didn’t bond with you. We only had…we only had sex. What are you talking
about?”
Aaron
was at once angry at Beau. He’d taken her and bonded with her without her
consent. He started to rise, but Sara stopped him with a whisper through his
mind.
“Had
he not then she would surely be dead and we both know it. He may have broken
the rules governing our kind, but she had made no bones about wishing her own
death. Let them be, love.”
“We
have fed from each other during intercourse. To become a pair, we needed to
have a climax together and exchange blood. It was easier with you than I would
guess a human to vampire mating would be because you are already vampire.” Beau
let her go as he spoke again.
Megan
looked terrified. Aaron watched her and wasn’t surprised when she ran from the room,
Beau fast on her heels. Aaron would have gone after them both, but Sara stopped
him.
“She
won’t listen to you, love. She’s more than likely not going to listen to Beau either.
Let them go. They’ll work it out.”
“Or
what? Kill each other? I think it’s a good thing she can’t hurt her mate. I
think Beau is in for a long haul.”
~~~
Michael
watched the house. He knew that the female was in there. Her scent called to
him. He moved closer, but not too close to the hum of electricity in the fence
between him and her.
Michael
paced in front of the gate, back and forth for several minutes. He was losing
control of the beast that he’d become. If he was smart he’d go back to the
house and he’d kill the man who dared to think he owned him, Samuel Rome, and
then himself. Once he had a little more control over himself Michael went to
the forest just behind the mansion.
He
was a monster, nothing like the one that Megan thought she was, but real,
horribly real. He’d been a man once, he thought, a good man, a man who could
have been great. But he’d gotten greedy. He’d gotten a taste of what he’d made
and let it go to his head. Michael knew what the consequences were to his
experiment. But he thought he was beyond that, beyond the simple creatures that
had turned vicious once the drugs had taken hold.
The
formula was supposed to make it so that he could live forever. He had been an
immortal, but he wanted more, needed more. He had played with the human body,
cell research, blood typing and manipulations. Every test subject had been a
failure until the end. Until the one man he’d tried it on. And Michael had
thought he was ready to try it on
would have noticed them eating the gardener and howling at the moon.”
Aaron
was surprised at that. Her parents were still living. He had forgotten just how
young a vampire she was. He wondered if that was a part of the reason this
person, Rome, wanted her as well. He looked at Beau again. “You need to take
her under your wing, so to speak. I’m assuming you’ve never shifted.”
Megan
looked at Aaron with a look of complete horror on her face. “You really do
become a bat? Shit!”
“No,
not unless I want to, that is. And I don’t wear a cape either. Don’t be obtuse,”
Aaron snapped. “You can shift into something, maybe several things for all we
know. How did you survive all this time without some knowledge of what you can
do?”
“I
wasn’t,” Megan said softly. “Trying to survive, that is. I never wanted to be
this monster, but I wasn’t brave enough to end my life either. The first time
the sun touched me was…I had to run and hide until I could heal. Do you have
any idea what it’s like to have your…I guess you do. But I didn’t ask for this
and I certainly don’t want it.”
“Megan,
love, if you die so do I. You and I are a pair now, mated and bonded as a
vampire couple.” Beau started to reach for her, but she backed away. “Neither
of us can feed from anyone else unless it’s our maker. And that too is not an
option for us. We are both orphans.”
“No.
No, I didn’t bond with you. We only had…we only had sex. What are you talking
about?”
Aaron
was at once angry at Beau. He’d taken her and bonded with her without her
consent. He started to rise, but Sara stopped him with a whisper through his
mind.
“Had
he not then she would surely be dead and we both know it. He may have broken
the rules governing our kind, but she had made no bones about wishing her own
death. Let them be, love.”
“We
have fed from each other during intercourse. To become a pair, we needed to
have a climax together and exchange blood. It was easier with you than I would
guess a human to vampire mating would be because you are already vampire.” Beau
let her go as he spoke again.
Megan
looked terrified. Aaron watched her and wasn’t surprised when she ran from the room,
Beau fast on her heels. Aaron would have gone after them both, but Sara stopped
him.
“She
won’t listen to you, love. She’s more than likely not going to listen to Beau either.
Let them go. They’ll work it out.”
“Or
what? Kill each other? I think it’s a good thing she can’t hurt her mate. I
think Beau is in for a long haul.”
~~~
Michael
watched the house. He knew that the female was in there. Her scent called to
him. He moved closer, but not too close to the hum of electricity in the fence
between him and her.
Michael
paced in front of the gate, back and forth for several minutes. He was losing
control of the beast that he’d become. If he was smart he’d go back to the
house and he’d kill the man who dared to think he owned him, Samuel Rome, and
then himself. Once he had a little more control over himself Michael went to
the forest just behind the mansion.
He
was a monster, nothing like the one that Megan thought she was, but real,
horribly real. He’d been a man once, he thought, a good man, a man who could
have been great. But he’d gotten greedy. He’d gotten a taste of what he’d made
and let it go to his head. Michael knew what the consequences were to his
experiment. But he thought he was beyond that, beyond the simple creatures that
had turned vicious once the drugs had taken hold.
The
formula was supposed to make it so that he could live forever. He had been an
immortal, but he wanted more, needed more. He had played with the human body,
cell research, blood typing and manipulations. Every test subject had been a
failure until the end. Until the one man he’d tried it on. And Michael had
thought he was ready to try it on
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