Awakening (The Magic of the Black Forest Book 2) by Macy Farmer Page B

Bradley that he overreacted, that he needed to calm down. He defended himself by telling them he didn’t do anything differently than Dave or Jesse would have had it been Cheryl or Colleen.
    “She’s my wife. I’ve waited a long time for her. I can barely remember how my life was before her… When I didn’t know why I even existed. Now I know it’s because of her. She is my only purpose for living. Without her there’s no reason for me to be a part of this world.”
    Hearing him say those words angered me. I’m a mortal, and one day I will die. Upset and frustrated I quietly got out of bed and walked to the living room. For the first time ever I was able to sneak up on the guys.
    “Bradley, please stop talking like that.” They quickly turned their heads with disbelief. Bradley was about to sweep me off my feet again but I stopped him by putting my arm up and hand against his chest. “Shouldn’t you men be discussing a strategy, some way to find and defeat our enemies? And you Brad…” I poked my finger into his chest. “I don’t want to hear you ever talk about not being a part of this world again. I won’t live forever. Do you hear me?” Stunned by my reaction, all three of them just nodded their heads. “Fine. I’m going in the kitchen with the women while you three come up with a plan.”
    “Did she call you Brad?” Dave asked.
    “Yes, she does that when she’s angry with me or I hurt her feelings. I don’t want to be locked from the bedroom tonight so let’s discuss the issue at hand. We need to find out where they are. Jesse, can you do that?”
    “I don’t know, Brad, I think you’re already in the doghouse…” Jesse started saying sarcastically before Colleen interrupted. She told him he’d be sleeping outside if he didn’t get down to business.
    Over dinner the guys caught us up on what was going on with Anthony and Andrew. Jesse found out that they were leaving Europe tomorrow and would arrive in the state roughly two days from now.
    “Natalia…” Bradley put his hand over mine. “Seager and I could hear what the trees were telling you. It appears you’ve met my father in one of your previous lives.”
    “ You see, Nat, his father killed you over a hundred and fifty years ago for choosing Brad over him. Actually, he killed Brad as well. What’s strange about this lifetime is that he’s Brad’s father as opposed to a friend or enemy.”
    Everybody just stared at Seager like they’ve never heard him speak before. The only one who was experiencing this for the first time was Cheryl.
    “Maybe we should do this in private,” I suggested.
    Shocked by Seager’s comment, Bradley agreed and asked everyone to leave, telling them he would explain later. He also reminded Cheryl not to say anything about Seager.
    Once everyone left, we sat down in the living room and Seager gave us some very important details about our past lives. Apparently, Bradley, in all his previous past lives, had always been a vampire. This lifetime was his first life as a human vampire. For several centuries Bradley’s father was the man responsible for turning him into a vampire. It’s a little ironic that he fathered Bradley in this lifetime, still making him a vampire. We were still unsure why the man had always hunted Bradley down.
    What Seager said next sent fearful chills up and down my spine. It was his father that murdered me in every one of my past lives. When I entered Bradley’s life, whether as a friend or romantically, Andrew would go into a rage. After killing Bradley, he would offer me immortality and when I declined, he killed me as well.
    “Seager, I don’t understand. Not too long ago, I had a nightmare of Bradley and me from years and years ago. He wasn’t immortal, he was a human. A man killed him, stabbing him in the back. Bradley was in my arms, I was hugging him.”
    “That was the one lifetime the two of you met before Andrew turned Bradley into a vampire. Bradley was murdered