to the sides of her body and closed her eyes.
After a moment of concentration on her part, wings sprouted from Kat’s back. She rotated her shoulders. Her wings did a flexing motion. They started to illuminate with an iridescent fluid running through vein-like structures throughout each wing.
“Kat, your wings are beautiful.” I was in awe. They were spectacular. If I ever had wings, those would be the ones I’d want.
“Thanks, Sydney. I’m still getting used to them. Torque promised to take me to a football field or somewhere with a lot of space so I can practice using them, but that’s kind of hard when the big guy says I can’t ever leave the palace.” She relaxed her shoulders and, with an ease only a vampire could have, she descended back to the ground.
With a roll of her shoulder blades, Kat’s wings neatly tucked back into their hiding spots. The only sign they existed were the red bumps running the length of her shoulder blades.
“Kat, how is it you’re like the only vampire in existence with wings? Doesn’t anyone else think that’s a little odd?” Embarrassed that the question left my mouth—because unfortunately the filter between my brain and my lips didn’t always work so well—I said, “I’m sorry, that came out wrong.”
She motioned for us to start up the stairs while explaining, “Don’t worry, Sydney. Everyone that sees them asks the same question. Well, my father’s mother wasn’t a full-blooded vampire, she was half fae.”
Her explanation didn’t clarify anything. “Um, what’s a fae?”
Kat stopped on the stairs with one leg lifted in the air. Laughing, she slapped her knee. “Sydney, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t laugh, but it’s so refreshing to meet someone just as new to this world as I am. I didn’t even know vampires existed until my husband tracked me down before Hunters got the chance to kill me before my change. You see, I was brought up by my aunt after being told my parents died in a car crash while they drove one snowy night on the freeway. Well, that story was only partially true.”
I waited for her to keep talking, but she turned to continue up the stairs. It didn’t pass my notice I was the only one out of breath when we reached the top landing. I put my hand out as I bent over to catch my breath. “Give me a minute, okay?”
Kat squatted a few feet in front of me. “Uncle Alex doesn’t like when people find out about my having wings. He thinks the Hunters will focus on me as their target because they’ll see me as more of an abomination than they do the vampires. So what I’m about to tell you is secret. Mum’s the word.”
I nodded, not wanting to waste precious air to speak.
“Sydney, I’m part fairy. My father’s mother was half-fae, so if you do the math, which I have a million times, well, I’m one-eighth fairy. Apparently that’s enough of my grandmother’s genes to have made me develop wings during my change. I’m not the only vampire who has them. My father has them, too. His look way different, though. They are black and feathered.” She leaned over to pat me on the back.
Finally having caught my breath, I stood straight. “Phew, I clearly need to work out more. Maybe that’s what we can do when I come to visit? I wouldn’t mind getting in better shape, not that you have to worry about that, but it could be fun.”
Kat was instantly in a better mood with our having plans for future hang-out times. “Good, then it’s settled. We should set up weekly dates, if that’s okay with you?”
I didn’t mean to be a downer, but I had a store to run, plus there was a lot going on with the vampire coven and werewolf pack. Actually make that packs, as in pleural. Now that the wolves from Mobile, Alabama, were on their way, I had a dreadful feeling I was going to be sucked into pack business more than I’d ever wanted to be.
“Kat, I really enjoyed tonight. Hanging out with you was a blast, but I can’t set times yet. My life
After a moment of concentration on her part, wings sprouted from Kat’s back. She rotated her shoulders. Her wings did a flexing motion. They started to illuminate with an iridescent fluid running through vein-like structures throughout each wing.
“Kat, your wings are beautiful.” I was in awe. They were spectacular. If I ever had wings, those would be the ones I’d want.
“Thanks, Sydney. I’m still getting used to them. Torque promised to take me to a football field or somewhere with a lot of space so I can practice using them, but that’s kind of hard when the big guy says I can’t ever leave the palace.” She relaxed her shoulders and, with an ease only a vampire could have, she descended back to the ground.
With a roll of her shoulder blades, Kat’s wings neatly tucked back into their hiding spots. The only sign they existed were the red bumps running the length of her shoulder blades.
“Kat, how is it you’re like the only vampire in existence with wings? Doesn’t anyone else think that’s a little odd?” Embarrassed that the question left my mouth—because unfortunately the filter between my brain and my lips didn’t always work so well—I said, “I’m sorry, that came out wrong.”
She motioned for us to start up the stairs while explaining, “Don’t worry, Sydney. Everyone that sees them asks the same question. Well, my father’s mother wasn’t a full-blooded vampire, she was half fae.”
Her explanation didn’t clarify anything. “Um, what’s a fae?”
Kat stopped on the stairs with one leg lifted in the air. Laughing, she slapped her knee. “Sydney, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t laugh, but it’s so refreshing to meet someone just as new to this world as I am. I didn’t even know vampires existed until my husband tracked me down before Hunters got the chance to kill me before my change. You see, I was brought up by my aunt after being told my parents died in a car crash while they drove one snowy night on the freeway. Well, that story was only partially true.”
I waited for her to keep talking, but she turned to continue up the stairs. It didn’t pass my notice I was the only one out of breath when we reached the top landing. I put my hand out as I bent over to catch my breath. “Give me a minute, okay?”
Kat squatted a few feet in front of me. “Uncle Alex doesn’t like when people find out about my having wings. He thinks the Hunters will focus on me as their target because they’ll see me as more of an abomination than they do the vampires. So what I’m about to tell you is secret. Mum’s the word.”
I nodded, not wanting to waste precious air to speak.
“Sydney, I’m part fairy. My father’s mother was half-fae, so if you do the math, which I have a million times, well, I’m one-eighth fairy. Apparently that’s enough of my grandmother’s genes to have made me develop wings during my change. I’m not the only vampire who has them. My father has them, too. His look way different, though. They are black and feathered.” She leaned over to pat me on the back.
Finally having caught my breath, I stood straight. “Phew, I clearly need to work out more. Maybe that’s what we can do when I come to visit? I wouldn’t mind getting in better shape, not that you have to worry about that, but it could be fun.”
Kat was instantly in a better mood with our having plans for future hang-out times. “Good, then it’s settled. We should set up weekly dates, if that’s okay with you?”
I didn’t mean to be a downer, but I had a store to run, plus there was a lot going on with the vampire coven and werewolf pack. Actually make that packs, as in pleural. Now that the wolves from Mobile, Alabama, were on their way, I had a dreadful feeling I was going to be sucked into pack business more than I’d ever wanted to be.
“Kat, I really enjoyed tonight. Hanging out with you was a blast, but I can’t set times yet. My life
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