he’d found Ashley, like someone reborn. Once a soul mate found his or her match, a new light shone in their eyes. After taking that great leap of faith their eyes seemed to call out, “Join us in this cult of love.”
“What do you have to say that I haven’t heard before,” I asked, crossing my arms.
“Uh, well…” His eyes danced around the room. “Nothing. I was just curious. You seem bitter about Sarah and me. They say you’ve met your soul mate, but you’re avoiding her. I guess… I just don’t understand why.”
“Have you met Ashley?” I sneered.
Jack rubbed his palms, debating whether to respond. His answer was a nervous silence.
“They say I’m avoiding her, huh?” I said. “Did they put you up to this?”
He shook his head. “No, it was my own curiosity… and I was trying to figure out why you hate me so much.”
“I’m shocked. You actually grew a pair on your own.” I chuckled. “I don’t hate you, Jack. I just hate what you represent.”
“Humans?”
“No… happiness.”
“How can you hate being happy?”
“Nothing good can last forever,” I said. “Ask Ashley. She’ll tell you all about it. And when her mental walls come tumbling down and you feel all the pain she does, tell me if you really think it’s all worth it.”
“You see the glass as half empty.”
I chuckled. “I was born a monster, Jack. There’s no other way to look at life.”
Jack changed the subject, mentioning the motorcycle. Our conversa tion devolved into pleasantries and, as I sensed the nearness of Ashley and Sarah, I told him his beloved was back. He left to join her and I turned the music back up.
I could hear Sarah finally agreeing to the idea that Jack should become a vampire. It was best for him, her, and Abby. They planned it all out like a fucking honeymoon. They would take a room at a nearby hotel. Sarah would feed, then the fucking succubus would bite him. Once he’d been bitten, they would come back home. That’s what they told us, but I knew there was more to it than that. She wanted to screw him without Abby, or any of us, hearing them.
A vampire’s bite during sex can be downright unpleasant for a human. Sarah worried we might be disconcerted by his response. Vampires usually exercise mind control while biting and feeding, but now everyone acted as if it were taboo to do that to someone you love.
Ash told Jack the process had been pleasurable for her, but Sarah’s memories of it were painful. She’d cried repeatedly, she said, making me wonder if it would have been painful if Ash had bitten me.
Josh came to my door to ask if I would clean up after Sarah’s meal. “The Guesthouse, Aberdeen, tomorrow night,” he said.
“Yeah, I fucking heard,” I said.
“You know that place?”
“Yeah.” I shut the door in his face.
It was the place where Ash and I had stayed when she awoke from her catatonic depression. That’s when she’d fed for the first time on her own. It was there that she’d pulled me so strongly, wanting sex.
It was the closest I’d ever come to getting what I wanted.
11 DIFFERENT DEFINITION
I let Jack and Sarah borrow the Hayabusa to go to Aberdeen. The dude had been bugging me about the damn bike since he’d learned I had it. I was being a big enough dick to everyone else that I felt as if I should cut him a break. I was amazed a human had the nuts to ride it, but he did, and he wanted to teach Sarah how. That way she could bring him back if he wasn’t strong enough.
I gave Sarah a pair of my jeans, telling her to leave them under the train tracks behind the hotel. The tracks bridged the waterway there. I waited until it started to get dark. Everyone but Lex and Abby were in the game room as I headed out. Only Josh and Jenny looked up.
They were all still pissed at me. I never had any siblings, but it felt as if Ash was the baby of our group. Everyone else pampered her. In this scenario I would be the middle child, acting
“What do you have to say that I haven’t heard before,” I asked, crossing my arms.
“Uh, well…” His eyes danced around the room. “Nothing. I was just curious. You seem bitter about Sarah and me. They say you’ve met your soul mate, but you’re avoiding her. I guess… I just don’t understand why.”
“Have you met Ashley?” I sneered.
Jack rubbed his palms, debating whether to respond. His answer was a nervous silence.
“They say I’m avoiding her, huh?” I said. “Did they put you up to this?”
He shook his head. “No, it was my own curiosity… and I was trying to figure out why you hate me so much.”
“I’m shocked. You actually grew a pair on your own.” I chuckled. “I don’t hate you, Jack. I just hate what you represent.”
“Humans?”
“No… happiness.”
“How can you hate being happy?”
“Nothing good can last forever,” I said. “Ask Ashley. She’ll tell you all about it. And when her mental walls come tumbling down and you feel all the pain she does, tell me if you really think it’s all worth it.”
“You see the glass as half empty.”
I chuckled. “I was born a monster, Jack. There’s no other way to look at life.”
Jack changed the subject, mentioning the motorcycle. Our conversa tion devolved into pleasantries and, as I sensed the nearness of Ashley and Sarah, I told him his beloved was back. He left to join her and I turned the music back up.
I could hear Sarah finally agreeing to the idea that Jack should become a vampire. It was best for him, her, and Abby. They planned it all out like a fucking honeymoon. They would take a room at a nearby hotel. Sarah would feed, then the fucking succubus would bite him. Once he’d been bitten, they would come back home. That’s what they told us, but I knew there was more to it than that. She wanted to screw him without Abby, or any of us, hearing them.
A vampire’s bite during sex can be downright unpleasant for a human. Sarah worried we might be disconcerted by his response. Vampires usually exercise mind control while biting and feeding, but now everyone acted as if it were taboo to do that to someone you love.
Ash told Jack the process had been pleasurable for her, but Sarah’s memories of it were painful. She’d cried repeatedly, she said, making me wonder if it would have been painful if Ash had bitten me.
Josh came to my door to ask if I would clean up after Sarah’s meal. “The Guesthouse, Aberdeen, tomorrow night,” he said.
“Yeah, I fucking heard,” I said.
“You know that place?”
“Yeah.” I shut the door in his face.
It was the place where Ash and I had stayed when she awoke from her catatonic depression. That’s when she’d fed for the first time on her own. It was there that she’d pulled me so strongly, wanting sex.
It was the closest I’d ever come to getting what I wanted.
11 DIFFERENT DEFINITION
I let Jack and Sarah borrow the Hayabusa to go to Aberdeen. The dude had been bugging me about the damn bike since he’d learned I had it. I was being a big enough dick to everyone else that I felt as if I should cut him a break. I was amazed a human had the nuts to ride it, but he did, and he wanted to teach Sarah how. That way she could bring him back if he wasn’t strong enough.
I gave Sarah a pair of my jeans, telling her to leave them under the train tracks behind the hotel. The tracks bridged the waterway there. I waited until it started to get dark. Everyone but Lex and Abby were in the game room as I headed out. Only Josh and Jenny looked up.
They were all still pissed at me. I never had any siblings, but it felt as if Ash was the baby of our group. Everyone else pampered her. In this scenario I would be the middle child, acting
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