Total pages in book: 67
Estimated words: 64030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 320(@200wpm)___ 256(@250wpm)___ 213(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 64030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 320(@200wpm)___ 256(@250wpm)___ 213(@300wpm)
My heart swooned. The moment was everything sweet and perfect. I’d never, ever forget it. Also, that sex had been hot! Wayyy better than I imagined.
“And to think, I almost died a virgin. That was amazing.”
“Technically, you did die a virgin.”
“But I’m back, baby. Alive, kicking, and incredibly happy.” I kissed his lips, and he pulled away, staring with a strange look on his face.
“What?” I said. “Is my after-sex glow too much for you? Was the I-love-you thing too fast? I know it seems like I changed my mind all of a sudden, but when you kissed me before, I swear it was like lightning, and I—”
“Masie, you do know that…that you did not come back human, right?”
I froze and blinked. “Sorry?”
“You are a vampire. I thought you knew.”
My jaw dropped. But I didn’t feel any different. I was still me. One hundred percent. My mind shuffled, doing a sanity check.
I still loved my family, loved running the Rooster and slinging whiskey. I loved living in Leiper’s Fork and watching the customers sing with Big Barney every Friday night. I still thought Thomas was an idiot and Maybell was a brat, whom I’d never stop loving. I still admired Uncle Jimmie, who was probably freaking the heck out right now after hearing about tonight. I still missed Deedee but felt incredibly lucky because I had my daddy back, which made Mamma so very, very happy.
I was happy, and nothing had changed.
I stared back at Stark, watching the magnificent blue and green swirls in his pale eyes. I loved him. That was new, but a welcome change.
I placed my hand over my beating heart. So vampires have heartbeats.
I smiled, gazing into the loving face of my handsome vampire. “I can work with this.”
THE END