Blood Moon (Moon Books) by M.J. O'Shea Read Free Book Online

overkill, but I wasn’t taking any chances with Noah’s safety.
    We’d spent the day talking, reliving the past, getting to know each other again—for real this time. It was a relief that he was finally acting like himself: quick to laugh, witty, talkative. That huge weight that I’d sensed seemed to have lifted as soon as I’d told him that I didn’t care what he’d become. He was the best friend who I’d been comfortable with for years combined with the flirtatious sexy new boyfriend that I couldn’t keep my hands off of. Every conversation was filled with giggling, teasing, and touching, every silence filled with long, deep kisses.
    It was easily the best day I’d had in years. Maybe ever. I knew my parents were confused and probably a little worried. I hadn’t said much other than “Noah’s here” and I’d barely emerged from my room since breakfast. They hadn’t even seen him yet. I was sure I’d be getting some questions fairly soon but I had no idea how I was going to answer them so I stayed hidden and hoped they didn’t come barging through the bedroom door.
    It was nearing dinnertime. I decided to grab a quick snack so I could avoid the question of why Noah wasn’t eating. He said that even the smell of food made him gag since he’d been turned. When I asked if he missed eating, he said it was hard to miss something that was repulsive. I felt the same about drinking blood, so I understood. I shoveled a bowl of cereal into my mouth as quickly as possible and ducked back into my room before anyone from my family could corner me.
    Noah was lounging on my bed when I returned, awake but relaxed. His eyes were sleepy and partly covered by a curtain of silky blond hair and his t-shirt was hitched up a little, showing a few inches of smoothly muscled abdomen. I wanted to lean over and run my tongue along the waist of his jeans. He looked a million times better than he had the night before, but was still a little pale and drawn—even by what I imagined vampire standards to be. It wouldn’t have mattered if he looked half dead, honestly. He’d still be the most gorgeous thing in the world to me.
    I jumped on him impulsively and covered his lips with my own, still marveling at the fact that I actually got to kiss him again. Noah purred a little in his throat and hooked his leg around my thighs, returning the kiss.
    “I love kissing you,” he whispered a few minutes later when we had to stop and catch our breath. I smiled and brushed my thumb across his bottom lip.
    “I love kissing you too.” I followed my thumb with another small kiss. I hadn’t gotten a hundred percent used to the fact that he was really truly there with everything out in the open.
    By silent mutual agreement, we’d avoided any serious topics all day but I decided it was time to start dealing with them. I needed to know what was going on. I knew our feelings for each other were the kind that lasted forever. While it normally might seem a little premature to start talking about the future after just a few days, what we had was definitely not a normal situation. Last night had changed everything.
    “So what now, Noah? For you, for us?”
    “Aren’t you starting school again in September?”
    “Yeah and I think you should come with me to the city. I’ve got a decent apartment and no roommates yet. I mean, it could be like we wanted before.” The idea of him and me living together in my cozy little apartment made my pulse leap.
    He smiled sadly. “But, Zack, it’ll never be like we used to talk about. You have to remember that I’m dangerous for you. Even if I would never hurt you, having me around isn’t a good idea.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Well the rest of my family still doesn’t know what happened to me. I’ve been hiding it. I think they’ll come after me when they eventually figure out I got turned. As far as they’re concerned, a vampire’s a vampire and no longer a human with emotions and a sense of