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reasonable. How could any of this be reasonable? She thought maybe she was the one going out of her mind.
    “Why me?” She still hugged the pillow, but she slowly moved to the side of the bed away from him.
    “Good question. I don’t have an answer to that. Every once in a while there is someone who comes along that has blood that just tastes better, smells better, is better. No one knows why, but it’s rare. You are one of those people. But we cannot allow anyone to get carried away and drain you. So I am here to see that you only share if it’s your wish.”
    Now she was at the other side of the bed. She sat up, still holding the pillow. “Let me get this straight. You are a Vampire, right?”
    “Yes.” He dragged the word out to a point that left her uncomfortable.
    “And you live by sucking blood from people, right?”
    “Yes.” Now she watched the little crooked smile on his lips. Was she entertaining him?
    “My blood is special and you really, really would like a taste of it?”
    Now he was smiling. She was amusing him. “Oh, yes.”
    “There is more?” She watched his face. She couldn’t read anything except the crooked smile but she sensed he had other plans.
    “I would like to fuck you.”
    She gasped. “Shit, that was rather crude. No foreplay, no flowers, no nice sweet words?” She was squeezing the pillow so hard that her arms hurt. Finally, since he did not move, she stood up and had to back up against the wall to help support her. She still had her pillow. “Is there more?” This came out almost as a whisper.
    “Well, I don’t know what kind of details you want?” He had the nerve to raise an eyebrow.
    “How long are you staying, who sent you, why do I need you to protect me, why are you in my house, how did you find me, what if I don’t want to — what did you call it, share — oh, and especially what if I don’t want to have sex with you or anybody else that sucks blood from people? Shit, this can’t be real.” She slowly sank down the wall and finally let go of the pillow and instead hugged her knees.
    He left the room and returned back to her side of the bed, knelt down and held out a Gatorade. “You need to replace some vital elements. You haven’t eaten, and your bout in the bathroom left you depleted.”
    She saw him take the pillow and toss it on the bed as she finally took the bottle. He was right. She could feel the light head you got from lack of potassium and sugar. She tipped the bottle, swallowed and waited to see if it was going to stay down. The cold liquid actually felt good. She slowly stood up and drank some more. She watched him out of the corner of her eye as he also rose up. O M G, he was huge. She moved around him, grateful that he didn’t touch her, and went into the main room. This time she walked around behind the lunch bar, hoping to keep it between them.
    He was right there. She had not heard him move, but she felt him following her and when she turned, he was standing by the bar. She took another drink and tried her voice. “Do I get any answers?”
    “Sure. I am staying for as long as you need protection, I was sent here by the Council, which is sort of our governing body. You need me because you are mortal and any Vampire, even a new one, can overpower you when it comes to strength. I am in your house because you invited me, which is important — a Vampire can’t enter a mortal’s nest unless invited by that person. There has been a rule placed on you by the Council. No one can take your blood without your permission and they can’t fuck you without your permission. Again, it is my job to enforce that rule, because some Vamps are not strong enough to resist, and some will just not care. Actually, the act of sharing blood and having sex at the same time is very pleasurable to both the mortal and the Vamp.”
    She shook her head and pushed her hair back behind her shoulders. She had lost all track of time. She looked at the big old clock above