The Vampire...In My Dreams by Terry Spear Read Free Book Online Page A

down my arms, and I shuddered. I knew I had to save him.
    Touching my shoulders, he leaned over then kissed my lips. “Goodnight, sweet angel of mercy.”
    The heartrending tenderness of his gaze nearly undid me. Not wanting him to have any illusions that I was some perfect angel, I warned, “I can be really cranky if I don’t get enough sleep.”
    Amusement flickered across his face. “Until we wake, then.” Stepping into the dark room, he didn’t turn on the light. He didn’t need to, I belatedly realized, and I wondered if the changes had come easily to him, or if he’d had to adjust to them. I shut the door, my mind groggy but full of questions.
    Morning would come way too soon.
    I headed down the hall to my room and stepped inside. It took me some time to realize in the middle of my changing into an oversized T-shirt, that Dominic was speaking in the room next to me.
    My heart plummeted while the blood in my veins burst into overdrive. Had he let Lynetta in after all? Had she willed him to do so?
    I ran for the guest bedroom and jerked the door open. Dominic sat on the edge of the bed, wearing only a pair of black satin boxers decorated in bright red lips while he spoke into a cell phone.
    I gulped to see him nearly naked, and me wearing only a T-shirt. “Sorry,” I whispered, wondering what in the world I thought I would have done had I found Lynetta in the room with him. Slapped her silly?
    He winked at me, then took in my appearance and grinned. “Yes, Mom, I’ll be at a friend’s. I’ll be safe for tonight. Call you tomorrow.” He snapped the phone shut. “Did you need another goodnight kiss?” Looking sinfully wicked, he smiled again.
    I pointed back to my room. “I worried when I heard voices in here.” I poked a loose curl dangling at my cheek behind my ear, feeling guilty for thinking badly of him. “You…you have a mother?”
    His mouth quirked with humor. “Yep. And a father, too. Every kid normally has one of each to begin with.”
    He was teasing me in an affectionate way, and I realized how ridiculous I must sound. “I…I never thought that you might have a family nearby. You didn’t tell them about me? About…us?”
    “I don’t want to get their hopes up. They’re still pretty shaken up about this. Afraid the human population would want my head on a stake, or under the knife to figure out how I became this way, my parents intend to keep my secret. They told my high school that I was injured in a bad accident, and I would be homeschooled the rest of the year. I can’t see any of my friends now. Everything has to be kept a big secret.”
    Not knowing what else to say, I nodded. I could just imagine my parents’ upset if I had been turned. But I couldn’t imagine how hard it must be for him to have to give up his friends and live a life of secrecy like this. “Can Lynetta get into your house?”
    “No. I met her at the Hamburger Spot.”
    “And you still go there?”
    “Best grilled burgers in town.” He winked, his eyes full of mirth.
    I wondered how he could take his situation with such good humor. I didn’t think I would be able to fare as well. Stepping back in the direction of the doorway, I wished I could help him regain his former state of being, instantly. But for now, I had to get out of the guest bedroom where a nearly naked male vampire sat on the purple ruffled bed. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
    “Sweet dreams.”
    “Uhm, yes. Well, you too.”
    I hurried out of the guestroom, wondering if he had seen the blush rise to my cheeks as hot as they’d become when I saw him so undressed. But when I reached my bedroom, a horrible thought filled my brain. If he could see me in the dark, that was normal for him, being that he was a vampire and all. But I hadn’t turned on the light to see him. In fact, when I changed into my nightshirt in my own bedroom, and even now when I walked through the hallway, I hadn’t turned on any of the lights.
    Walking into my