Third Vampire Shadows (An Urban Paranormal Romance Novel) by Zhu Hsia Read Free Book Online Page B

bloodsuckers,” she explained casually.
    “You’re driving me crazy!” Mun Oh said. He sat on the sidewalk and buried his face in his hands—a gesture that he would’ve never done within sight of his fellow bloodsuckers, for it would definitely suggest weakness, or worse, that he was giving up.
    Hyeon Jin sat beside him.
    “What the heck is a bloodsucker?” she asked. “Are you like a human mosquito?” She giggled.
    “This is not a laughing matter! This is serious!” Mun Oh said.
    His words made Hyeon Jin double up in laughter some more.
    Mun Oh closed his eyes tightly, silently praying for more patience.
    This is hopeless. Of all the people who could’ve found out my secret, why must it be this retard? he thought desperately. He had never been THIS desperate before. And I’ve got bigger problems than this! I still need Ji Sun to do the ritual before I can leave this place forever!
    “Wait. I was wondering,” Hyeon Jin said after finally containing her laughter. “If Ji Sun is also a bloodsucker, then why didn’t Dad and I notice it before? Hmm… Maybe she’s better at hiding it than you—”
    Mun Oh suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders so tightly that she couldn’t move an inch. A fleeting look of terror materialized on her face, but it was gone as quickly as it appeared.
    “What? You’re gonna bite me?”
    “I’m not gonna bite you. That’s disgusting,” Mun Oh replied flatly. “Besides, I have my taste ,” he added with conviction, then tried to establish eye contact with her. “I’m only gonna say this once,” he started in a grave tone. “You can do whatever you want—tease me about it for as long as you like. I don’t care.”
    Hyeon Jin raised an eyebrow.
    “I know I couldn’t ask you to keep quiet about this, seeing what a blabbermouth you are. Just… my sister, she’s technically not a bloodsucker anymore… so for the sake of your relationship with her…” He took a moment before saying the last few words. “ Leave her out of this. ”
    Mun Oh stared into her eyes some more, hoping to let her see the sincerity in his words.
    “Is that it?” Hyeon Jin asked after a while.
    Mun Oh stared at her. “What do you mean, 'is that it' ?! I actually talked to you seriously for a minute when I don’t even like you! And all you have to say is 'IS THAT IT'?!"
    “Could you let go now? You’re kinda crushing my shoulder blades,” Hyeon Jin replied calmly.
    Mun Oh blinked and slowly released her. He then stood up.
    “I do hope we’re clear about that,” he said.
    Hyeon Jin stood up, too.
    “About what?” she asked innocently.
    Mun Oh hit his face with his palm. “I said, I hope that tiny little thing inside your head that you call a brain was able to process all the information I just told you, dimwit.”
    Hyeon Jin gave him a wry smile. She just loved teasing this guy. He wasn’t so cold after all, and he sure had a sentimental and soft side, too.
    “Sure,” she said with a shrug.
    Mun Oh started to walk back to the house.
    “I’ll be gone in a matter of days and Shin Erin’s gonna be fine, so no one really needs to know about this, understand?”
    Hyeon Jin caught up to him. “But Shin Erin also knows—”
    “No, she doesn’t,” Mun Oh instantly replied. “We have the ability to modify the memory of our catch .”
    “Then why don’t you just bite me?”
    Mun Oh stopped walking and stared at her in mixed incredulity and disgust.
    “I thought I just told you that I have a certain TASTE. You actually think I just go off biting anyone I meet?! You think I’ll just bite a big-footed retard like you or some random bum on the street? You’re crazy.”
    Hyeon Jin stepped right in front of him. “Okay, you know what? You really need to do something about your attitude.”
    “What?”
    “You see, you are in no position at all to order me around and act like the arrogant pest that you are, since you’re the one who is making a deal with me.”
    Mun Oh appeared