In fact, it’s been rumoured that vampires started the stories to throw people off. I didn’t know you could do the Spider-Man thing.” “So what of the stories? Are they fact or myth? Super speed is obviously a tick but what about the other stuff. It’s just what you do to me.”Ī smile plays at my lips. “Whoa, wait! Do you have some sexual voodoo going on? Is that why the sex is so good? Because, if so, I’m not complaining.” We all look so normal.” He nods, “We know. “What I mean to say is that I never would’ve been able to te-” They all look so nor-” I spot the ginormous grin on his face and fade out. They’re like me too.” His smile turns to a grin. But you just accepted it, like it was nothing.” “I don’t know any other woman who would be completely fine with not being able to see her boyfriend during the day. I didn’t count on meeting you.” He kisses my knuckles. Sprawled over his lap, I turn to the side so I can look at his face while he speaks. Taking his hand in mine, I lead us over to the sofa. His eyes close, he lifts his hand to hold mine in place on his cheek and responds roughly, “Whatever you want, baby.” But you’re going to tell me why I shouldn’t have to, right?” I look up into his bright green eyes and reach up to cup his cheek. He’s been patient and calm regardless of my treating him like a leper slash nutcase.īody slumping, I slowly walk over to him till we’re almost toe-to-toe. Has Bastien given me a real reason to freak out? He watches me closely then asks carefully, “Are you going to freak out?” It’s then that I realize my life has suddenly changed in a big way.īastien Lee - my husband, my lover, and my best friend - is a vampire. Pausing mid-step, I look my husband in the eye and whisper, “You’re not joking, are you?” “If you’ll give me a minute, I’ll explain all the things I think you’ll want to ask.” “I do eat food but my venom dissolves it into nothing.” He looks me in the eye. In a creepy I don’t know what’s going on way, I guess.” I stand and begin to pace. My heart warms as I get a glimpse of my Bastien. And I did feed every day for a while but when I met you, I made the decision to stop feeding and start aging again.” He smiles down at me lovingly, “Why would I want to live without you?”

He explains in perfect calm, “I can slow down the aging process by feeding every day. I think about all the vampire lore I’ve read about.

Shiver by Belle Aurora