Olympia seized the back of Zach’s neck, her long fingernails digging into his skin. He let out a yelp. Daniel stood back, and Olympia lifted Zach to his feet.
“Be thankful,” she said to him. “A padded coffin is better than you deserve.” She marched him off the court, and as they disappeared around the corner of the school I could hear her lecturing him about mesmerizing family members and damaging school property and oh, yeah, murdering people.
Wilhelm grumbled something about pitchforks and stalked off after them, leaving me and Daniel alone on the basketball court.
“Thanks,” I said to him. “I mean, not that I needed rescuing or anything, but good effort.”
He smiled. “Well, thank you for solving the mystery. Not that I wouldn’t have figured it out myself eventually, but it was helpful.”
I wrinkled my nose at him. “So none of your family members want to stake me anymore, right?”
“I’ll tell them everything,” Daniel said, pulling me close and putting his arm around me. “They’ll be fine. I’m not so sure your family feels very friendly toward me, though.”
“Nonsense,” I said. “They’ll be thrilled that I finally found a nice vampire boy to keep me safe from temptation.”
His smile was sweet and wicked at the same time. “Well,” he said, “hopefully not all temptation.”
I lifted my face and our lips met. He tasted like moonlight and mint juleps and the promise that we were going to live forever.
Maybe there were some things about being a vampire that didn’t suck at all.
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TAMARA SUMMERS is the author of SAVE THE DATE and HE’S WITH ME. She currently lives in Boston with her husband and her dog.
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