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."Why?" I gawked at her in disbelief."Why? WHY? You askwhy?""One why, not four."I grabbed her ear and peered in it.She tried to squirm away."What are you doing?"I released her earlobe."Looking to see if I can see through to the other side.Did you not hear me? I'mseeing visions!Visions!Strange, unexplained phenomena whereby I'm possessed by the emotions andfeelings and sights of someone else.In this case, I'm feeling things from someone who's& "I couldn't bring myself to say it."Someone who's what?""A vampire," I mumbled, wishing now I hadn't brought the subject up.It was far better to go quietlyinsane on my own than to suffer the embarrassment of admitting I was being used by a creature whoseexistence I had long and vociferously denied."What? I couldn't hear you.""A vampire," I said a bit more loudly, peeking at her from under lowered lashes.She blinked at me.Twice."OK."I made scrunched-up lips at her."OK? Is that it? I tell you that's me we're talking about, the skeptical Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlone that I'm having visions coming from a real, honest-to-goodness, card-carrying vampire, and all youcan say is OK? You're not going to laugh or make fun of me or tell me I must be imagining it?""Idiot!" she said fondly, grabbing my sleeve and pulling me toward the stairs."It's because I know youthat I know you must be going through hell experiencing something that's way beyond your control.Come on, Christian's waited long enough.Let's go see if we can't find the Dark One who's giving you allthe trouble.""Wait a minute! You're not even going to question whether or not I'm really having visions? I thought Iwas going insane before I decided to believe in them! The least you can do isappreciate how hard this isfor me!""Oh, I know it's hard for you.I know you must be wigging out at it, and squirming with embarrassmentbecause now you have to admit that I was right about vampires all along, but I'll save my gloating forlater.""How grateful I am for your tender mercies.That aside, how do you know that the one who is affectingme will be at the fair?" I asked, following her down the stairs, more than a little befuddled by her quickacceptance of something that still gave me the willies to think about."Has to be," she called back over her shoulder."He's marked you.That's the first step in the Joining, andeveryone knows they can't Join with you unless they're physically close."I looked down at my hands as we descended the second flight of stairs."I'm not marked.""That's what the visions are his mark.If they're like what's described in the books, you're experiencingthings that he sees and feels, basically all his strong emotions.Dark Ones can only do that with their truesoul mate, so if he's projecting to you, that must mean he's marking you as his."Instantly I thought of Raphael."How many visions have you had?" she asked as we rounded the landing."Hmm?"I pulled my mind from the thoughts it was pursuing."Well, the one at Miranda's was due to thegin, I'm sure,sothat leaves me a couple last night in the bar, and one just before we had dinner."She paused and turned around to face me."You had one before dinner?When?""When I was standing in the hall with Christian.""Christian?" She thought for a minute,then shook her head."Nope, can't be; we've seen him eat anddrink.Hey!"Her eyes met mine.A chill rippled down my back.I swallowed."Raphael."She nodded."The last vision happened when Christian was kissing my hand.Raphael was standing in the doorway,watching us.""Cool!" she breathed. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"It is not," I snapped, pushing her to get her going.She stood where she was."When the first visions in the bar came, where was Raphael?"The sensation of blood flowing down my throat, subduing the hunger howling inside me flashed intomind."He was.uh & feeding."Her eyes widened until I thought they'd pop out."Oh, that is so cool! He shared his feeding with you?Wow! What did it feel like? What did he do? Could you see everything?"I closed my eyes for a minute and took a couple of deep breaths to rid myself of the rememberedimages."Yes, and I'd really like not to remember it, if you don't mind.""OK." She thought for a moment."So you had a visionbeforeRaphael came into the bar?Just before?"I nodded."Well, then, there's your answer!" She started back down the stairs."Wait a minute!" I hurried after her.Christian was waiting for us at the door [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."Why?" I gawked at her in disbelief."Why? WHY? You askwhy?""One why, not four."I grabbed her ear and peered in it.She tried to squirm away."What are you doing?"I released her earlobe."Looking to see if I can see through to the other side.Did you not hear me? I'mseeing visions!Visions!Strange, unexplained phenomena whereby I'm possessed by the emotions andfeelings and sights of someone else.In this case, I'm feeling things from someone who's& "I couldn't bring myself to say it."Someone who's what?""A vampire," I mumbled, wishing now I hadn't brought the subject up.It was far better to go quietlyinsane on my own than to suffer the embarrassment of admitting I was being used by a creature whoseexistence I had long and vociferously denied."What? I couldn't hear you.""A vampire," I said a bit more loudly, peeking at her from under lowered lashes.She blinked at me.Twice."OK."I made scrunched-up lips at her."OK? Is that it? I tell you that's me we're talking about, the skeptical Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlone that I'm having visions coming from a real, honest-to-goodness, card-carrying vampire, and all youcan say is OK? You're not going to laugh or make fun of me or tell me I must be imagining it?""Idiot!" she said fondly, grabbing my sleeve and pulling me toward the stairs."It's because I know youthat I know you must be going through hell experiencing something that's way beyond your control.Come on, Christian's waited long enough.Let's go see if we can't find the Dark One who's giving you allthe trouble.""Wait a minute! You're not even going to question whether or not I'm really having visions? I thought Iwas going insane before I decided to believe in them! The least you can do isappreciate how hard this isfor me!""Oh, I know it's hard for you.I know you must be wigging out at it, and squirming with embarrassmentbecause now you have to admit that I was right about vampires all along, but I'll save my gloating forlater.""How grateful I am for your tender mercies.That aside, how do you know that the one who is affectingme will be at the fair?" I asked, following her down the stairs, more than a little befuddled by her quickacceptance of something that still gave me the willies to think about."Has to be," she called back over her shoulder."He's marked you.That's the first step in the Joining, andeveryone knows they can't Join with you unless they're physically close."I looked down at my hands as we descended the second flight of stairs."I'm not marked.""That's what the visions are his mark.If they're like what's described in the books, you're experiencingthings that he sees and feels, basically all his strong emotions.Dark Ones can only do that with their truesoul mate, so if he's projecting to you, that must mean he's marking you as his."Instantly I thought of Raphael."How many visions have you had?" she asked as we rounded the landing."Hmm?"I pulled my mind from the thoughts it was pursuing."Well, the one at Miranda's was due to thegin, I'm sure,sothat leaves me a couple last night in the bar, and one just before we had dinner."She paused and turned around to face me."You had one before dinner?When?""When I was standing in the hall with Christian.""Christian?" She thought for a minute,then shook her head."Nope, can't be; we've seen him eat anddrink.Hey!"Her eyes met mine.A chill rippled down my back.I swallowed."Raphael."She nodded."The last vision happened when Christian was kissing my hand.Raphael was standing in the doorway,watching us.""Cool!" she breathed. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"It is not," I snapped, pushing her to get her going.She stood where she was."When the first visions in the bar came, where was Raphael?"The sensation of blood flowing down my throat, subduing the hunger howling inside me flashed intomind."He was.uh & feeding."Her eyes widened until I thought they'd pop out."Oh, that is so cool! He shared his feeding with you?Wow! What did it feel like? What did he do? Could you see everything?"I closed my eyes for a minute and took a couple of deep breaths to rid myself of the rememberedimages."Yes, and I'd really like not to remember it, if you don't mind.""OK." She thought for a moment."So you had a visionbeforeRaphael came into the bar?Just before?"I nodded."Well, then, there's your answer!" She started back down the stairs."Wait a minute!" I hurried after her.Christian was waiting for us at the door [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]