Page 22 of Midlife Vampire Unexpected

Mae looked around at the rest of the coven. “I say yes,” she said.

“Well, if you say yes, I say yes. I’m in,” Bianca nodded, holding up her hands.

Drake gave a mischievous grin. “Front row seats to a demon dying? You can count me in.”

“And me as well,” Anita said.

One by one everybody in the room agreed, even the guys, Branson, Matheus and Toern. Hilda shrugged. “I’ve seen some crazy things in my day. This might be the craziest thing I’m ever going to experience, so considering I won’t live forever, let’s do this and see what happens.”

“You guys are insane,” Antonio interrupted the general assent of the entire room. “Am I the only one of the lot of you with any common sense? You’re talking about taking on a demon. You’re lying to him and then you think all this is going to turn out fine? We already have one person who shouldn’t leave The Estate because she’s got a price on her head.”

“I went out today,” Bianca said.

“Against what the rest of us thought we had agreed on,” Antonio retorted.

“He’s got a point,” Mae agreed. “We need to find out who put the price on you, because it’s another thing we can’t have hanging over our heads.”

“One problem at a time,” I said. “We don’t even have a lead.”

“I’m going to go to the Waldorf and ask around,” Matheus said. “As long as there are people watching Bianca and she’s safe.”

Bianca smiled warmly at her boyfriend. “I’ll be fine, hun. I don’t think any of us should go anywhere alone right now. It’s not safe with demons running around.”

Branson leaned against the wall, folding his arms across his chest. “I’m staying on The Estate.”

“I’m watching Bianca’s back,” Antonio said.

Matheus frowned at him. “Don’t watch it too closely.”

“I’m just here as a brother wolf,” Antonio held up his hands. “You guys look like you could use some help anyhow.”

“I’ll go with you, Matheus,” Toern said.

“That leaves the coven plus two,” Mae nodded grimly. “The greater our numbers the better.”

“I don’t plan on being gone long,” Matheus said. “Just long enough to get some information.”

“Well, the demon’s going to be here by noon tomorrow.” Bianca kissed Matheus as he and Toern left the room. “We better start working on some binding spells if we’re planning on getting some information out of him.”

Chapter 15

“You’re hungry,” Bianca said to me. We were sitting in the red room with the fire going as the rain poured down outside.

Feeling miserable I had slunk away to one corner of the couch, my arms folded on my midriff and my legs bent up beneath me. “I’m fine.”

“You might be dead, but you still need to eat,” Jane said. “Where is Antonio?”

“Don’t,” I said. The word came out a little harsher than I intended, but the thought of his blood racing through his body was tantalizing, tempting, and something I couldn’t do anymore. I needed to find a different way to feed, not sucking off this guy’s wrists. I needed to be able to take care of myself. I turned to Bianca. “Teach me how to hunt,” I asked.

“You make it sound like I know how to hunt,” she said. “Remember, I’ve only been a werewolf for a couple of weeks.”

“Yeah, but at least you have some instincts in there. Who’s got instinct to be a vampire? It’s not even remotely human or even an animal, which is what you are.”

“I thank you very much.” Bianca threw me a sideways grin.

“That’s not what I meant,” I said.

“It’s alright, I get it,” Bianca said. “You’re hungry.”

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