Page 103 of Suck This

“I am able to sustain myself, yes,” I agreed. “But I can’t do that on a continual basis. My body needs human blood to work. I can just go longer than most. I just drink you because you taste delicious.”

She blushed profusely.

I found myself grinning despite the fact that this situation was beyond serious.

“We have alarms set throughout the house that activate when certain gases are sensed,” Pavlov added his two cents.

Acadia stiffened.

“Actually, the alarms were going off,” Acadia added. “I remember them now. I was freaked out about the little girl standing in the middle of the snow more so, though. The alarms didn’t even register to me as significant until right now. Not to mention they stopped the moment I opened the door to the house.”

“She left the door wide open,” Abe said. “I watched the feed. The fresh air must’ve been enough to cause the gas to dissipate.”

“Fox’s kids aren’t vampires. How are they all right?” I countered.

“My kids were sleeping in the safe room. It has a different ventilation system than the rest of the house, remember?” Fox supplied.

I gritted my teeth.

“Yeah, I remember,” I grunted. “How’d she get gas anywhere near this place? Seems to me this is still questionable. Nobody but us should know the whereabouts of this place unless one of us was talking.”

“Or one of us could lock onto a person and teleport like you or I do.”

I gritted my teeth.

“That would mean she was made by someone in our line.”

The words sent chills down my spine, but each of the men in the room knew that.

“Why now?” I finally asked. “Why this? Why her?”

“You’ve never been serious with anyone else before,” Fox said quietly. “You announced your intentions to the world with that little stunt with the mayor. Maybe she wasn’t happy being replaced.”

I felt Acadia’s nails digging into my side, and I squeezed her hip to help calm her.

“Don’t worry,” I whispered into her ear.

“How can I not?” she growled cutely back.

“Because I plan on fixing everything.”

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