The Vampire's Second Chance novel Chapter 6

Christine:

"I'm sorry, Chrissy. You can't come into today." I ground my teeth together, wanting to stomp around like an adolescent child. This was insane. Less than two days after moving here, mom was bitten, and I haven't seen her since.

A whole week had gone by, and I could only stare at them through the window if I was lucky. Apparently, my human blood reeked, and it could make her unmanageable. Justin said she was fighting it, that the thought of drinking blood was grotesque. Who can blame her? It sounded gross, but that is who she was now. She had to drink, but the human part of her mind was still there.

"Can I just give her a hug?" I almost pleaded. He stood at the door, blocking the way for me to catch a glimpse of her. On occasion, she slipped by the window, and I saw changes in her appearance. She looked… good. Her hair had more bounce, her wrinkles had gone, hell, she looked almost just like me. Except I was a darker blonde and had some of my sperm donor's height.

My pleading look had Justin waver. He looked back to the living room. He kept the curtains closed most of the time and felt terrible when he saw me sitting on the bench outside. Mom's skin would be sensitive for at least the first few years. Something about the Earth's sun was far brighter than their home realm.

Yeah, home realm. A place called Bergarian where other supernatural creatures lived and didn't have to hide like they did on Earth. It was like an alien planet that connected were connected together by a mirror-like portal. There were books on the shelves in the home where I stayed with other humans whose parents were going through the change.

It all looked interesting, but my concentration was on my mom. Although, right now, she was concentrating on her mate. I couldn't help but be worried for her. She knew the guy, I mean vampire, for two weeks and automatically felt like she should change her body into something else because she supposedly loved him.

"I'm sorry, Chrissy," his voice went soft. "But she can't right now." Mom groaned inside. My urge to push him away grew stronger as I took a heavy step. "You can't," his voice held firm. "You are putting yourself in danger, and you will make her feel terrible if she tried to drink from you, hell, she could kill you!" Justin's fangs showed through, his eyes glowing a brighter red.

I stepped back, seeing the seriousness on Justin's face. A male vampire behind me skipped up to the steps of my mom's new home. "Sup, Justin?" his hair was copper-toned, and his smile brightened as he looked at me.

"Ah, need me to take her off your hands?" Sauron winked.

"She just needs some distraction," Justin's face lightened, giving me a small smile.

Holy mood swing.

"I'm all for that," Sauron tried to grab my arm, but I pulled it away harshly.

"Don't touch me. I'm not something to be passed along," I snapped. My evil glare didn't go unnoticed by Justin, who pinched his nose.

"It's for your own good, to keep you alive and safe. I promised I would do that for your mother."

Biting my lip, I turned away. "Can I at least sit on the front porch?" Justin's heavy nodding gave me the feeling he was even reluctant about that.

"Hey now," Suron didn't take my snapping personally as he stood back in front of me. "Come on, I haven't seen you in the dining hall yet. Why don't I show you around?" I groaned, not looking at him while we stepped down the wrap-around porch.

This place was so Stepford, with vampires and blood. Lots of blood.