Page 28 of Blood Magic

That made me smile and I relaxed a bit. I wanted to look at my wrist, but I didn’t dare. Not yet.

“Vampires,” Joe said. “I mean, real fucking vampires.”

“Stop at a drive-thru,” I said, suddenly ravenous. “I need protein.”

“I could use some coffee,” he said. “Kait, are you sure you’re okay? You seem off. Weirder than usual.” He said it gently and with the utmost sincerity.

I snorted. “I’m fine. I’ll be fine.”

“And the bloodsucker?”

I stared out my window as Joe’s car carried me farther and farther away from the vampire. Maybe I should have been pissed at myself. I might have thought it had been a wasted trip.

But I knew in my bones it hadn’t been.

Only time would tell if I was right.

“I don’t know,” I murmured. “I just don’t know.”

I was pretty sure he shivered, and I couldn’t blame him for that.