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“That’s the story we gave them. We could have wiped their minds of even knowing about us, but we had to make sure they used the money to take care of the two of you,” her dad said. “Even though Justin wasn’t our son, we wanted the two of you to be brother and sister growing up, and to do that, we needed to give both of you equal funds to take care of you.”
“I appreciate that you did. His dad had problems.”
“We didn’t know that until we learned they had died and then we were on the search for where you had gone to. We knew Justin was away at college. We were paying for his tuition,” her dad said. “Thankfully, Shelly and Michail came to his rescue so that Regina and Tobias didn’t eliminate him too.”
Great. Fiona finally had confirmation that Shelly and Michail weren’t bad guys. Though she thought it was odd that they didn’t greet each other when they first arrived, like they had been fast friends. All her friends seemed friendlier to her parents than Shelly and Michail had been. They were smiling, a little standoffish, but maybe that was because they already knew each other and didn’t need an introduction.
Ruric had slipped away, she realized, but then he returned with a platter of chocolate chip cookies. “Who wants dessert? It’s not like the fancy pies Chef makes us, but we had the ingredients and it’s the only dessert I know how to make.”
“Oh, I love chocolate chip cookies. And double the chocolate chips. These are great.” Fiona took three of them. “It’s like an early birthday treat.”
Ruric smiled. Everyone else grabbed a couple and Stasio made black tea to drink with the cookies.
“I’ll clean up the dishes after we eat dessert.” Fiona had planned to because the guys had all made the meal.
“We’ll help,” Ruric said.
And that was just what happened. After tea and cookies, they all had a soap suds party in the kitchen, cleaning dishes. Now this was fun.
* * *
“I want you to turn me,” Justin said to Arman on the trip back to the estate in the van, surprising the hell out of him.
He thought Bea was going to turn him.
“You don’t want Bea to do it?”
“I want to do it now. Before we have the next sword practice. The sooner I can be changed, the sooner I can train as a vampire and not be so new at it.”
“Well, alright, if you’re sure.”
“I am. How do we do this?”
“I can bite your wrist, and when your fangs come down, you can bite mine and it will be done. Unless you want to ask Fiona if you’re alright with me changing you.”
“Nope. It’s my decision.”
“Alright then. No changing your mind after it’s done.”
“Right. Got it.” Then Justin rolled up his sleeve and offered his arm to Arman.
Caitlin and Jasmine were quiet. Arman just hoped he was doing the right thing by Justin. Arman extended his canines and Jasmine pulled over into a parking lot to make the exchange go more smoothly. If he did it right, Justin wouldn’t feel any pain, just pleasure. He just hoped that Fiona wouldn’t be pissed off at him for doing this to her brother.
Then he bit into him and glanced up to see Justin’s eyes closed. Arman sucked on Justin blood, and then he sealed the bite. “My part is done.”
Justin opened his eyes. “What? That was it?”
“You need to concentrate on extending your canines,” Arman said.
They waited for what seemed like forever while Justin was frowning, trying to do something with his teeth. Then suddenly his eyes widened, and he smiled, showing off his extended canines. They were baby teeth compared to what they would be when he really got used to releasing them.
“Now?” Justin asked.
Arman pulled up his sleeve. “Drink some of my blood. I’ll tell you when to stop and you stop. You’ll have to get some control over it. You can have blood from the fridge when we return to the estate if you need more.”
Justin eyed the blood pulsing in Arman’s veins in his wrist. “I hear your heart beating. Jasmine’s and Caitlin’s too.” Then he looked up at Arman. “Are…are you ready?”
Arman smiled. “Yeah, I am. Go ahead. You’re halfway there.”
