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something.
Looking around,
though, everything appeared the same as everything had before. Coniferous trees blanketed the area, and
somewhere up ahead, I could hear a river flowing. Other than that, I had no idea how Ezra could tell one tree
from another, or he could possibly have any clue where we were at. Admittedly, this was an area he was much
more familiar with than I was, but I couldn’t imagine what distinguished these trees from the rest.
“What the hell is this area?” I stopped walking and just stared up through the trees at the sky.
“The lycan live around here.”
I would’ve liked to press him further about it, but it was obvious he didn’t want to talk. Ezra didn’t
even slow down for me, so I learned my lesson about stopping for no reason. We trekked
through the trees all
afternoon, and while the sun didn’t directly shine on me, I felt a burst of energy when it finally down. We
came across the river I had a heard, and Ezra convinced me to wade through it.
Once night had closed in completely, Ezra started to wait for me and insisted that I stay close to him.
During the day, other vampires weren’t a threat, which was probably part of the reason he’d want to check
things out during the light. There would be very little chance of anyone attacking us, but we were lacking any
form of safety. He didn’t slow much, though, and spoke very little.
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The biggest excitement of the night was when we saw a few reindeer walking in front of us.
Ezra
explained that many Europeans say that this is where Santa Clause lives, not the North Pole, partially because
of the large reindeer population. In reality, we weren’t that far south from the North Pole anyway, so it wasn’t
much of a stretch.
By the time the sun started to rise, I was completely exhausted. There’s a myth that vampires don’t
ever get tired or run out of energy, and Ezra did seem to exemplify stamina. Maybe I’m just a wuss. I don’t
really know. When the sky started to lighten, we made the long walk through the trees back to the car, and I
was incredibly relieved when I finally got to sit down inside the Range Rover.
On top of that, that gnawing hunger had started setting in a few hours ago. Ezra’s pulse had gotten
more noticeable, and my hands were exhibiting a fine tremor. The early morning light
filtered in through the
windows, and that only made it worse. I felt anxious and sore, and I couldn’t wait to get back to the hotel.
I must’ve been jonesing noticeably because Ezra put his arm securely around me when we
walked
inside. It was after seven in the morning, so the breakfast crowd filled the dining room. The scent of eggs and
some kind of deer sausage made me sick, but over that, I could smell the delectable scent of blood, and I was
grateful for Ezra’s strong arm steering me towards our room.
Once inside, I peeled off my jacket and tossed it aside. If I had been able to sweat, I would’ve. Next
time we went out, I’d have to remember to leave my coat in the car. Walking around like that gets the blood
pumping too much, and it’s far too warm. I kicked off my boots, and I really, really wanted to tear off my
jeans, but that didn’t seem like a good idea.
“That was a total waste of a day,” I said, squirming about the room. My clothes felt too heavy and
uncomfortable, and it was hard not to take them off.
Ezra had turned the temperature down really low and refilled the duffel bag with ice
sometime before
we left last night, so the containers of blood were still intact and cool. He left the bag in the bathtub so that
when the ice melted, it wouldn’t leak all over. While I was in the room twitching and not taking off my
clothes, he was in the bathroom getting food for us.
“We figured some things out,” Ezra insisted, coming out of the bathroom with a several
canisters of
blood. “Tomorrow we’ll have a better idea of where we need to go.”
“If you say so.”
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The
Looking around,
though, everything appeared the same as everything had before. Coniferous trees blanketed the area, and
somewhere up ahead, I could hear a river flowing. Other than that, I had no idea how Ezra could tell one tree
from another, or he could possibly have any clue where we were at. Admittedly, this was an area he was much
more familiar with than I was, but I couldn’t imagine what distinguished these trees from the rest.
“What the hell is this area?” I stopped walking and just stared up through the trees at the sky.
“The lycan live around here.”
I would’ve liked to press him further about it, but it was obvious he didn’t want to talk. Ezra didn’t
even slow down for me, so I learned my lesson about stopping for no reason. We trekked
through the trees all
afternoon, and while the sun didn’t directly shine on me, I felt a burst of energy when it finally down. We
came across the river I had a heard, and Ezra convinced me to wade through it.
Once night had closed in completely, Ezra started to wait for me and insisted that I stay close to him.
During the day, other vampires weren’t a threat, which was probably part of the reason he’d want to check
things out during the light. There would be very little chance of anyone attacking us, but we were lacking any
form of safety. He didn’t slow much, though, and spoke very little.
36
The biggest excitement of the night was when we saw a few reindeer walking in front of us.
Ezra
explained that many Europeans say that this is where Santa Clause lives, not the North Pole, partially because
of the large reindeer population. In reality, we weren’t that far south from the North Pole anyway, so it wasn’t
much of a stretch.
By the time the sun started to rise, I was completely exhausted. There’s a myth that vampires don’t
ever get tired or run out of energy, and Ezra did seem to exemplify stamina. Maybe I’m just a wuss. I don’t
really know. When the sky started to lighten, we made the long walk through the trees back to the car, and I
was incredibly relieved when I finally got to sit down inside the Range Rover.
On top of that, that gnawing hunger had started setting in a few hours ago. Ezra’s pulse had gotten
more noticeable, and my hands were exhibiting a fine tremor. The early morning light
filtered in through the
windows, and that only made it worse. I felt anxious and sore, and I couldn’t wait to get back to the hotel.
I must’ve been jonesing noticeably because Ezra put his arm securely around me when we
walked
inside. It was after seven in the morning, so the breakfast crowd filled the dining room. The scent of eggs and
some kind of deer sausage made me sick, but over that, I could smell the delectable scent of blood, and I was
grateful for Ezra’s strong arm steering me towards our room.
Once inside, I peeled off my jacket and tossed it aside. If I had been able to sweat, I would’ve. Next
time we went out, I’d have to remember to leave my coat in the car. Walking around like that gets the blood
pumping too much, and it’s far too warm. I kicked off my boots, and I really, really wanted to tear off my
jeans, but that didn’t seem like a good idea.
“That was a total waste of a day,” I said, squirming about the room. My clothes felt too heavy and
uncomfortable, and it was hard not to take them off.
Ezra had turned the temperature down really low and refilled the duffel bag with ice
sometime before
we left last night, so the containers of blood were still intact and cool. He left the bag in the bathtub so that
when the ice melted, it wouldn’t leak all over. While I was in the room twitching and not taking off my
clothes, he was in the bathroom getting food for us.
“We figured some things out,” Ezra insisted, coming out of the bathroom with a several
canisters of
blood. “Tomorrow we’ll have a better idea of where we need to go.”
“If you say so.”
37
The
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