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myself that has been held elsewhere. One that is carried by the young man in your bed.”
I stepped back from him, waiting for the punchline. “What are you talking about? Are you saying you’ve possessed Niven?”
He nodded. “In a manner of speaking, yes.”
Well, that would explain why Niven seemed unusually appealing to me, and why he gave off such a unique vibration.
Jeran cocked his head and brushed my cheek with the side of his finger. “Do you wish to hear the rest of the story?”
“Oh, yes.” I lifted myself onto the railing and sat. “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away. I’m all ears.”
He laughed, flicking a lock of his dark mane of hair back behind his shoulder.
“I knew you would appreciate what I have gone through to reach this point in my journey. You are the only one who ever understood me. Who accepted my eccentricities. As I accepted yours.”
“What eccentricities?” I arched a brow. “I’m just your standard, extraordinarily sensual, beauteous vampire.”
He smiled and smoothed his hand over my hair. “Even though you were no longer willing to be with me, I never truly let go of you. One pleasant side effect of stumbling upon that dimension of light was that I could watch you from there.”
He stroked my hair with the tip of his finger. “Throughout the centuries, before and after the death of my physical body, I remained connected to you. You might say that you have had a master vampire perched on your shoulder since we parted. I know about the bizarre situation you have been dealing with. The one that caused you to spend so much time hiding dead bodies.”
Even though I knew that zapping him with my vampire gaze wouldn’t have much effect, I locked eyes with him anyway. I’ve always been suspicious by nature and hearing that he’d been symbolically “perched on my shoulder” didn’t answer any of my questions. I was just about to roll up my sleeves and begin the interrogation when he spoke again.
“It is because I am aware of the consequences for humans when you have sex with them and drink their blood that I intervened tonight with Niven. I could not allow you to destroy his mind. I intend to take over his body and I want it healthy, vibrant, and fully functional.”
I slid down off the railing and leveled the front of my body against his. “What the hell are you talking about? How can you take over his body?”
No matter what I thought about Jeran’s weird story, if it was even remotely possible that he could completely possess Niven, I definitely had opinions. I’d only begun to enjoy the succulent human and had no intention of giving him up so easily. Plus nobody – alive, dead or undead – was going to mess with me again.
Jeran’s lips spread in a wide smile. “I have been preparing Niven, in many disguises, during numerous lifetimes for this joining. He is actually a distant relative from my sister’s marriage. I attached an aspect of myself to his soul energy many centuries ago and have added to it as he moved through the wheel of birth and death. That is why he seems so compelling to you. I was sincere when I said you are my true mate. You share my soul’s song. I made sure he found you.”
“Well, now.” I stepped away from him, moving aimlessly around the deck. “Clever man. You’ve been planning this for centuries. Why not just take one of the millions of bodies in the meantime? Why Niven?”
“As I said, I have been adding fragments of my power to his vibrational pattern in each of his incarnations. By now, there is no mortal body more suited to me or more useful to me than his. I have been very patient. I wish to be human again.”
“What?” My jaw dropped and I turned in his direction. “Weren’t you the one who was always telling me how magnificent it was to be a vampire? How superior we all are? Isn’t that what you used as part of your sales job when you forced me to come over?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “I believed that. It
I stepped back from him, waiting for the punchline. “What are you talking about? Are you saying you’ve possessed Niven?”
He nodded. “In a manner of speaking, yes.”
Well, that would explain why Niven seemed unusually appealing to me, and why he gave off such a unique vibration.
Jeran cocked his head and brushed my cheek with the side of his finger. “Do you wish to hear the rest of the story?”
“Oh, yes.” I lifted myself onto the railing and sat. “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away. I’m all ears.”
He laughed, flicking a lock of his dark mane of hair back behind his shoulder.
“I knew you would appreciate what I have gone through to reach this point in my journey. You are the only one who ever understood me. Who accepted my eccentricities. As I accepted yours.”
“What eccentricities?” I arched a brow. “I’m just your standard, extraordinarily sensual, beauteous vampire.”
He smiled and smoothed his hand over my hair. “Even though you were no longer willing to be with me, I never truly let go of you. One pleasant side effect of stumbling upon that dimension of light was that I could watch you from there.”
He stroked my hair with the tip of his finger. “Throughout the centuries, before and after the death of my physical body, I remained connected to you. You might say that you have had a master vampire perched on your shoulder since we parted. I know about the bizarre situation you have been dealing with. The one that caused you to spend so much time hiding dead bodies.”
Even though I knew that zapping him with my vampire gaze wouldn’t have much effect, I locked eyes with him anyway. I’ve always been suspicious by nature and hearing that he’d been symbolically “perched on my shoulder” didn’t answer any of my questions. I was just about to roll up my sleeves and begin the interrogation when he spoke again.
“It is because I am aware of the consequences for humans when you have sex with them and drink their blood that I intervened tonight with Niven. I could not allow you to destroy his mind. I intend to take over his body and I want it healthy, vibrant, and fully functional.”
I slid down off the railing and leveled the front of my body against his. “What the hell are you talking about? How can you take over his body?”
No matter what I thought about Jeran’s weird story, if it was even remotely possible that he could completely possess Niven, I definitely had opinions. I’d only begun to enjoy the succulent human and had no intention of giving him up so easily. Plus nobody – alive, dead or undead – was going to mess with me again.
Jeran’s lips spread in a wide smile. “I have been preparing Niven, in many disguises, during numerous lifetimes for this joining. He is actually a distant relative from my sister’s marriage. I attached an aspect of myself to his soul energy many centuries ago and have added to it as he moved through the wheel of birth and death. That is why he seems so compelling to you. I was sincere when I said you are my true mate. You share my soul’s song. I made sure he found you.”
“Well, now.” I stepped away from him, moving aimlessly around the deck. “Clever man. You’ve been planning this for centuries. Why not just take one of the millions of bodies in the meantime? Why Niven?”
“As I said, I have been adding fragments of my power to his vibrational pattern in each of his incarnations. By now, there is no mortal body more suited to me or more useful to me than his. I have been very patient. I wish to be human again.”
“What?” My jaw dropped and I turned in his direction. “Weren’t you the one who was always telling me how magnificent it was to be a vampire? How superior we all are? Isn’t that what you used as part of your sales job when you forced me to come over?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “I believed that. It
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