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had been so long since I had been alive – human – that I had forgotten the joy of being in the physical.” His face sobered and became serious. “I no longer wish to continue forever. I want to live out a human lifetime and then experience true death.”
    “Well, what did you hunt me up for? I’m a vampire. One of the things you don’t want to be anymore. What am I supposed to do with you?”
    He moved excitedly to stand in front of me. “I wish to be your human companion. I am old and powerful. You will not be able to drain the combined essences of Niven and myself. We can be lovers again and I can experience what it is like to be on the other end of the fang. I can walk in the sunlight.”
    Overcome with joy, he raised his hands over his head, threw back his head and laughed.
    “I will be mortal again!”
    I had to admit that this had possibilities. If I was honest with myself, I’d have to acknowledge that I had loved Jeran. Loved him so much that I let him bring me into his dark world. And there was no mistaking my attraction to Niven. To have him – them – at my beck and call as a willing blood and sex source, well, that might be delicious. It’d be interesting to see what would happen to all of Jeran’s powers.
    He gazed into my eyes, sincere and vulnerable. “Are you willing to help me?”
    “Help you?” I lifted a brow. “How can I help you? I thought you had this all figured out.”
    “I do.” He nodded enthusiastically. “All except one small thing. In order for Niven’s physical form to be strong enough to accept the merging, it needs additional strength. Strength that can only come from the blood of an ancient vampire. Your blood, Zara.”
    My blood? Well, I should have known Jeran would have an ulterior motive.
    “Come.” He grabbed my hand. “Let us return to our sleeping vessel.”
    We remanifested next to the bed where Niven slept. Jeran grinned and danced around the room, obviously beside himself with excitement. “The moment is at hand. I will lie next to him, you will offer your blood and I will speak the ritual words.”
    Jeran stretched out alongside Niven and stared up at me expectantly.
    A small frown crept onto his face. “Zara, you are going to help me, yes? You desire to be reunited with me as much as I long to be with you?”
    I stood there, relishing the tremendous power I held over Jeran in that moment. Here was my chance to forgive and forget. To open my heart and admit that perhaps he had been the love of my life. Or my unlife – you know what I mean. And what about all the ways I could control him as a human? Now, there was something worth considering.
    Bending over, I gave Jeran my warmest smile, ran my tongue over his lips, and kissed him deeply. I lifted a lock of hair away from his cheek and gazed into his eyes with love and sincerity.
    I circled the bed, crawled up next to Niven and placed a soft kiss on his beautiful lips. Using my long, sparkling silver fingernail – doncha just love all the new colors they’ve come out with over the centuries? – I sliced along the vein in my wrist and held the dripping blood over Niven’s mouth, watching him take my life-force into himself. I felt my essence flow inside him and heard Jeran recite words in a strange language.
    Suddenly there was a very loud sound, like a huge tree limb cracking or thunder right over my head, and then a burst of blinding, white light. In the few seconds it took me to raise my head and scan the room, Jeran had disappeared from the bed. I focused in on Niven who’d awakened, his eyes wide as saucers, blood running down his chin from his lips. After creating thousands of Brain Sucked Lovers, I’d witnessed enough traumatized faces to recognize one when I saw it. Talk about dazed and confused.
    “Niven?” I smacked the side of his face a few times before he finally grabbed my wrist.
    He bolted upright, blinking his eyes rapidly, reaching out for me.
    “It worked!” He clasped my