Rock n Roll Promises (YAE) (Rock n Roll Paraphantasy Series) Read Free

cup of coffee yet.”
    “I’m getting my stuff. I’ll be leaving soon. I have
a few more questions for you and then I want to
hear how you know so much.”
    “Come back to the kitchen, sit down and ask
away. I will not shy away from anything you ask.”
She stared into his eyes and saw the truth of his
words reflecting back at her. Her heart pounded in
her ears and her pulse quickened. I can’t fall in love
with him, it won’t work.
Sighing, she dropped her stare and bent over to
pick up her bag. She strung it over her shoulders
and walked around his frozen frame and watchful
gaze as she headed back to the kitchen.
The sunlight through the windows danced across
the walls in the living room as well as her skin.
So warm and bright.
She crossed to the stereo and flipped open the
player. She snatched a CD from the pocket of her
bag, popped it in the player and pushed play. She
turned the dial to raise the volume and “Country
Song” by Seether filled the room.
The lyrics played in her ears and her heart
matched the beats of the song, causing her feet to
tap and her body to fill with energy. With heat on
her skin, eyes closed and her breathing even, she
stood statue still in the center of the room. Every
hair and every muscle danced to the same beat as
the music pounded through the speakers.
Glorious!
Instinctively she spun, her hands wrapped
around flesh, she picked it up and thrashed it onto
the floor.
As light as a feather.
With her teeth clenched and a growl in her
throat, she refocused her eyes to find chocolate
mousse staring back at her.
“Jaxson!” She released her grip and she stood.
     
“What was that for?”
     
“Never, and I mean never, touch me when I lose
myself.”
     
“Lose? What does that mean?”
     
“Nothing. Never mind. Are you OK?”
    “I’m fine, and let me say, that was awesome! I
knew you were quick, but dang, I never saw it
coming. I went from standing and touching your
shoulder to on my back with your hands around my
throat in less than a heartbeat. Like I said,
awesome! I mean, look at you. You’re tall, lean and
very strong, but more to my point, you don’t look
like what most people would expect a vamp to look
like.”
“Really?”
    “Yes, really. Look at all the movies and books
over the years. Ghostly white runway models
basically, or old horror movie monster. You are a
very beautiful, healthy, average-size woman. Not a
pencil. You have curves and nice ones, I might
add.”
Her eyes rolled and she shook her head.
    “It would have served you right if you were
hurt.”
“Can I get up now, or are you not done standing
there glaring at me?”
“I’m so done.” She scooped up her bag and
walked toward the door.
     
“Wait!” He said.
She stopped her advance but didn’t turn around.
     
She asked, “What?”
     
“You said you had a few more questions, so ask
before you leave.”
    With her back to him, she tilted her head slightly
in his direction. “If you can answer this question
correctly, I will listen to the rest of your argument
because if you know the answer to it, you might
actually know me. What is it I crave, the one thing
as a vampire I have to have in order to live? You
already know it is not blood.”
    She leaned her ear toward the living room and
listened to his heartbeat, his breathing, his pulse
picking up and even the proverbial wheels spinning
in his brain, but she did not hear an answer. There
was only silence.
That is what I thought.
     
Without glancing back, she moved once more
and his voice stopped her yet again.
     
“Anna! Do this, think back over your life since
you were changed and you will see I have been
there the whole time.”
    “Jaxson, my memory is crystal clear, and you
stepped into my life when I moved from Australia
back to Faytown.”
“You asked how I knew, and I am telling you, if
you think back, really think back, you will find me.”
    Spinning on her heels, she faced the man still on
the floor. “What is the purpose of