Vampires 101 (Twilight Hunters Book 1) A Vampire Romance Read Free

you,” she admitted.
    “Really?” I asked while shaking my head in disbelief. “Why?”
    “I was trying to see if I could get a look at one of them .”
    “One of who?” I was getting more upset by the second, especially since my arm was absolutely killing me.
    “One of them . You know … like the one that killed that guy over there,” she said, pointing to Tom. “By the way … he would have killed you. I’ve seen him do it before.”
    My mouth fell open at this point. “Why haven’t you told anyone?”
    Shadow lifted her hand to study her perfectly manicured nails. They would have been gorgeous if it hadn’t been for the god awful pink polish on them. “I wanted to take him out myself.”
    “This is just crazy.” I said, trying to get to my feet so I could get out of there. I was totally sure I had tripped while walking home, and at this very moment, I was lying unconscious somewhere. There was no other reasonable explanation for what was happening.
    “Don’t you want to know who they are?” she asked when she realized I was trying to leave.
    “Not really.” I shook my head. “Right now I just want to regain consciousness so I can get to the hospital … and hopefully get a shot of morphine.”
    Shadow’s pretty features twisted into a mask of confusion. “What do you mean? You’re awake now.”
    “No way! You and everything else that’s happened is way too out there. You’re the ramblings of a confused mind. Unfortunately mine.”
    Shadow let out a high-pitched giggle. “Oh I see. You think I’m not real.”
    “Now you’re getting it,” I said with a grunt, as I finally managed to stand without tilting to one side or the other.
    “I can take you to the hospital,” she offered, completely ignoring my earlier reference to her not being real.
    Looking around, I saw no mode of transportation. “My imagination just isn’t into efficiency I guess,” I grumbled. “How are you going to get me there? You don’t have a car.”
    A sly expression slid across her face and I suddenly found myself feeling even more uncomfortable with my current situation.
    “Well one of the really awesome things about being a vampire … is that I do have some unusual talents,” she said, her baby doll lips spreading into a wide smile. “Trust me. I can get you there.”
    Hmm, trust a vampire. Now I wasn’t exactly an expert on the undead, but I’d seen a random vampire movie here and there. Somehow trust and vampires never seemed to go together.
    I blinked rapidly, hoping beyond hope that the gesture would reach my conscious mind and somehow bring me out of this ultra bizarre dream.
     
     
     
     

Chapter Two
     
    Nope, I wasn’t dreaming. The pain in my arm was way too pronounced. The only other explanation I could come up with was that this girl was just plain crazy. It didn’t make a lot of difference if she was really a vampire or insane, I was still in trouble.
    The reassuring feel of the phone in my hand reminded me that I wasn’t completely helpless. I flipped open the phone and hit the 9, but before I could finish dialing the police, Shadow snatched it from my hand. It happened so quickly that I hadn’t even noticed her moving.
    “You really don’t want to involve the police.”
    “No, I really do,” I told her, trying to grab the phone out of her hand, but she was too fast.
    “You don’t,” she said in a singsong voice. “They’ll lock you up.”
    I stopped trying to get the phone and used my good arm to place a hand on my hip. “I hate to burst your bubble, but the police have been involved since the day I was born. My dad is the chief of police.”
    She tossed me a sour look. “You know, I’m just trying to help you. Your dad is going to think your nuts too … if you tell him the truth.”
    She had a point, but I wasn’t ready to give up my fight for the phone. “If you really want to help me, let me call for help so I can get some meds for the pain in my arm. It’s probably