"Mary Janice Davidson - Betsy 01 - Undead And Unwed" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davidson Mary Janice)

I walked out of the room, climbed the steps, and was back outside in a jiffy. The evening had been
educational, but ultimately disappointing. I couldnтАЩt believe vampires were so boring and uncool. I had
set trends when I was aliveтАжapparently it was up to me to carry the coolness torch when I was dead,
too. There was no rest for the fashionable.

тАЬWait.тАЭ It wasnтАЩt a shout; it wasnтАЩt a cool command. And, weirdly, my feet stopped moving like theyтАЩd
been spiked to the ground. I looked down at them in annoyance. Traitors!

I turned. Tall, Dark, and Sinister was rapidly approaching. HeтАЩd been the only one not to cringe away
from me in the mausoleum. At the time, IтАЩd kind of liked it. Now I wasnтАЩt so sure. тАЬWhat is it? I have to
go; IтАЩve wasted enough time in this pit.тАЭ

He ignored me and grabbed my face with both hands, pulling me toward him until our mouths were
millimeters apart. I squeaked angrily and tried to pull away, but it was like trying to pull free of cement. I
had thought my undead strength was spectacular, but this guy was easily twice my strength.

He was touching my face, examining me like I was a really fascinating specimen, peeling my lip back
and looking at my teeth. I snapped at his fingers, which made the corner of his mouth twitch. тАЬLet go!
Jeez! I knew I shouldnтАЩt have gotten up this morning. This evening, I mean.тАЭ I kicked him in the shin,
which hurt like hell. It was like kicking a cliff. And his reaction was about as animated. тАЬYou donтАЩt get a
lot of second dates, do you, pal?тАЭ

тАЬYouare a vampire,тАЭ he said. It wasnтАЩt a question. He released his grip, and I backed up so fast I
nearly tripped over a headstone.

тАЬWhat do you want, a prize for figuring it out? Trust me, being deadтАФтАЭ

тАЬUndead.тАЭ

тАЬтАФis the only way I would have been hanging around a bunch of too-pale, poorly dressed weirdoes.
But that isnot my scene and IтАЩm outta here.тАЭ

His hand shot out and grabbed me above the elbow. тАЬIndeed, but youтАЩll accompany me, I think.тАЭ The
stone face cracked and he almost smiled. тАЬI insist on the pleasure of your company. We have much to
talk about.тАЭ

тАЬMy ass!тАЭ

тАЬIf you wish, although IтАЩd have to see it first to truly comment. If itтАЩs anything like the rest of you, IтАЩm
sure itтАЩs quite nice. AlsoтАжтАЭ He yanked me up against his chest with about as much trouble as IтАЩd have
tossing a Kleenex. That icy black gaze bored into me. I felt everything inside me turn cold. тАЬтАжyou
havenтАЩt fed tonight, and yet youтАЩre energetic. You donтАЩt look at all hungry. In fact, you lookтАжquite nice.
However did you manage that?тАЭ

I cleared my throat to work up some spit (tough work, when you donтАЩt make much in the way of bodily
fluids anymore) and said, тАЬFirst of all, mind your own business, and second, itтАЩs none of your damned
business! Now.тАЭ My voice went hard and cold. IтАЩd never heard it sound like that before, not even when I
told the Ant she couldnтАЩt send me to military school. тАЬRemove the hand, while you can still count to five
with it.тАЭ