Jacque’s POV

I let out a small sigh and shook my head. Honestly, I will never understand my little sister. Out of all of the vampire males that she’s ever encountered in her life she decides he’s the one she wants? Well, whatever, I can’t say I’m not grateful to her. At least he won’t be pestering Kathrin anymore. In an instant I was behind my love and had my arms wrapped around her affectionately. My love? Yes, I supposed that was definitely an accurate description of where our relationship was at right now.

Jacques, you’re making me blush, Kathrin told me silently, grabbing onto my arms and pulling herself closer into me. That’s a hard thing to do to a vampire.

I chuckled lightly and kissed the top of her head before returning my attention to Joyce and Jack. Yup, there’s no doubt about what she did. Even without touching him I can see it in his eyes. Hmm, that reminds me, there’s a small dietary conflict here. Kathrin nodded ever so slightly, most likely thinking about the exact same thing.

Yes, this should be interesting indeed.

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xThree Days Laterx

Jack’s POV

“How can you drink this stuff?” I asked incredulously, fighting down the urge to gag. My eyes were practically black from thirst, so Joyce had decided to take me out hunting in the surrounding forest. However, even with my severe thirst I was not exactly enjoying my first meal of this new ‘diet’. “Remind me again why you don’t just drink from humans? I mean this island nation is over-crowded as it is already.”

The last few days that I had spent with Joyce had to be among the happiest of my existence. It didn’t take me very long to find out what Joyce’s ability was, as she told me herself later that

day. Knowing that, it was easy to deduce what had happened. I didn’t care though. In fact, I was actually quite grateful. My efforts with Kathrin had been doomed from the start anyway, so it was a bit of a relief not to be chasing after her anymore. I had a new vampire in my sights now.

My darling red head danced her way to the patch of snow before me and looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face. “Jack,” she sang, tenderness exuding from her, “we’ve had this conversation before, so I’m not going to repeat myself. You know exactly why we shouldn’t drink from humans.” She reached up to caress the side of my face fondly. “Besides, I think a pair of topaz eyes would suit you quite well.” I leaned in automatically to her touch, but just as quickly as she had appeared she was suddenly gone again. I turned around to see her a few meters behind me, grinning playfully. “Finish your hunt. One boar isn’t going to do much to satisfy your thirst.”