Kate snorted and finally wriggled free enough to bop him on the head. "Stop it, you big dufus. I am right here, okay." She leaned forward and pecked his cheek, again hugging him. "I am right here and I am not going anywhere."
She put her arms around Damon’s neck and looked into his eyes. The crimson eyes might be new, but they were also the same pair of warm and kind eyes that she had known all her life. Her lips parted to say something when Mark stirred awake with a loud groan.
Kate instantly pushed away from Damon, faster than a cat on caffeine. She spun around so quickly that she nearly tripped over her own feet.
Mark, still groggy, sat up and squinted at both of them. His voice was hoarse. "I feel so damn weak and tired. Can we just go back to sleep?"
Kate laughed in a weird, high-pitched way. "Maybe we need some blood." She joked.
Damon nodded. "You are probably correct."
"Huh? What?" Kate snapped to look at him. "You don’t mean... you are serious?"
"Yup. I am damn serious." Damon told her about how he had almost killed someone when he had first woken up as a vampire.
Kate’s eyes widened as she listened. "Ughh. So, where am I going to find blood now? This is going to become tricky very fast. The three of us are going to end up in some government lab as lab rats if we are not careful."
Damon was about to say something when Mark suddenly spoke up. His voice was serious now, and there was no longer any sign of weakness or tiredness in him. "I know exactly who can give us some blood. That woman is back. Guess what. She brought her latest sleeze bag along."
Mark tossed the phone to Kate, who went through all the messages their mother had sent them in the last couple of days.
Kate’s face twisted with a mix of annoyance and dread as she scrolled through the messages. "Ugh. Her again? I thought she said she was going on a retreat. Somewhere with no reception. Preferably forever."
"Nope," Mark said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "She’s back. In town. And she’s apparently very eager for a family dinner. Tomorrow."
Kate’s expression soured. "Of course she is. Probably wants to introduce us to boyfriend number... what, sixteen?"
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