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Spring Break. She just knew this whole vampire
princess, betrothed, and well…dad had said something about vampire hunters …was
going to really interfere with her shallow human, but happy life.
    “The curse isn't
completely broken.”
    She blinked. Excuse
me. “What do you mean the curse isn’t completely broken?”
    “There are
remnants of the spell that still remain. That will probably always remain. You
retain many of your human characteristics. For instance unlike most vampires, you
can still go in the sun without burning your skin or eyes. You can control the
need to feed on negative energy, and you can use human food for sustenance. So
basically, you're still human except that you have some powers. Some of the
powers that you will have we know about, and some we may have to discover.
Vampires can all see and hear things from miles away. We do this very easily,
you may have to work at it and concentrate.”
    “Don't forget her
super-strength,” Xavier said, laughing. “Obviously she isn’t going to have to
think about using that power. Just a few sexual insinuations here and there,
and you'll be able carry a pick-up truck with ease. But she might need to learn
how to control that power. Can you imagine her hitting a tennis ball, now?”
    After he said
that, he did the hottest thing; he winked at her. Xavier Kristofferson, the guy
with the very hot last name winked at her, but she frowned. “What did I say
about your sexually-related remarks?”
    He shook his
head, not understanding what she meant, but she knew he was only pretending.
    “You don't
remember? I said I didn't like them,” she finished, intending on rushing to his
side in an attempt to surprise him. Instead she surprised herself. She went
from her chair, to his side in the blink of an eye. With her eye’s opened wide
in amazement, she turned to her father for answers, but Xavier beat her to it.
    “You're pretty
slow for a vampire but extremely fast for a human,” he teased. “This is one of
the first vampire powers we have to learn to control. You can’t do this in
front of humans, obviously. But you won’t be as fast as a vampire, as that is another
element of the curse.”
    “Curse or no
curse,” Adrienne started, dashing around the room, a few papers on her father's
desk flying away. She had to admit having super-speed was extremely fun since
it made her feel really carefree and as if she could out run any thing. She
could run across forests and not have to worry about some beast catching her.
She decided she was going to do that some time—run endlessly and be unstoppable.
    Suddenly she
understood why all the vampires she read about in stories or watched in movies
were arrogant and egocentric. After all, they had powers, the intellect, and
the beauty humans could only dream of having. There were plenty of reasons that
they thought they were great. And now Adrienne knew she was one of them, but
she still loved her human side—the cursed side. “Curse or no curse, I am  so  happy
I can still have total fun in Cabo!”
    “Spring Break is
still months away, it's only October,” said her father, in a matter-of-fact
tone.
    “And your point
is?”
    “Before you start
dreaming about the fun you'll have in Mexico, there are many things to learn.
And you can’t tell anyone that you are a vampire. You can talk about this with
me, with Brianna, and with Xavier. That is all.”
    Adrienne's
stomach suddenly twisted in nervousness. She didn’t really like that. What
about Ethan, or her other friends?
    “Eventually you
will have to choose between remaining in the Day Class, or switching to the
Night Class to learn more of your vampire side,” her father said.
    She didn’t have
to think about that one. “I'd like to sta—”
    “Just think about
it first,” her father said, interrupting her. “You have a week before I'll ask
you again, so just wait and see how things go this week and think carefully
about your choice.”
    Adrienne