Finally Dead (Eve Benson: Vampire Book 1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

so you can hit the porcelain
just right.” There was a chuckle, and then a confirmation of when they should
be getting in.
    Then she
just had to ride, for what felt like fifteen hours. It was six when they got
into Vancouver, but they didn’t head straight to Troy’s, stopping by Ed’s house
first. It was a big thing, meant to have both a lot of space, and be impressive
if anyone came to visit.
    He went
straight to the fridge though, and pulled a small four ounce bottle of blood.
    The good kind. It had at least six fresh links to it, and the glass was warmed in a
metal pot, the contents poured into a mug when it was body temperature. Then it
was placed in front of her. Slowly.
    Eve
didn’t touch it, even as the scent, heady and full, reached her nose. It was a
trick, after all. Though not really. She’d been told what to expect. She
wasn’t allowed to feed until given permission. No matter how hungry she was. Most
of the younger vamps would have snagged the cup up and started straight in, but
if they tried it, they’d be hit, until they managed to sit for a while.
    It was
hard, and she fidgeted, a bit. Then, taking a deep breath, the scent trying to
drive her wild, she forced herself to relax and wait. Edom was poised to
strike, but held himself still, like a master with a dog that was being trained
to stay. As if his moving could set her into motion? She had more
control than that. She thought.
    Waiting
was hard, but needed.
    Several
minutes passed, and he picked up the cup, taking a sip.
    Then he
handed the mug to her.
    “Go
ahead. Slowly though. Try to separate out the different links. Can you do
that?”
    She
doubted it. There was a pink glow to the whole thing, meaning it had energy,
and tendrils coming off of it, but she couldn’t really track them all. She
focused, and took the smallest sip she could manage, then another, which got
her body to grab the blood, and scramble for the links. After that she kind of
felt most of them.
    “I… Have
four links? One to the girl from earlier. There should be more than that. Here,
let me try again.” She took a third drink, this one a bit bigger, but didn’t
let herself slam the whole thing down. She had instructions after all, and
really wanted to look good.
    It was
hard, but power was all about mastering herself, and that was all Edom was
trying to coach her into. Even if he beat her later, that was what he really
wanted for her. That was one of the reasons she’d picked him to make her
one of them. She’d had others to choose from, but Ed was one of the rare people
that wanted her to be successful, just because it was what she wanted. Lenore
had offered too, and was older, as well as more powerful than Ed, but her main
focus was in keeping Zack happy. That, and using Eve for her own ends.
    That was
fine, and part of Vampire culture, but really, since her goal was power for herself ,
Eve knew that Edom was the better choice. He’d nurture her more, and make sure
she had the opportunities she could handle, not just the ones that served him
best. It would be up to her to make certain the whole thing was rewarding and
paid off for the man.
    She left
the cup half full, and set it down, even as everything inside of her screamed
that she needed to finish it. The rest of the links came into being, and she
took a moment to try and sense them all. She had seven full links, which would
last about ten days, if all went well. That meant, logically speaking that she
didn’t need to drink anymore blood for that time. It was so tempting to bolt
the rest of the drink in front of her, but she took a deep breath and pushed it
back to Ed.
    “I have
the links.” She expected him to drink the rest, given that it cost over a
hundred dollars per serving, but he stood, looking back at her, his teeth
shining, and then walked to the stainless steel sink and dumped the rest,
watching her closely.
    She
started crying. Though she did manage to make it halfway into a laugh,