On the Line (Alternate Places Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

to pass energy to her, the day before. Merri made the bread herself,
along with the mayo and mustard, she'd also put a tangy dressing on this one with
cabbage instead of lettuce, shredded almost into oblivion to make it work right
and keep for a couple of days. The cheese on it was store bought, which the
tiny woman had apologized for profusely, although she swore that it was a good
handmade cheese that actually met her personal standards. Kate gave the other
girl a bottle of fruit juice to go with the sandwich, wrapped in waxed paper,
but held in an air tight container that had six of them left. The bottle was
unmarked, having also been made at home by the tiny Alfric woman just for her,
an apple/pear juice that hit just about the whole surface of her. Not just her
tongue, her entire being. It was delicious. So much so she could feel it in her bones when she took a sip.
    As they ate, Kate tried to explain things to Britney without
just giving everything away. It took more work than she liked, but had to be
done, at least for now. Everything at home seemed to have calmed down, but it
was just possible that someone would attack her if they learned she was there
and unprotected. Her only real choice at the moment was to hide, which had been
the point of sending her here in the first place. Not that the beings that were
after them cared about her. She was pretty much just a girl, after all.
    The only thing hurting or killing her might do is disrupt the
others. The important ones. Like Zack.
    “Well, the room came courtesy of a friend of mine that has
some connections. She actually got me in here, because I didn't have the grades
for it, or the paper trail. Bribes, I believe, did most of the work. She's a
Vampire, but a really cool one. Not all demanding and bitey like most of them
are. The decorations and furniture came from a couple of other people. I know,
it looks pretty expensive, but really, I don't own any of this stuff.
It's just being lent to me while I'm here.” She shrugged then, as if that
explained everything.
    Britney seemed to think it did. After all, people often gave Alede
presents and gifts, trying to win their favor. That Kate had better friends
than she did right now, well, that could just be happenstance, or even hard
work on the other girl's part. Kate could almost see the gears clicking in the
other girl's pretty blonde head.
    “Wow! So you like, actually know a real Vampire? I've never
even met one. My older brother has, but he doesn't think much of them. They kind
of tied him up and forced him to service a bunch of people for a while I guess.
Which is stupid , because, you know, hello, Alede! Since when do we need
to be forced to have sex?” The idea troubled the girl, which she showed on her
face so clearly that it shocked Kate for a second. Alede usually learned not to
show anything that wouldn't lead to sex most of the time.
    Brit left it as a topic and moved back to the topic of Kate's
room.
    "This is really nice though. I want one of these. Maybe
next year? Not that my roommate is too bad. Thankfully she's a bit slutty for a
Human. She not only doesn't mind if I have sex in the room, but does it enough
herself without me that I can harvest energy from it on the sly."
    They talked about various things for a while, Hartley posters
being one. Which didn't have his picture on them, the blonde told her, because
no one knew what Hartley looked like except his clients, because the man kept
to himself, almost like a hermit or something. She went on in this vein for a
while, painting a fascinating, though mainly incorrect, picture of Zack.
    Then they covered the situation on campus as far as feeding
went.
    “Both of us, Blaine and I, we try to spread things out,
rather than keeping a full time stable. It takes more work and gives us both a
bad rep, but this way we just look slutty, you know? Instead of people getting
worked up about us cheating on them. I mean if the campus slut sucks off
the football