I THIRST FOR YOU
She wanted her mother to sense only the truthfulness of her heart and nothing more.
“Mom, I’m in love with the Master of Vampires,” she blurted out without delay. She squeezed back her mother’s hand and stared at her without blinking. “And he loves me too. Believe me, when you died, all I did was stay low, away from any untoward attention and away from the dark ones, but it just so happened I met their Master and I—”
“You’re telling me you’re in a relationship with a vampire?!” her mother interrupted, her tone a little bit higher than Amanda would have expected. “And not just a vampire, but the Master?!”