Twice Bitten Not Shy [Vampires of Eternity] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Lynne St. James Page B

would forever be her ‘children’ forced to submit to her.”
    Gwendolyn put her hand over Christian’s to stop his massaging. She was on overload. This was unreal. How could she be hearing this, let alone believe it? Yet somehow she knew everything she was hearing was true. She could tell it was difficult for Sebastian to recount their history, and Christian seemed equally conflicted from the vibes she was getting.
    “Go on, Sebastian…please.”
    He startled. It was obvious he was lost in a memory and hadn’t realized he had stopped speaking. His eyes were like two sapphire orbs piercing deep inside her head. It was erotic and strange at the same time and much more intense than anything she had felt around him before.
    “Demetria explained to us that we were now vampires. Immortal for all intents and purposes. We’d have to leave our families and everyone we knew. How could we explain to them what we were? We didn’t understand it ourselves back then. We have learned a lot over the last four hundred years.”
    Gwendolyn was shocked. “Four hundred years,” she whispered, but of course they could hear her. They were vampires. “Holy shit…”
    Christian had moved from behind her and was sitting on the edge of the bed. “You can say that again.”
    Sebastian nodded. “Very true, we had to stay with Demetria. We had no idea what to do, what our powers were, or what being a vampire meant. Bram Stoker’s Dracula didn’t come out for quite a few years after we had been turned, but even if it had been available, we probably wouldn’t have read it.”
    Gwendolyn knew she had promised, but she couldn’t help herself. “So you’re telling me you are both vampires. That you are over four hundred years old and suck blood from people to survive?”
    Christian and Sebastian exchanged looks, but it was Sebastian who answered. “No…well, yes. Some of what you ask is true, and some is not. This is why I asked you to wait until I was finished with the tale.”
    “I’m sorry, but this is all so unbelievable. I’m not sure what to think. I feel like I’m living in an Anne Rice story.”
    “We understand that, and if you hadn’t come back here tonight, we wouldn’t be telling you all of this now. But you did, and here we are,” Sebastian said with a shrug of his shoulders.
    Gwen nodded. “Okay, so say all of this is true. It still doesn’t explain why I had the reaction I did tonight.”
    Christian answered this time. “We haven’t told you everything yet.”
    “There’s more? Being vampires isn’t enough?”
    “Unfortunately, no.” He smiled wryly at her, but it didn’t reach his eyes, which were like looking into two pools of molten chocolate.
    “Okay, just cut to the chase. You’re vampires. I get it. It’s fucked up, but at least I’m trying to go with this. I’ll probably have a total freak-out later on, no promises.”
    Christian and Sebastian exchanged looks and came to an agreement.
    Now that explains a lot. They could talk to each other telepathically. That would be a cool ability to have.
    “You’re correct, Gwendolyn. We do speak to each other clairvoyantly quite a bit. We have no need for words usually.”
    She blushed, having forgotten that they would be able to read her as well. Oh shit! How much do they know? Gwen stared back at Sebastian a bit more hesitantly now.
    He nodded, and she tried to remember just what she had been thinking lately. The heat was bright in her cheeks, and the urge to flee was strong. Damn, damn, damn… this is an interesting conundrum for sure.
    Sebastian interrupted her thoughts. “Why don’t I finish our story before you start to freak out? We promise we’ll answer as many questions as we can. All right?”
    “Yes, please go on. I’m sorry I interrupted or whatever I did. And could you please try to leave my thoughts alone, if possible?”
    “Of course. We have tried to do that all along, but sometimes our curiosity gets the better of us. I do