—“How old are you?”
Hopefully I’ve misheard that. I tap the power button of the vacuum with my foot and it goes dead. Silence fills the hallway of V-Floor for a second before I speak. “Pardon?”
He smiles and I’m reminded of, funnily enough, Scar from the Lion King and when he speaks his voice does nothing to change that impression – he’s all smooth words and smooth voice. “How old are you?”
“I’m not sure what that has to do with anything.” It’s the first time this vampire has spoken to me since he arrived two – no wait, three – days ago. How old are you? is definitely not the best way to approach a girl.
Especially an underaged one.
Instead of working on The Superhero Diaries (my current novel project) I have instead wandered back into the Blood Bound universe. Think of it as a little prequel short story, with a sixteen year old Delia who still doesn’t quite know how to handle vampires.
One thing I am liking about this story though is that I get to introduce Eoin in the flesh. He is mentioned a few times over the course of Blood Bound but doesn’t actually appear until book two.
Unless you have read this short story, of course. When it’s completed, I mean.
22 year old writer, web designer and student from New Zealand.
