Dark DNA: A Paranormal Romance (Vampire and Werewolf) Read Online Free Page B

admitted to her. She sat there, looked at him, then looked around the room, narrowed her eyes and tried to pull her hands free of his grip. “Are you trying to prank me because that’s not funny Asher. You know all about my work. Why would say something like that? Why would you tease me like that? I don’t understand… ” she said to him with obvious irritation in her voice.
    She stood up and walked a few steps away from where he was seated – putting a little distance between them. She suddenly felt very betrayed by her friend and almost as if he was just trying to make fun of her somehow including her life’s work. He, of all people, knew exactly how important all of that was to her.
    “I’m not trying to be funny, Gabby… and this isn’t a prank either,” he said firmly as he stood up and walked closer to her, afraid she might run away before he had the chance to explain his wild revelation to her. “I’m not crazy… and I’m not lying to you either. I promise. But you need to understand that I don’t have fangs… and I am quite comfortable existing in daylight.”
    Gabby looked at Asher the same way a chained animal might look at its captor. Instinctively, she backed away from him and moved slowly toward her apartment door though trying not to draw any attention to her.
    “Asher… you can’t be serious? No way! You’re not pranking me are you?” Then silence… Gabby’s eyes widened as realization sank in amidst the speech he just gave her. “My invention… that night we first met… when I jumped on you… it was really working… really… right?”
    Asher continued to look directly at her hoping she would return his gaze. “Yes,” he nodded slowly giving his words time to sink in. “I’ve wanted to tell you almost since that night. But for so long, well, to be honest… I didn’t know how you would react actually finding what you had been looking for for so long. So I lied to you that night. I mean, can you blame me?” he asked her with a little tremble in his tone.
    “Plus… this isn’t the kind of thing you just tell every Tom, Dick and Harry on the streets you know? I needed to be able to thoroughly trust you before I could even begin to think about telling you my secret… So, can I trust you Gabby?” he asked her hopefully. It was clear to her that he was having second thoughts now – wondering if he might have made a mistake in telling her his secret.
    Gabby just stood there, silent. Then she began. “I…” Gabby tried to continue but couldn’t think what to say next. Her mind raced as she thought how her whole life, she had spent hunting creatures just like him. She hunted them to prove how dangerous and real they were. Her mind filled with images of vampires and werewolves attacking young women and children in the middle of the night.
    Then her focus changed a bit and she began to think about all those years of research… and all the time she had spent working on her scanner… and all the teasing, and jokes and laughing behind her back! All at her expense! She was actually starting to get a little pissed off with this conversation – fear was quickly being replaced with anger.
    Finally, Gabby asked him one question. “So, how do you survive?”

Chapter 7
    He stood there not wanting to go on… he cringed slightly but he knew that question would be coming. “Well… first of all you need to believe me when I tell you that I don’t kill people,” he murmured.
    Over the weeks they had been hanging out he had heard her theories on vampires on more than one occasion and knew they were not exactly flattering. “But I do drink blood, that’s true,” he admitted.
    “But only from animals – I buy it from my butcher. It comes in bottles and jugs. But I don’t drink directly from the animal either – I’m not a killer!” he said, as he looked over at her, wondering if that would be how she saw him now, as a cold blooded killer.
    “Okaaaaayyyy,” she said, slowly