As Midnight Loves the Moon (15 page)

“I think we need to go see Dr.
Rennix
,” Alex said.

She nodded. “I agree. Somehow, I’m
a human and a vampire.”

****

Wayde expected to have Daphne
snuggled next to him, but when he woke up he was alone in the big bed. Concerned,
he rose and grabbed his pants, zipping them just as he reached the door. If she
was too ravenous, she would go after the first blood source she could find,
which would be Alex.

He rushed into the living room and
saw them watching television. And she was munching on a bowl full of popcorn.

“Don’t eat that,” he said. “You’ll
just end up vomiting it up.”

“No, I won’t,” she said.

“No, she won’t,” Alex seconded. “She
already ordered everything on the room service menu and ate it. I barely
salvaged my cheeseburger in time.”

Wayde frowned. “It didn’t take?”

“No, it took.” She flashed him her
fangs.

“She can also walk in the sun.”

Wayde shook his head. “Something’s
wrong.”

“That’s why we have an appointment
with Dr.
Rennix
,” Alex said. “Wash up or we’ll be
late.”

****

“…So you were stabbed with the Blessed
Blade,” Dr.
Rennix
murmured. “And then you drank vampire
blood.”

“I had to,” she said. “If they
would have pulled it out I’d have bled to death.
Wayde’s
blood helped stabilize me.”

Dr.
Rennix
rubbed his chin as he looked at her. “Perhaps some of the seraphim blessing got
into your bloodstream, mixed with vampire blood.
Somehow…created
a
Dhampir
.”

She blinked.
“A
what?”

“Part vampire and part human,” Alex
explained. “Although, technically, part seraphim.
A hybrid of
some sort.”

“How is that possible?” she asked
Dr.
Rennix
.

“I don’t know,” he replied,
obviously perplexed. “I don’t know anyone who’s actually gotten stabbed by a Blessed
Blade and lived.”

“So she’s fine?” Wayde asked,
stepping forward. “She’s…healed? And she won’t revert?”

Dr.
Rennix
shook his head. “She’s fully, well, supernatural is the best word I can think
of. Her heart is strong and healthy.”

Wayde’s
shoulders sagged a moment in relief and then he stood straight and smiled at
her. “You have all the vampire strengths with none of the weakness.”

“So I’m not going to die?” she
asked, needing verification.

“No,” Dr.
Rennix
said. “In fact, you’ll have a long life, provided you stay away from psychotic
sorcerers.”

They all laughed and thanked the
doctor. As they walked out of Dove Hollow, Daphne turned to look up at the
moon.

“I hope I never have to see this
hospital again,” she said.

Alex pulled her into his arms and
kissed her.
“Me, too.
Would it be too soon if I said I
love you, Daphne
Sabella
? That I love you both so much?”

“No, because I love you,” she said
back to him.

Wayde stopped and it took her few
steps before she realized he was no longer beside her. When she looked back at
him, he was staring at her with an intensity that stole her breath and made her
new heart pound.

“I love you,” he whispered.
“Both of you.
I never thought a vampire could feel such love
but I…I couldn’t live without either of you.”

She took his hand and pressed it to
her chest so he could feel how much he affected her. “You once told me not to say
that word unless I meant it. Once said, it was like the moon, forever there. Do
you mean it, Wayde? Do you love us?”

“As
midnight
loves the moon,” he murmured.

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