I was so grateful to be in the company of Alexander and Stormy. They led me off the altar and to my awaiting friends. Trevor glared at me, then at Jagger as if he was trying to figure out what was going on.
"I think it's time we tear this thing down!" Sebastian declared.
"I thought we were going to be together," Onyx said to Jagger. He just cracked a fangy smile in return.
Jagger and Luna slipped out a hidden door at the back of the altar wof ustiithout answering.
Alexander had mortals and vampires alike drawn to him, while the Maxwells had them fleeing. It was a sharp contrast in the reactions the three vampires brought out in people.
Chapter 18 Fight Club
I can't believe Luna would do that," Stormy said the following evening when I met her at the Mansion. She was in her room touching up her makeup, and Alexander was still getting ready to go out with me.
She was disillusioned in her friend. "I knew you couldn't trust Jagger," she continued. "But Luna. How could I have been so wrong about her?"
"Well, she was always good to you," I tried to assure her, standing next to her at her dresser. "It's just that she's not so good to others."
"But if she isn't good to you - then that is wrong."
"I think she feels she's doing the right thing." I wasn't sure why I was sticking up for Luna. Maybe it was only to comfort Stormy's feelings. "Anyway, they were offering me something I wanted," I said, "just with the wrong guy."
Stormy had the life I had dreamed of. A casket sat in the middle of the wall where normally a bed would be. I sat down on the edge of her chaise.
"What do you want?" she asked, sitting next to me.
"To become a vampire."
"You really want to be one?" Her expression brightened.
"Yes," I said. "I always have. But I want to with Alexander."
"You'd change for Alexander?" She was shocked.
"Yes. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to be with him regardless."
"But you would become a vampire? Willingly?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah. I've wanted it all my life."
"Even before you met Alexander?"
"Yes, but I'd only want to be a vampire with him," I said emphatically.
She grabbed my hand. "I didn't know you wanted to be like us, too."
"Exactly like you. Cool, nice, and living amongst your own."
"Does Alexander know this?"
"Yes. I've told him a hundred times."
"Then what is my brother waiting for?"
"He wants it to be the right time. And for the right reason."
"But if that's want you want - and he does, too - then why is he being so stubborn?"
"He thinks I won't like it. And that I'll blame him. He feels too much pressure."