Vampires Among Us [Vampires Among Us 1] (Siren Publishing Classic)

customer, and then I’ll be free to help you,” Marge stated, as she scooted off back to her other customer waiting at the counter.
    Kevin handed over his credit card to Jennifer. “Here, I know you are dying to get your hands on this,” he stated with a wicked grin.
    “Oh yes, most definitely. There is a park bench just outside under an awning. You can wait for us there.” Jennifer replied, as she snatched the credit card out of her brother’s hand.
    “Jennifer, that’s mean!” Erica scolded her, but couldn’t hold back a light giggle.
    “It’s okay, love,” Kevin answered, as he placed a gentle kiss on Erica’s brow. “I’ll be right outside if you need me.”
    As he headed out the door, he turned and threw a quick glance at Erica. “Don’t be afraid to get your wardrobe set, Erica.” Then, he turned to Jennifer and stated, “Use the card, and do what you need to.” He then turned on his heel, and strolled out the door.
     
     
    Jennifer turned to Erica with a raised eyebrow. “You aren’t going to give me any trouble today, are you?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I mean I don’t want you resisting me when I am trying to do what is best for you.”
    Erica chuckled as she shook her head. “Nope, I have no intentions of bucking you. Go ahead,” she stated as she swept her arm outward. “Be my guest. Shop until you drop. You are the one he handed the credit card to. If he has a problem, I’m sending him straight to you!”
    Jennifer laughed. “Oh, my brother will be fine with this. Trust me!”
    Jennifer turned and started looking at the dresses on the rack beside her. “Besides, if I don’t succeed by the end of today, I am afraid I will lose my title of Shopping Queen!” Both young women broke out in fits of laughter, and then quickly got down to business.
    The two women spent the next three hours in the little dress shop. Erica quickly discovered that the woman who had greeted them at the door was the owner, and of course, she was a vampire. It took little time for Erica to decide that Marge was one of the nicest women she’d ever met. Erica stopped for a moment to realize that every vampire she had met since leaving Shawn had been extremely nice and pleasant toward her. Well, Felippe at the board meeting had been the one exception. She remembered reading a few old vampire books when she had been in high school. They had left the reader with the impression that vampires did nothing but suck the blood from humans, and then discard them as if they were little more than trash. She snickered at herself as she tried to imagine any of her soon-to-be family members acting like this. Impossible!
    Jennifer demanded Erica try on at least fifty dresses and outfits. It was while they were in the dressing room, trying on outfits, that Erica posed a question to her. “Is Kevin able to hear us?” She asked this at just barely a whisper, having no idea how far their superior hearing carried.
    Jennifer threw a smile over to Erica and said in a low voice, “He shouldn’t if you whisper.”
    Erica nodded, quickly continuing in a whisper, “Your brother and I have just recently become intimate. I would love to have something pretty to put on for bed, you know, some pretty lingerie, but the only thing I own is my silk nightshirt. Do you think you could help me?”
    Jennifer immediately nodded her head in confirmation, her eyes shining and dancing in merriment. “Ohh, lingerie shopping, my favorite!” she whispered in delight, and she did a little happy dance right there in the dressing room.
    Realizing what Erica had stated at the beginning of the conversation, Jennifer suddenly stopped her dancing and shot her eyebrows up as she verified, “Did you state that you two just now? You know? As in you two haven’t been all along?” Jennifer stammered in shocked disbelief. The young woman standing in front of her had been living with her brother for months now, and they were just now deciding to become intimate? She suddenly questioned if she knew her brother at all. Either he was a saint, or a complete idiot. Of the two, she wasn’t so sure of at the given moment.
    Erica nodded her head in confirmation, and then continued, “I’ve had some trust issues to hurdle, and that took time.” Erica took a quick second to glance over to her. She knew from the look on Jennifer’s face when this subject was first brought up, that Jennifer had assumed the exact opposite. Jennifer, who quickly