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

see you are in such a good mood this evening,” Kevin greeted him. The air surrounding him was filled with his friend’s joyful spirits.
    Davidrick was the closest thing to a younger brother that Kevin had. A bond had formed many years ago, and had remained strong, perhaps even grew stronger as time went on. Before Davidrick had a chance to reply, Kevin’s youngest sister, Elizabeth, walked up and stated, “I thought I heard a familiar voice. Sure hope you brought some O negative with you. Dad and Mrs. Jenkins have both been grumbling about running out.” She grabbed the backpack and disappeared just as quietly and quickly as she had come in.
    “Guess who I have a date with Friday night?” asked Davidrick, with enough enthusiasm that Kevin began to wonder if he was going to start bouncing up and down.
    “Who?” Kevin responded with interest. It was common news that his buddy didn’t get out and socialize. Since Davidrick worked at the hospital morgue, he endured many jokes regarding his lack of social life and hanging around dead people all day.
    “Jordan,” Davidrick almost shouted in reply. He reminded Kevin of a little kid, and again Kevin wondered about this almost uncontrolled excitement. He had never seen his friend like this before.
    “Jordan?” Kevin echoed in question. “Do I know this Jordan?” The only Jordan Kevin could think of was someone not likely to give his buddy the time of the day.
    “Jordan the Cleaner!” Davidrick exclaimed with a slight smugness now attached to his over-enthusiasm.
    “How in the world did you manage to snag a date with a good-looking thing like her?” Kevin teased. He often teased Davidrick about his social life, knowing he was one of the very few who could get away with it.
    “Well, we have been working on and off together for a long time. I finally got the nerve up to ask her out,” Davidrick replied with a slight shrug of his shoulders.
    “Congratulations,” Kevin told him, as he slapped him on the back. “Come on, there is someone here I want you to meet.”
    Kevin heard his friend mumble, “I didn’t realize you had company,” as he followed Kevin in the family room. Erica stood up as soon as she noticed the two men approaching, and Kevin immediately walked over to her side, wrapping his arm firmly around her waist.
    Introductions were quickly made, and Davidrick was finding himself shaking his head in disbelief. For all the ribbing Kevin gave him regarding his social life, Davidrick knew for fact that Kevin’s social life was in the same boat. It was a well-known fact that Kevin was married to the VCTF.
    Davidrick cast a questioning look over to Kevin, who just gave him a sly grin for a moment and kept quiet. Kevin could easily see his buddy forming numerous questions to throw at him.
    “She is not, Davidrick, so be nice!” Kevin warned in a low voice that he was certain only a vampire could hear.
    That was one question down, now for the other hundred. “Is this your friend from school?” Davidrick inquired, and Kevin watched him with a slight amusement, as Davidrick attempted to figure out what exactly his buddy had been up to over the past two weeks since he last spoke to him.
    “Yes she is. Erica is staying with us for awhile,” Kevin replied, with a sly grin on his face.
    Davidrick’s eyebrows shot upwards, and Kevin quickly decided to steer the conversation down a different avenue before his buddy could start shooting his other ninety-nine questions out. Glancing over to Erica, he explained, “Davidrick supplies a lot of the blood for our kind. Once he drops it off, Kate and Elizabeth set up deliveries to our elderly who are homebound. Remember Charles telling you about this earlier?” he inquired.
    “Yes, I remember,” she replied, as she gave Kevin a smile. If she only knew what that smile did to his heart, he thought as he fought the urge to snatch her up and kiss her senseless.
    Kevin returned to his conversation with Davidrick. Because he had always felt like a big brother in some ways, he felt an obligation to insure Davidrick had a game plan for Friday night. He was well aware Davidrick didn’t get out much, and as far as Kevin knew, Davidrick had very little experience with women. Although he was certainly no Casanova, Kevin felt comfortable sharing a few pointers. Surprisingly, Erica felt comfortable enough to join in with a few tips, as well.
    Erica inquired out of curiosity how Davidrick and Kevin originally met,