Chapter 29 Undead

• ◇ Brescia, Italy ◇
• So that stupid, harmless dare wasn't so harmless after all. He'd been as clueless as Mykaela then. If he guessed it right, it was the first time his blood had physically "bonded" with hers.
• The thought provided some clarity, somehow relieving the incessant pounding in his skull. Miles rubbed the grogginess off his tired eyes. He sat up against the headboard, ignoring the sleeping naked woman snuggling under his covers and her arm loosely draped over his right thigh. "Woman" because she'd said she was 23, right before he'd asked her if he could buy her a drink.