Rest in Pieces (Barbie: The Vampire Hunter #1)

by Lucinda Dark

Life’s a bitch and then you die.

My favorite saying lol!!!

My lips parted as I took in the man at the edge of the top step. Tall, tan, with his hair shorn close to his scalp all around. He looked every inch a bad boy, except instead of the black t-shirt and shitkickers I expected a bad boy to wear, he was dressed in a football uniform of white and navy blue.

Suburbia. Where even the bad boys come with money and a football fetish.

Someone had ordered the hit on my family, and I wouldn’t rest until I found out exactly who the vampire named Arrius was.

“For me, for you, both of us, I guess.” Torin’s breath shuddered inside his chest, shaking his whole body. “You were in danger and it was the easiest way to get you away from me.” “Your father?” I guessed. He nodded. “What’s changed then?” Torin met my eyes. A beat of silence slithered through the air and then he answered. I didn’t know it then, that his answer would change the rest of our relationship. “Barbie.”

“But I’ll be fucking damned if I let you go without backup,” he said. “I’d honestly rather you took my truck and drove as far from here as possible.” “I’m not leaving,” I said. He sighed, the air leaving his lips on a rush with a small chuckle following it. “I know,” he said. “I knew you wouldn’t even consider it, but after this…” He reached up, his fingers grazing my cheek. “After this is all over, you and I, we’re gonna have a talk.” “A talk?” I squeaked. “About what?” He eyed me, unresponding. His hand fell away from my face once more

My heart stuttered in my chest, a sinking feeling filling my gut. If anyone had bothered to ask me what I preferred: talking or dying? I would have answered dying without a single fucking ounce of hesitation.