Free A Mate for Lazarus (The Program Book 3) by Charlene Hartnady

are seriously good looking. What do they really have to offer us?” She
needed some insights from the women that chose to put themselves out there and
join The Program . Alex only wished she could write this down. She would
need to do so as soon as she got back to her room.
    “Aside from being big and beautiful, they’re amazing
in bed. I mean hectic good. At least, I’ve heard they’re hectic good. If I end
up sleeping with one of them and get sent home, I’m going to be in trouble.
I’ve heard that sex will never be the same again for those lucky women. Maybe
it’s better that I haven’t had my way with one of them.” She shook her head,
looking wistful. “Another reason to consider is that they mate for life. Did
you get any training before coming through?”
    Alex needed to tread carefully but this was an
opportunity to find out more. “I received a crash course. It wasn’t the proper
in-depth training that you guys had. I would appreciate it if you could help me
out and fill me in on a few things?”
    Sarah was really sweet. She smiled. “Yes of course. How
come you’re only getting here now? What happened?”
    Alex rolled her eyes. “They forgot to inform me that The Program was starting and then assumed because I didn’t turn up for
training that I wasn’t interested anymore and brought in my replacement.”
    “Sucks. What do you want to know?”
    “You were just saying that they mate for life and
you have given me a couple of reasons why some of these women would sell their
souls for an opportunity to marry one of them.” Alex swallowed hard as her mind
wandered to one certain vampire. “Aside from the really awesome sex that is.”
    “When they mate someone, they can’t get enough of
them and will do anything for them. I want that. I want it so badly it hurts.”
Sarah sighed, seeming lost in her own thoughts for a few beats, then her eyes
widened and she did a twirl on one leg. “Look around you. They are also super rich.
Children are considered a major blessing. Vampires make wonderful dads. The
whole community chips in and helps out. So in short, if a woman is successful
within The Program , she gets a gorgeous man who loves her with
everything that he has. She gets to be pampered and looked after for the rest
of her life as well. Who wouldn’t want that?”
    Alex had to frown. “She also gets to have blood
sucked out of her veins and invariably has to become a baby making machine.”
She muttered the last more to herself, unable to keep quiet.
    “Oh my word.” Sarah sounded excited. “I can tell
that you haven’t…then again I suppose you are new.” She gasped. “You totally
haven’t, have you?”
    What the hell was this chick smoking? “ What
are you talking about? I haven’t what?”
    “Shit!” She grabbed Alex by the arm. “You are in for
a treat. At least…” She sighed. “From what I have heard, you are in for a
treat.”
    “Spit it out already.” Alex could hear the
frustration in her own voice. “What treat?”
    “I am the only woman that hasn’t been with one of
the guys. From what I’ve been told or overheard, all the worries about blood
drinking are totally unwarranted. I’ve been told that it is amazing. It doesn’t
hurt one bit. In fact, the opposite is true. I for one am going to try and make
it happen. You need to try it too.” Sarah was gushing. Her eyes were bright and
sparkling. Her hand clutched Alex’s arm tighter. “I overheard that it’s
especially good”—she looked around the room to make sure that no one else was
paying any attention to their conversation—“during sex. Like not just good…mind
blowing. I just have one favor to ask though.”
    Alex ignored the part about the favor. “I’m not
letting anyone drink blood from me.”
    “You can’t mate with a vampire and not let him drink
from you. It just doesn’t happen that way. None of them will choose you to go
into the next round.” Sarah shook her head. “You have