Free vampire for hire 10.5 - vampire requiem by J. R. Rain

 
    Other Books by J.R. Rain
     
    STANDALONE NOVELS
    Winter Wind
    Silent Echo
    The Body Departed
    The Grail Quest
    Elvis Has Not Left the Building
    The Lost Ark
    The Accidental Superheroine
    LavaBull
    Jack and the Giants
    Dolfin Tayle
    Dragon Assassin
    Lost Eden
    Judas Silver
    The Vampire Club
    Cursed
     
    VAMPIRE FOR HIRE SERIES
    Moon Dance
    Vampire Moon
    American Vampire
    Moon Child
    Christmas Moon
    Vampire Dawn
    Vampire Games
    Moon Island
    Moon River
    Vampire Sun
    Moon Dragon
    Moon Shadow
     
    SAMANTHA MOON CASE FILES
    Moon Bayou
    Blood Moon
    Moon Magic
     
    JIM KNIGHTHORSE SERIES
    Dark Horse
    The Mummy Case
    Hail Mary
    Clean Slate
    Night Run
     
    THE WITCHES SERIES
    The Witch and the Gentleman
    The Witch and the Englishman
    The Witch and the Huntsman
     
    OPEN HEART SERIES
    The Dead Detective
    Deadbeat Dad
     
    NICK CAINE SERIES
    Temple of the Jaguar
    Treasure of the Deep
    Pyramid of the Gods
     
    THE SPINOZA TRILOGY
    The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo
    The Vampire Who Played Dead
    The Vampire in the Iron Mask
     
    THE ALADDIN TRILOGY
    Aladdin Relighted
    Aladdin Sins Bad
    Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman
     
    THE WALKING PLAGUE TRILOGY
    Zombie Patrol
    Zombie Rage
    Zombie Mountain
     
    THE SPIDER TRILOGY
    Bad Blood
    Spider Web
    Spider Bite
     
    THE PSI TRILOGY
    Hear No Evil
    See No Evil
    Speak No Evil
    Flight 12: A PSI Novella
     
    THE GHOST FILES
    Ghost College
     
    THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
    Bound By Blood
     
    THE ABNORM CHRONICLES
    Glimmer
     
    SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
    Red Rain: Over 40 Bestselling Stories
    Vampire for Hire: First 8 Stories
    Blood Rain: 15 Dark Tales
    Black Rain: 15 Dark Tales
     
    SHORT STORY SINGLES
    The Vampire on the Train
    Vampire Requiem
    Ghosts of Christmas Present
    Easy Rider
    Dark Side of the Moon
    Blue Moon
    Vampire Gold
    Halloween Moon
    Vampire Dreams
    Vampire Blues
    Vampire Nights
    Teeth
    Vampire Rain
    The Santa Call
    The Bleeder
     
    YOUNG READERS
    (Writing as J.K. Drew)
    Little Wolf
    The Secret of the Sphinx
    The Emerald River
    The Angel and the Gift
    Forever Silent
    Dare to Enter a Distant World
    Dare to Rule a Distant World
    Dare to Escape a Distant World
    The Mystery of the Walking Statue
    The Mystery of Stonehead Island
    Deep Sea Danger
    The Legend of Eagle Eye Mountain
    Playoff Pressure
     

 
    Vampire Requiem
    Published by J.R. Rain
    Copyright © 2015 by J.R. Rain
    All rights reserved.
     
    Ebook Edition, License Notes
    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. All rights reserved.
     
     
    Dedication
    To Kathleen and Elaine...the two people who inspired Samantha Moon.
     

 
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
     
    Vampire Requiem
     
    Reading Sample
     
    About the Author
     

 
    Vampire Requiem
     
     
    Requiem: a song, chant or poem for someone who died.
     
    “If death is the great equalizer, then some of us are just more equal than others.”
    —Diary of the Undead
     
     
    She was the last person I ever thought I would be friends with.
    Then again, when you’ve been through what we’ve been through together, well, maybe it’s not so surprising, after all.
    But still...
    We sat together on the back steps of my house, facing my expansive back yard and the Pep Boys sign that hung like a god over the far wall.
    Friends , of course, might be too strong a word. And acquaintances just didn’t feel right, either. She was certainly no acquaintance, that was for sure. Not after some of the shit we’d shared.
    A comrade, I thought. A comrade-in-arms.
    Yeah, I liked the sound of that.
    “Sounds, I dunno, a little Russian,” Nancy said, picking up on my thoughts a little too quickly for my liking.
    “Well, we’re going with it,” I said.
    “Suit yourself,” she said, shrugging, nonplussed. “And, for the love of God, will you blink?”
    Admittedly, I didn’t blink much when I was around her, since I knew it freaked her out. There was still some sass in me. Anyway, I could go for days without blinking. Generally, I had to