 My teaser today is from Quarry, book 2 of The Vampire Guard! As soon as Forge was out of the room Blair stood, groaning and hobbled out of the suite and to the great room. That’s when he noticed Forge and Lucas were wearing only shorts, the heat was cranked up high despite the warm weather outside. Declan at least had the decency to also have a lightweight, short sleeved shirt on. Forge was holding two bowls, when Blair reached for one, he moved out of reach. “You need to be in bed.” “I want to be with all of you.” Blair tried to take the bowl again. Lucas took both bowls. “If you drop these Moose will eat it, then he’ll get sick.” “And I’ll have to shove pills down his throat,” Forge added. “The farts from him will be ugly.” Blair smiled and shook his head, made his way to the table, and sat down. Forge, Lucas and Declan each took their seats. Blair’s stomach snarled at him and the soup smelled good, steam rose from the bowl. He dug in but stopped and looked around the table after a few spoonsful. Forge was moving his spoon back and forth, Lucas making whirlpools in his soup and Declan sat quietly staring into his meal. The loaf of freshly baked bread sat untouched in the center of the table. “It wasn’t any one’s fault, at least no one here,” Blair said quietly. “I should’ve been the one out there, not you.” Forge stared into his soup, refusing to make eye contact. Declan looked between them. “If anyone is to blame, it’s me.” “Oh, please. What exactly could you’ve done? Do you have some force field you should’ve thrown over me?” Blair turned to Forge. “And you’re a pain in the ass when you’re hurt. I think I speak for the entire Vampire Guard when I say, we’re all lucky it wasn’t you.” Declan sighed. “He’s got a point, Jonas. You’re the worst patient.” “That’s the truth!” Lucas chimed in then dipped some bread in his soup and took a bite. “It happened. I got hurt. And all of you made sure I’d get better. I’ll admit I like being in the van better, but sometimes shit happens.” Blair twisted in his chair and looked over the equipment sitting where their sectional had been. “I could live the rest of my life without being in that thing again. What is it? Weren’t Kai and Ori here? And someone else?” “Its official name is a recovery cocoon. One of the Guard’s medical miracles. Using supercooled water, we, Tiffany—Dr. Launders—and I were able to keep you in what was essentially a medically induced coma to control the pain while you healed,” Lucas explained. “How long? And without drugs?” Blair asked. “Two and a half days. The extreme cold hibernates vampires and is very effective pain relief,” Lucas said. “Kai, Ori, and Dr. Launders are with the Penningtons,” Declan added. “They helped us the first two days, but as you were able to be woken up, they thought it best to clear out and not have too many people hanging around.” “Your feelings about being in water presented a little extra challenge,” Forge said. “How do you feel?” Blair held up a hand, turning it over to look at his fingers. “A little pruney. My leg hurts, it’s more like a constant ach and my back.” He tried to reach around to a spot under his shoulder blade but couldn’t quite hit the right spot. “And it itches too.” “You were impaled by a piece of rebar piping that also punctured a lung,” Forge said, his voice rough. “I felt a lot of what you did.” “I don’t remember much after you guys started lifting blocks of cement off me.” Blair could tell from the emotions radiating from Forge that wasn’t the case for his soulmate. Forge reached over and rubbed Blair’s back a few times. “Good.” “That was part of the point of the treatment. Such intense pain can have devastating emotional and mental consequences,” Declan added. Blair focused on Forge. “But what about you? If you felt what I felt…” The thought he’d done damage to Forge was horrible. Forge shook his head. “It’s hard to explain. I knew what you felt and when you were awake, I did experience a lot of it physically. However, once you were unconscious the physical sensations went away, and everything was more mental. As if I was reading about the feelings or watching it all take place in a movie.” From the sidelong look Declan gave Forge, and what he felt through their bond, Blair knew that wasn’t exactly true. He also understood Forge felt some need to protect everyone from everything and this was one way he’d accomplish that with Blair. At least his three housemates ate their meal and there was a general sense of wellbeing from them by the time all the soup and fresh bread was gone.  Quarry is available in eBook, paperback and through Kindle Unlimited.
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