I shut off my alarm and that’s when all of the memories of the previous night came rushing back. Holy crap, I was no longer a virgin! I’d had sex with a vampire! A vampire who’d disappeared during the night. My fingers went to my neck and I sighed with relief. No bites. I closed my eyes and thought about Ethan. God, the things he’d done to me, not once, but several times during the course of the evening, just left me breathless. Good thing my mom’s bedroom was far enough down the hall that she hadn’t heard a thing. Our lovemaking had been earth-shattering and wonderful beyond belief, but it had also been totally suicidal. I’d given myself freely to someone who could have just as easily made a meal out of me. As I began beating myself up about being so naive, there was a knock at my bedroom door. “Honey, are you awake?” Shoot, I was still naked! “Yeah, hold on!” I jumped out of bed and grabbed a robe out of my closet, then took a deep breath and let my mom in. “Hi.”
