Excerpt of Night Promises by Tonya Renee Callahan

“Our new girl is looking good out there.” Mac handed Kelly a
bottle of water from the small fridge in the corner of their
office.

“That’s good. I wasn’t sure about hiring a human. The last
one quit within the first hour, but she’s made it through
two nights.”

“Our last one was more concerned with whether vampires
really existed or not. With Cammie, I believe she’s got a
real interest with vamps and respects us.”

“How did your date go last night?”

“There won’t be a second one. For a three-hundred year old
vamp, he has no charm and absolutely nothing but blood and
the sport of finding the next meal to talk about.”

“I think Micah is interested in you.”

“What makes you say that?” “When I arrived at Connor’s,
Micah asked me how you were. I told him you were on a date,
and he looked upset and got short with me.”

“Well, I’m not interested in him.”

“Is there such a thing as life mates?”

“Did he say we were life mates? I tell you what; he didn’t
get the hint seventy years ago, but he’s going to get it
now.” She tossed her water bottle in the trash.

“I’ll take that as a yes and a no. He didn’t mention you two
were life mates.”

She stood in front of Kelly’s desk. “There are rumors that
life mates really exist. But I’ve never felt that pull, I
guess you could call it.”

“Can humans feel it with vampires?”

“I don’t think so. I’ve never heard of it. As much as I hate
to admit this, Micah would be the man you need to talk to
about this type of stuff. He’s been around longer than I
have, and he knows how it works.”

“Do you not want to know?” “I’m not interested in settling
down. Honestly, I don’t believe vamps are capable of
settling down.”

“Why not?”

“Because we are creatures of habit. Sex and blood. We need
both and very often. We can’t stay with the same human for a
long period of time, or we will kill them or be forced to
turn them against their will. Vamps can feed from one
another during sex, but the vamp will still have a strong
hunger for human blood.”

“That answers my questions then.”

“Do you think you and Connor are life mates?”

“No, I don’t. I’ve never felt a pull, as you said. I was
more curious about a lasting relationship between a human
and vampire.”

“I hate to let you down but it’s almost impossible. If you
and Connor are life mates, you would have to let him turn you.”

“But as you said, we would still need human blood.”