Forget the gorgeous blonds or the pictures you see in the fashion magazines
(theyβre all too skinny anyway), what you as a guy should really be looking for
is a
reincarnated witch. The pros far outweigh the cons (although the
cons list is a little scary, but only if youβre unfaithful, see point #5 below.)
In
Thirst: Blood of my
Blood, Kira soon discovers she has roamed this earth before, and her
best friend, Brenda, was her right-hand gal. But the key focus in the story is
Kiraβs relationship with Cory. Cory doesnβt run when he discovers sheβs a
reincarnated witch. When you see the Pros list, neither would you.
1. Theyβre Experts at Foreign Language Studies
This depends on where the witch was raised initially. But a witch remembers the
languages she has spoken before. Imagine how useful that would be in a French
restaurant. No more ordering icky snails when you thought it was a rib-eye
steak, or Macarons thinking it has something to do with pasta (it
doesnβt.) Pain au chocolat is not a new method of cocoa torture, and
Madeleine does not mean youβll get a new waitress...called Madeleine.
You might think a problem arises when the witch speaks a language that no longer
exists, except when she starts teaching you that language. Then you can both
make fun of other people right in front of them, and they wonβt even know what
youβre saying. Just make sure you smile at each other while youβre doing it.
This way theyβll think youβre exchanging romantic titbits that youβd be
embarrassed to share in front of them.
A word of warning: If you choose this latter, make sure your reincarnated witch
is the only one in the room, otherwise you might fall prey to point #4 below. No
one enjoys a witch fight, they can be lethal.
2. They Donβt Need Therapy
Witch Depression is usually dealt with best in a circle of stones under the
moonlight, casting a spell and calling on the sangyani (spirits) to aid
her with magic. Not only is it more cost effective to find a bunch of stones to
make a circle with in the woods, itβs also a whole lot more exciting to be out
in the fresh air than in a stuffy office where a guy asks you questions that
donβt really make sense anyway, witch or not.
3. Youβll Save on Your Own Therapy Costs
Stones. Moonlight. Spell. Remember that.
4. The Whole βShooting Lightning from the Fingertipsβ Thing
Sure, a guy might want to be the macho man and save his girl. But if a witch
can shoot lightning from her fingertips, isnβt that just cooler? Put
your machoness and fists aside, and just call your reincarnated witch when
youβre in trouble. If you treat her right, sheβll have your back.
5. Theyβre One-Man Gals
Your reincarnated witch is usually a one-man gal. Sheβs faithful to the end
of her days, and even if she doesnβt initially remember you, sheβll quickly fall
in love with you if youβve been together before.
A word of caution: Be good to your witch. When her memory does come back to her
(which it always does, given time) sheβll remember everything. If you
were bad to her once (even if it was six hundred years ago), youβre in
trouble...forever.
R P Channing started writing three years ago, but never published
anything even after churning out over a million words of fiction. Thirst: Blood
of my Blood is the first book he dared to publish. When asked why, he said,
βBecause itβs the first thing I wrote that my wife actually enjoyed reading.β
When not hammering away (most literally) at his keyboard, he can be found buried
in a book, reading anything from romance to horror to young adult to non-fiction
to comedy.
Blood of my blood
STANDALONE NOVEL. NO
CLIFFHANGER.
Kira Sutherland
After a near fatal accident
(and getting cheated on by her 'boyfriend'), and beating up the lead cheerleader
(with whom the boyfriend cheated...), and being labeled as having
'issues' in her school because she, uhm, sees ghosts, Kira is left with
two choices:
1. Continue her 'therapy' (where she's told the ghost is a
hallucination and also gets her legs ogled too often...)
Or
2. Go to
Starkfield Academy, a boarding school for "Crazies and Convicts" (as the
social media sites call them.)
She chooses the latter...
Cory
Rand
Cory Rand has not had an easy life. His mother died in a car
accident when he was twelve, and so did his mother's best friend...sort of. You
see, Janice made a promise to take care of Cory just before she died, and so she
lingers. Undead. A ghost that watches out for him.
Brought up in an
abusive home, Cory quickly falls into a life of disreputable behavior. After his
third offense (which was prompted by a girl, as usual - he has a weakness) he's
left with two choices:
1. Be tried as an adult and share a cell with a
guy named Bubba (he thinks...)
Or
2. Go to Starkfield Academy,
which Cory is pretty sure is run by vampires. But, hey, at least he'll
get an education.
He chooses the latter...
It's at Starkfield
that Kira meets Cory Rand, a boy with an insatiable Rage who sees ghosts, too.
As well as other things, other things from his past, things that confuse him,
things like fire and witches and demons.
Things he's always ignored.
Until now.
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