“What is it like?” Ryan asked Grace in a soft voice. They were cuddled in their bed at the motel as dawn crested the horizon. He felt a little guilty about keeping her awake when the sun was clearly making her so tired. But she was rather adorable while drowsy, like a sleeping kitten in his arms. She knew what he was asking, but she danced around the words. Grace yawned and nuzzled his shoulder with her cheek. “What is what like?” He drew in a deep breath. “Being a vampire. I want to understand what my brother went through. What it’s like for him now.” He didn’t want to say that he wanted to know because his whole reality had shifted and he was still trying to catch up. All this had been the stuff of myth and movies twenty-four hours ago; now it was part of his world. And if he was a