Chapter 30

Vampyres were generally pale, but it seemed to Noah that just then, Gabriel turned ghost-white.

“I’d better leave.”

“I wish you wouldn’t. I can’t give you what you need, but could I be your friend?”

“If that’s all you’re willing to give me…”

What was Gabriel talking about? Noah would give him everything he had, but what Gabriel needed was a black swan, and as much as Noah wished it was otherwise, he just didn’t have that option.

Gabriel held out his hand. “Then yes, I’d like you for my friend.”

“Yes?” Noah took his hand, shivering not from how cool Gabriel’s flesh felt against his own heated skin, but because of how good it felt. “Awesomesauce!”

Gabriel smiled and shook his head. “You are a boy, aren’t you? You remind me of Owen.”

Noah felt a flash of jealousy. “Who’s Owen?”

“He was my second black swan.”

“Oh.” Noah bit his lip. That was right. How could he have forgotten that?

“Shall I tell you about him?”