Chapter 3

“Ugh.” He rose from the table and stalked into his room, angry at himself for falling into the same stupid train of thought again. Beating himself up because people had been sexist to him as a kid, or because people were transphobic sometimes now wasn’t going to accomplish anything. None of that was his fault. He did the best he could, and now that he finally passed for male most of the time things were actually pretty good.

It just sometimes felt like he would be single forever. He could let himself pass unnoticed in most situations, but if he was going to get in bed with a guy, he needed to let them know, there was no escaping that.

He stood staring at the closet door, which was a floor to ceiling mirror, and shook his finger at himself. “Noah’s brain, shut up. You just found out there are such things as vampires and you’re moaning about your love life instead. That is completely dumb, stop it.”

With another sigh he flopped back on the bed.