There was no way I could... «Fang Girl»

There was no way I could tell Mum that I already knew exactly who Ebon was. It was obvious.
Three wordes:
My.
Soul.
Mate.
All the signs pointed to it. He was the first vampire I`d ever met. He`d saved me from certain death, kind ofl. He had unlikely hair, an exotic history, an unbelievably sexy accent, and, for God`s sake, leather trousers. It was inevitable. I was going to go down there and fall madly in love.
This sucked.
I had enough trouble with the mysterious sire who might or might not be an ancient demon, the Viking vampire who might or might not run an evil empire, the zealots who might or might not be out to kill me, and the family who absolutely, definitely, would weird out and do something totally embarrassing in front of my fellow vampires at some point. Not to mention the werecat and his van-driving friend, probably lurking behind the hedges even now. I totally did not need to add eternal love to my towering stack of problems. Sure, it was likely to all come out okay in the end, but there were bound to be misunderstandings and fights and long brooding fits punctuated by fiery glances. And I`d probably find myself gazing longingly at him when I should be scanning the treetops for paper-clip-wielding maniacs.