The Return of Jonas (Pearl Vampire Chronicles #4) by Dara Nelson Page B

sent him to hunt down missing vampires, which was never an issue.  But it got to the point where, if we wanted the vampire found alive so we could extract information, we’d send someone else to find them, because we weren’t sure we could count on Jonas to bring them back alive.  We had just begun discussing firing him when he left on his own.”
    ‘ I knew it,’ came the voice in my head.
    “God, Jonas, why do you always pick me?” I groaned.  Penelope’s head whipped around. “He’s here? In your head? What did he say?” she said, her panic clear on her face.
    ‘ Cause your mind is the sexiest,’ he thought and I cringed.
    “He said he suspected you were going to fire him, and now you just confirmed it,” I said.
    ‘Let me talk to all of them,’ Jonas thought.
    “He wants us to link,” I said.  They all looked at each other then nodded.
    ‘Get it out quick, Jonas, I’m too busy for morons,’ I thought.
    ‘ Temper, temper.  My, but you are a feisty one, Sarah.  I really like it,’ Matt’s hand squeezed tighter in mine as Jonas went on.  ‘Hello Penelope.  Miss me?  I’ll bet you miss the things I used to do to you in your room, don’t you?’
    Penelope squeezed her eyes shut, blushing, as Stefan turned to look at her.  “He was your lover?” Stefan said. Stefan and Penelope had married right after we had defeated the Elders, something they weren’t allowed to do when the Elders were in control.  Love was a foreign emotion to most of them.
    “Very briefly,” she mumbled.
    ‘Ahhh, you didn’t tell him?  How interesting,’ Jonas thought.
    ‘ Truthfully, it was pretty forgettable, so I didn’t bother,’ Penelope thought, as I smiled and thought, ‘Good one, P.’
    ‘ Oooh, ouch.  That’s not what you told me at the time, you said I was the best you’d ever had.  No matter, though, my sights are set elsewhere now, to that feisty auburn-haired beauty standing next to you, the one who has these amazing full-body orgasms.’   Now it was my turn to squeeze my eyes shut and blush as he went on, ‘They’re quite spectacular, but they’ll be even more spectacular when I get a hold of her.’
    ‘ Not a fucking chance,’ I thought, not caring that everyone was listening, but I peeked at Matt and saw him smiling.  ‘You’re boring the hell out of me Jonas, would you get to your point?’ I thought.
    ‘ My, but you do arouse me, Sarah. Very much. Especially right now.’ 
    ‘ Shut the hell up, Jonas,’ Matt thought as he growled.  Then every face in the room turned to me. My eyes were closed, I was smiling, and I was thinking the alphabet song… over and over again… hoping that the repetition and annoyance of it would make Jonas want to leave.  I was right. 
    ‘ Alright, alright, I’ll go,’ Jonas thought. ‘You win, this time, Sarah.  But don’t get too cocky.  It’s going to take a lot more than a stupid song to beat me in person.’ And with that, he was gone.  The rest of us quickly disconnected.
    “Okay,” I said, “ when we talk, everybody be thinking the alphabet song.”
    Carlos chuckled from his bed . “That’s going to drive him nuts, Sarah.”
    “I hope so, Carlos,” I said.  “Now, Carlos needs to eat and sleep.  Why don’t we all meet back here tomorrow morning at eight?  Does that work for everyone?”  Stefan and Penelope said their goodnights and I went to the kitchen to grab dinner.  Carlos’ nose still wasn’t healed, so I helped him feed again.  “I’ll stay awake first, Matt,” I said. “You can take–”
    “Uh-uh,” Carlos interrupted .  “No way.  I’m fine, Sarah.  The pain isn’t too bad.  I’ll sleep, and if something wakes me up, I’ll wake you.  So please go, okay?”
    I hesitated . “You promise you’ll wake me?”
    “Scout ’s honor,” he said, holding up two fingers.
    “Okay.  But if I get word that you woke up screaming and you didn’t wake me, then I’m going to be in here until