Page 31 of Underworld
Yuri pouted. “I’m here because I love you. You know that.” She frowned. “Except when you throw pillows at me. Or eat my food.”
Olivia gave her a flat stare. “I never eat your food.”
“Then why is it always gone?” Yuri asked, blinking.
“Because you eat all of it,” Olivia said.
Yuri thought about that for a moment. “Oh. I guess that’s possible.”
Rolling my eyes, I flopped onto the couch. Now that the adrenaline had drained out of me from the aborted fall and catastrophic accident, I felt drained. Andhungry. My belly chose that moment to growl and both Olivia and Yuri turned to look at me.
“Looks like I’m not the only one who’s hungry,” Yuri said, grinning.
“Sorry…” Wincing, I covered my stomach with my hands and shrugged. “I guess it’s been a while since my last meal.”
“Ya think?” Yuri bounced up, clearly notthattired. “It’s only been ayear.”
She had a point. I had refused any dinner when we’d gotten back because my stomach was already in knots, but my free-fall near-second-death experience worked up an appetite.
“I’ll order room service,” Olivia said as she picked up an orb from the table.
“Get something for me!” Yuri said, clapping.
“Room service?” I asked, raising my eyebrow at the orb.
Olivia pressed it to her ear and grinned at me. It lit up and she began rattling off enough food items to feed the west wing of the campus.
Yuri rocked side-to-side, licking her lips. “Perks of Elite status,” she said with a wink.
Before Olivia had even ended the call, a knock sounded at the door, making me raise a brow.
“They can’t be here already, can they?” I asked
Olivia smiled. “I’m not the only one with magic at the Academy.”
Yuri, clad only in a skinny-strapped tank and panties, launched out of bed and opened the door before either of us could react. She was the laziest vampire I knew, but when food was involved, she moved at superhuman speed.
From what I knew of Yuri’s biology, she could eat human food, especially when infused with blood, and enjoyed it very much, too.
“Hello, breakfast buds!” Yuri exclaimed as she threw open the door.
“They’renot the food,” Olivia reminded her. Yuri’s excitement fell into a pout as the two students rolled in a cart laden with treats.
I spotted orange juice, ice water, a silver pot I guessed held coffee, and a bubbly pinkish liquid in a crystal pitcher.
“Oh! Blood orange mimosas!” Yuri squealed, running to Olivia as she squeezed her around the middle. “I love you even more, now!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Olivia said, laughing. “Just don’t bite me and we’re square.”
Yuri giggled at that, but I figured it was a very real concern when living with a constantly hungry vampire.
Yuri plucked up the pitcher and began pouring herself a drink. I decided we weren’t talking aboutblood orangesbut rather bloodandoranges. Yeah, I wasn’t going to try the mimosas.
My mouth watered for everything else.
Meats sautéed and grilled, cheese in cubes and melted over bread, and enough pizza to satisfy any raging dorm student made its way onto my plate.
Um, yum?
