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You decide to be nice and accept the book- even if it may come back to bite you later.
Nancy screws up her face in joy as she hands it to you.
"Ohh! I'm so glad- trussht me, you're going to love it! Finally- I got someone else to read my- my favorite book! Squee!"
She didn't make a "squee", she said Squee. Out loud. Oh brother. You give her a weak smile and take it in stride- though you will have to drop one of your more useful technical novels to take home to bring this along. Who knows, maybe you will actually like it.
You check out the books and go home- making sure to keep your activities as secret as you can. Even the neighbors have noticed your frequent trips from the bus out of the neighborhood- though most just assume you got a part time job. That's a good cover- it's enough to explain your strange "inheritance" and keeps a target off your back- as well as giving you good cover. Considering the city government's baffling budget cuts to everyone's UBI payments over the past month or so, everyone has been doing more to support themselves. They'll be too busy to notice you ferrying supplies here and there.
You fall into a good pattern. During the day while the bus runs- you go out the garage and train, working on your new vigilante gear, and then come home at night to prepare for your patrols. You don't have any specific haunts or goals when you go out with your costume- just trying to do good where you can. You feel inspired, energized from your new exercise routine, and like you're making a real difference- however small. Though even you have to take a night off sometimes.
<span class="mu-i">...Viviana shudders as the vampire lord's teeth grazed her neck. "Once I embrace you- you will be my vampire thrall."
"-No- please handsome vampire count- leave me be!"
"I will not. You captured my eye and made my cold blood run hot. Once you are a creature of the night like me- you will belong to me. All of you."</span>
There's a lot of... weird stuff in this book. She said it had romance? It's a lot more kinky then "romance"- what kind of deranged weirdo writes this kind of stuff? Did Nancy really write this? You weren't even past chapter three when you got hit with the goblin rape scene. Maybe you should stick with the technical manuals...
