Dark Obsession by Amanda Stevens

Author:Amanda Stevens [Stevens, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460361511
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1995-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Slade dropped her off at her apartment, making her promise once again not to open her door to anyone. Erin watched him go with an almost overwhelming feeling of abandonment. He was on duty. She knew he couldn’t stay and baby-sit her all night, but the apartment seemed even colder and gloomier after he left. It was hard not to let her imagination run away with her. Hard not to keep going over and over their conversation in her mind.

“Two bodies were found in an alley down by the river a few nights ago.

“There were marks on both their necks. Puncture wounds.”

Don’t, Erin thought. Don’t think about what that could mean. Don’t think about the nightmares you’ve had and the stories you’ve written. Don’t start thinking they could be true.

But what if they were true? What if a vampire, just like the one in Demon Lover, stalked in the darkness out there, was even now searching for his next prey? What if he’d already found his next victim? What if it was her?

The questions echoed off the walls and pounded inside her head. Erin sat on the couch, too scared to even move. Once she and Nick had left the deli, she’d pulled herself together enough to put up a brave front for his benefit, but now that he was gone, the terror closed in on her.

Two more bodies had been found. Dear God, two more people had been murdered. And there were puncture wounds in their necks. Just like Megan. Just like the characters in her book.

We’ve been waiting for you, Erin.

Go back to L.A., she commanded herself. You don’t have to stay here. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Not even to yourself.

Firmly in the grip of panic, Erin jumped up and ran into the bedroom. She grabbed her suitcase and hauled it to the bed, then began flinging her clothes toward it. She was going, she thought, almost numbly. She was going and nothing would stop her, but in almost the same instant, her gaze landed on the recorder she’d placed on the dresser earlier that day. Her frantic movements ceased as she stared at the machine.

Erin wasn’t sure why it drew her attention, but something compelled her to cross the room and stare down at the recorder, and then suddenly she realized why she felt so uneasy. The recorder was voice activated, and she could see that the tape had been run forward as if it had clicked on in her absence. That could only mean one thing.

Someone had been in the apartment while she was out.

Don’t jump to conclusions, she warned herself. Maybe she’d just forgotten to rewind it the last time she’d used it. But Erin was pretty certain that that wasn’t the case because she’d checked it out to make sure it was still working after her encounter with Nick in the hallway the day of Megan’s funeral. It had been in her purse when she’d hit him. She almost always carried it with her so that any sudden inspiration wouldn’t be lost.

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