Delicate Thorns by Miranda Hardy

Author:Miranda Hardy [Hardy, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

My secret becomes harder and harder to hide from Dillan. The look on his face when he saw the shutters still latched across the windows speaks volumes…he knows something’s different about me.

Although I slept well through the day, my energy feels depleted, and my senses dulled. Our “relations” took their toll on my body, but I’m not complaining one little bit. It was totally worth it…to feel special in Dillan’s arms cleared my mind of all that I’ve been through the last several months. For a moment, I felt utterly human.

The half-moon lingers on the edge of the horizon, and I leave before Dillan decides to pay a visit. The need to feed builds within me, and there’s only one place I know where to find my victims.

Escaping through the back of the apartment and the screened in porch, I race down the street and across the bridge and then turn left. It still amazes me how in a matter of a mile, we have two entirely different cultural areas; one full of yuppies and one full of criminals.

Once I make it to the general area, I notice a different sort of activity on the streets tonight. There are several cop cars patrolling the intersection. One of them steps out and shoos the prostitutes away from their usual corners. It makes me wonder if my current killing spree has attracted them to the area, but that makes no sense, since it’s normally crime-ridden anyway.

I cut through the back alleys and race through them at a faster pace than normal, staying in the shadows. Directly across the street, in another alley between two buildings, I spot my victim. He finishes a drug deal, and checks around the corner of the building to see if the cops are near.

Once his customer leaves, I dash across the empty street so fast and grab him, pulling him deeper into the alley. Before he has time to scream, I constrict his breathing, and sink my teeth in. His tainted blood flows down my throat. His drug of choice races through his veins, mixed with his blood.

Although I’m no expert on drugs, the strange effect sends a tingle through me, and I’m tempted to stop and ask him what he took, but once the feeding starts…it’s impossible to stop until the last drop drains from his lifeless body.

Halfway through the feeding, when his heart begins to slow, my mind signals me that someone’s near. It’s not a human, it’s… like me. My senses heighten to the highest peak, and it’s like a warning bell ringing through my head, just like the bell ringing in the halls of a high school.

The drug dealer moans one last time before he passes out from blood loss. The stranger approaches, getting closer and closer. I can feel his eyes on me, but I can’t see him, yet.

Yes, it’s definitely a male. His masculine scent smells like an old musk from long along. He doesn’t hide his footfalls in the alley as he gets closer.

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