Fanged Secrets: A Vampire Lesbian Romance (Vampire Series Book 2) by Chloe Peterson

Author:Chloe Peterson [Peterson, Chloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Amara

The last thing I saw before everything went dark was Dylan, pupils blown wide, lips moving indecipherably. I shook my head to clear my vision but the world had gone blurry and rough around the edges. When I touched two fingers to my forehead, they came back bloodied, before they swam out of focus and the darkness swallowed me whole.

When I came to, it took me a moment to piece together what had happened. Something had hit us, something big. The car was on its side and so was I, limbs akimbo where I lay sprawled against the passenger door. Dylan was gone, and I was alone in the smoking husk of metal and broken glass.

Woozy and disorientated, I lifted my head and my vision rippled like disturbed water. I hauled myself upright and tested my sluggish limbs, bending arms and legs and letting out a breath when I found nothing broken. Everything was aching – and there was a sharp pain in my forehead like a nail driving into my skull – but not broken.

Movement flickered in my peripheral and I slowly swiveled my head toward it, but I couldn’t see much past the crumpled metal and the blood in my eyes. I tried to blink it away, and when that didn’t work, I balled a fist in the sleeve of my sweater and wiped my face.

When I was sure I wouldn’t topple over again, I began to crawl out of the wrecked car, picking my way past the jagged glass of the windshield. As I negotiated my way out of the crumpled vehicle the world tipped again, and the road beyond curled and twisted while I struggled to stay conscious. Somewhere along the way I sliced my hand and stared down at the gash in mute befuddlement.

Finally, my groping fingers touched rough asphalt and I hauled myself out, onto the road. The cold air shocked me out of my daze and I struggled to my feet, squinting at the blurry mass of moving objects in front of me. I dashed a hand across my eyes, tasting blood on my tongue, and looked again.

The scene before me was something out of a nightmare.

My breath quickened as I stumbled backward, panic rising as I tried to make sense of what I was seeing. A monstrous figure, a twisted, deformed bat-like creature, locked in combat with what looked like a scaled gargoyle come to life. I stood rooted to the spot, a cold dread settling in my bones.

The bat creature was pale and sinewy, moving in a flurry of slashing claws. Two flesh-draped wings protruded from its back, the scant sunlight revealing a tapestry of veins running through each webbed segment. Tattered fabric clung to its gnarled form, remnants of clothing, as if this being had burst from the body of a regular-sized human.

Only, there was nothing human about it anymore. Back legs buckled at odd angles like an animal and claws the length of my forearm tore into the

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