Lust Undone by Desiree Holt

Author:Desiree Holt [Holt, Desiree]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc
Published: 2011-06-13T17:31:53+00:00

Chapter Eight

The beast crawled out of its snow cave and stretched. Its belly was still full from yesterday’s meal and it was well rested. But deep inside, where it simmered endlessly, was the lust for human blood that drove it. The hunger that subsided with a fresh kill but never went away.

It licked its lips, almost tasting fresh blood. It was almost time. Now came the challenge of selecting the appropriate prey in the right location and getting down to business. It wanted to find its target before dark so it could prepare for the delicious moment of the kill.

It had to be somewhere close to the previous one. And also a place where a third prey could be identified. The indicator implanted deep in its brain signaled that the kills should be close together and always in a group of three.

The beast flinched for a moment as a sharp pain stabbed through its head. An elongated claw came up to press against the throbbing, rubbing it until the worst of it had eased. It had waited too long since the first one, and the little mechanism that controlled its lust was sending signals raging through its body.

Finally it reached a point where the pain was tolerable. Inhaling deeply and blinking its eyes, it called up the internal resources it would need and took off in the direction of civilization.

But not too much civilization.

* * * * *

Elaine Warren hurried into her house and closed the door, leaning against it to catch her breath.

It has to be my imagination. That’s all it is. No one is following me.

Today was her day off from the hospital where she worked in the pharmacy. Her husband usually tried to take his days off when she did, but the last couple of weeks he said it hadn’t worked out. He was part of the private security team for Xeniplex, a manufacturing complex halfway between Houlton and Presque Isle, so hours weren’t always static. His shifts rotated and he could be called out for extra shifts at any time. And that was what had been happening.

It was good and bad. On the one hand it left her free to do the things she needed to, as well as extra time for those she wanted to. But the past two weeks she’d had the distinct feeling someone was following her and it made her nervous.

The story about Darrell Franklin being killed by some crazed stranger was all over the news. Darrell lived off the main roads, the way Elaine and Harland did. The ten acres had looked wonderful when they’d bought them. Close to town but plenty of space for privacy. As time wore on the privacy had its drawbacks and now she wondered if it made her a sitting duck for a killer.

She hadn’t actually seen anyone. It had been more like a feeling. The tension you get when you know something was not quite right. Of course, it could be her guilty conscience, too. Elaine pushed that thought out of her mind as soon as it popped in.

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