The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo

Author:Mario Acevedo [Acevedo, Mario]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Horror, Fantasy, Vampires, Mystery, Humour
ISBN: 9780061777271
Publisher: Rayo
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THE YAPPING OF EXCITED dogs awakened me.

“Felix.”

I lifted my groggy head in the direction my name had come from. Recognizing the scent, then the voice, and finally the orange aura, I struggled upright to my paws. A cone of white material encircled my head.

A familiar man stepped close. His hand reached into my cage. I whimpered in anticipation of regaining my freedom and clumsily turned my head with this cone around it. His fingers stroked my muzzle and I licked them in appreciation.

The man fumbled with the front of the cage and opened the door. He spread a blanket on the floor and beckoned me with a soothing whisper.

I limped out of the cage and lay in the center of the blanket. Shutting my eyes, I summoned the transformation.

Pain enveloped me. I clenched my teeth to keep from yelping. Saliva bubbled through my lips. My legs trembled and my tail twitched from the agony.

The dogs in the cages around us whined and barked nervously.

Fur retracted into flesh. My skin felt on fire. This cone around my head dug into my neck. My bones twisted and realigned from the shape of a wolf into that of a vampire. The toes on my forelimbs stretched into fingers. My hearing grew dim. The smells in my nose became simple. Abstract thought returned, and my awareness swelled with the names of things inside the dark kennel, especially this plastic doggie cone I found wrapped around my head.

I ripped the thing off.

The man laughed. “You're lucky I didn't bring a camera.”

I wiped the drool and sweat from my face. “Screw you.” I pulled the blanket over my nakedness.

“How the hell did you end up here?” Bob Carcano lifted the blanket away from my left leg. “What happened?”

“Shotgun. Vampire hunters. Then a dog catcher nailed me in the ass with a tranquilizer dart.”

He felt my swollen wound. “They could've done a better job treating you. Mind if I help?”

I flinched. “Be my guest.”

Bob dragged the razor edge of his fingernail over the lump and cut my skin. He squeezed tainted blood through the incision. I clenched my fists to withstand the anguish. Sweat trickled from my brow, pooled in my eye sockets, and stung my eyes. Blood spurted from the slit. The pellet popped out and rattled across the linoleum.

“Silver,” Bob said. “Must have been agony.”

“It hurt like hell, if that's what you're getting at.”

Bob spit on his fingers and massaged my wound.

The pain ebbed as his vampire enzymes deadened the nerves and began healing the injured tissues. I lay on the floor and breathed deeply, relieved that I had survived and was back in the form of a vampire.

Bob offered his hand. “Let's go.” He helped me up.

Walking stiffly, I dragged the blanket along and followed Bob to the exit. “How'd you know I was here?”

“A wolf gets trapped in Denver—news like that has a way of making it to my ears.” He reset the alarm by the door and pocketed the key. “You aren't the first vampire I've rescued from the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter.

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