The Vampire Affair by Livia Reasoner

Author:Livia Reasoner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-29T07:00:00+00:00

Michael turned to look at her. “No. Never seeing her again would have been awful. What happened was worse. She came to see me, several weeks later.”

“Oh, no,” Jessie breathed. “She attacked you?”

“No. I woke up one night and she was there in my bedroom with the blood still smeared on her mouth from the man she’d just killed. She told me about it, told me about the men and women and children she had drained, and then she laughed and thanked me. She said she never knew what power was until she tasted a human’s life blood filling her mouth and flowing down her throat. She said it was the most glorious thing imaginable…and she owed it all to me.”

“That bitch!” Jessie couldn’t stop the exclamation from escaping. “She had no right—”

“She had every right,” Michael said. “Not to kill those people, of course, but to blame me. I’ve been blaming myself ever since—for that and for one other thing.”

“What?” Jessie asked, even though she was no longer sure she wanted to hear the answer. She’d begun to wonder if maybe truth and honesty might be a little overrated.

“I didn’t kill her that night when I had the chance. I hesitated, just for a second, and she was gone. I looked for her, but I never found her. Maybe she’s been destroyed by now, but I doubt it. I think she’s still out there somewhere, causing more evil and bringing hellish misery to everyone unlucky enough to encounter her.”

Jessie stood up and went to him, rested a hand on his shoulder. She understood now. She knew the origin of the pain she had seen in his eyes. And she was glad that she’d been able to bring him some relief from it, even if only for a few minutes.

“Listen, it’s not your fault. You never intended for any of those things to happen. You told me yourself, life’s a gamble. Tragedies happen.”

He shrugged off her hand and snapped, “This one wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been such a fool.” He swung around to face her. “Well, I’ve learned my lesson, and that’s why all of this—” He slashed a hand toward the mat. “All this training is just a sham. You’re not going with me to that resort, Jessie. You never were.”

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