The Witch and the Vampire by Tricia Schneider

Author:Tricia Schneider
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal, Literature & Fiction, Vampires, Anthologies, Collections & Anthologies, Witches & Wizards, Short Stories, Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2011-03-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“Come along, Miss Merriweather,” William said, grasping Melora’s arm and pulling her toward the hallway. “We must away before the creature comes in search of you.”

An inhuman snarl echoed through the room, chilling Melora’s already cold skin. Gooseflesh raised along her neck and arms at the horrible sound coming from the fireplace. She saw the reactions on the Morrisons’s faces before she turned to see him.

The mist from her spell that had masked his presence dissipated like wisps of smoke as he took a step toward them. Anger flashed like deadly ice in his light blue eyes as he regarded them, warily. He held himself back, but from the aggressive step he had taken, she realized it was with a tenuous grasp he held onto his humanity. The vampire was hungry, but his human heart was strong enough to rein the beast.

“Unhand her,” he said, and his voice caused trembles to ripple through her. She blushed as she realized it was not in fear that she trembled, but desire. His voice had such an amazing effect on her. It was silky sensuousness. Satiny whispers. Even as he spoke with such menace, and his posture clearly demonstrated his violent intentions if they did not obey him, she yearned to touch him. He was a vampire, a creature, a monster. But she desired him above all else.

William’s grasp tightened on her arm. He pulled her back and behind him as he yanked out the pistol hidden in his jacket. Beside him, Tatya held the dagger Melora had noticed, and in the other hand she held a pistol similar to William’s. Melora took a moment to ponder where she had been hiding that in her dress.

Sebastian snarled again in warning, a hideous sound coming from so gentle and caring a man. Melora cringed at the sight of him stiff with every intention of attacking. His lips curled back as another monstrous growl erupted from his throat. There was a flash of glistening white teeth, and Melora’s stomach clenched as she realized his fangs had descended.

“Stop!” Melora said, pulling at William’s hold on her arm. He must have anticipated such action. He held fast.

“We can protect you,” William said, never taking his eyes off Sebastian. “He will never harm you again.”

“No,” Melora said, shaking her head. “He’s never hurt me! You don’t understand.”

“He is a monster,” Tatya said, her voice growing low and husky as she took a fighting stance. “We are vampire hunters, Miss Merriweather. If you’ve been bitten, he has power over you. He holds sway…possession.”

“He hasn’t bitten me!”

William grunted. “That’s what they all tell us.”

“Unhand her, now!” Sebastian was losing patience. He began pacing across the floor. Back and forth, hands clenching and unclenching, his sightless gaze never moving from their direction. He remained focused on her. Listening to her every movement, her every breath. She could see the torment he felt as he held himself back from her, from them.

“Please, you’re hurting him! He doesn’t want to kill you!

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