Vampire Iniquity by Eileen Sheehan

Author:Eileen Sheehan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, vampire, love, kidnapping, las vegas, dracula, cannibal, mutant, human trafficking, blood sucking
Publisher: Earth Wise Books

TWENTY-EIGHT

Jessica struggled with her emotions as she stepped away from the door and allowed the group to enter. She accepted my kiss on the cheek with abstract attention.

Mei-Lien and Dao-Ming had changed into clothing that fit them and accentuated their beauty. Mei-Lien hesitated as she watched me kiss Jessica. Her eyes sent a smoldering message to Jessica as she passed that caused a shudder of dread to run through her entire body.

Mei-Lien’s time with me had created a bond between us that Jessica instantly felt. Mei-Lien was married, but it was several years since she’d seen her husband and didn’t know if she’ d see him again before she turned into a vampire and was distanced from human emotion. So much had happened. Even if she didn’t become a vampire, she wouldn’t be returning to him the same woman he’d married. How could she be?

She’d grown attached to me in the short time she’d known me, maybe more than she was to her husband. She didn’t like the thought of sharing me with another woman.

“What’s going on?” Jessica asked.

She eyed Mei-Lien and me as I escorted her to the sofa.

“Dan?” she persisted.

I glanced at Jessica with a pleading look and nodded my head toward the bedroom before returning my attention to Mei-Lien.

“Try to relax,” I said softly. “I’ll be back in a minute.”

Jessica winced at the gentle, almost loving way that I addressed the exotic looking Chinese woman. The tension between Mei-Lien and Jessica didn’t go unnoticed by Shen and Dao-Ming. Nor did Mei-Lien’s triumphant glower, as she watched Jessica follow me into the bedroom.

A gasp escaped Jessica’s pursed lips and she forgot her anger and jealousy when she was the bruises and welts on my chest, back, and stomach when I took off my shirt.

“What happened?” she whimpered. When I didn’t answer, she grabbed my arm firmly. “What’s going on, Dan? Where have you been? What’s happened to you, and who are those women?”

“Can you do me a favor and grab me some clean sweats?” I asked. “Please.”

I hopped into the shower as quickly as my bruised body would allow. I knew I had to tell her the truth and I dreaded it. I needed a shower first. Then, when I felt more human, I’ d face the anger I knew my explanation would rouse in the woman before me.

“This is a joke, right?” she practically hissed.

She knew me all too well and was fully aware the I was stalling, in hopes of avoiding her question. I popped my head from behind the shower curtain and gave her my best pleading look.

“Please,” I said.

Although annoyed, she couldn’t resist my pleading pout so she stomped off to select fresh clothes. I couldn’t remember when I’d taken such a long shower. It not only felt marvelous on my aching muscles, it also prevented me from having to face Jessica and answer questions that I just couldn’t or didn’t want to answer; such as what Mei-Lien was to me. How could I

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