Vampire's Curvy Valentine by Annabelle Winters

Author:Annabelle Winters [Winters, Annabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rainshine
Published: 2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00

5

DAISY

“The Feast of Valentine holds the symbol of the human heart at its center,” Drachus is saying as I feel my body relax on the cold stone floor of this crudely dug crypt or cave. Oh right, it’s a lair. Yup. I’m in a vampire’s lair. Carry on.

“Carry on,” I say, glancing at Drachus’s long fingers and trying not to stare at what look like claws sharp as knives. But they’re clean and polished, almost like he’s somehow taken supreme care of them.

Just like he’s somehow taken supreme care of that magnificent body, it occurs to me as I gulp at the sight of his lean, contoured physique, his broad shoulders and muscled chest. Flowery language aside, this creature is both magnificent and majestic. I hear it in the deep timbre of his voice. I saw it in the way he exploded out of those trees with the swiftness of a panther, seized me with a gentleness that showed off how strong he actually is. Oh, and he was being burned alive as he did it!

“So the part about sunlight and vampires is real,” I say, frowning as I see the burned skin on his shoulder and thighs, the marks on his high cheekbones, beneath his green eyes that I can barely look at without getting hot and bothered. “Oops, sorry. Didn’t mean to interrupt you.”

“I am used to it by now,” he says with a grunt. Then he glances at his wounds and frowns. “This, however, I am not used to. I have not burned like this since I was a child. And even then I healed almost instantly.”

Drachus glances at me, his green eyes flashing as his frown cuts deep. Then he blinks and looks away, almost like he doesn’t want me to read his thoughts.

“What?” I say, not sure why I feel a chill go through me. “What was that? What did you just think?”

“It is nothing. No matter,” he says softly, turning from me and pulling his long legs up against his body and staring into the blackness like he can see something there.

“Um, clearly there is something the matter,” I say, sitting up and blinking as the green glow from Drachus’s eyes seems to fade, making the darkness seem impenetrable. I don’t even know why I’m getting worked up. I mean, why the hell do I even care what Count Chocula is thinking?! It’s not like we’re married or anything, right? Right?

“Ohmygod,” I gasp when it hits me. “You think this is because of me! You think that you got your supermodel-skin all burned because of me! That you aren’t healing because of me!”

“That is a doozy,” he says, his back still to me.

“It most certainly is not a doozy. And can you please look at me when I’m talking to you? It’s totally rude to turn your back on the only other person in the room.”

“It is a lair, not a room,” he says gruffly.

I shake my head and rub my eyes. “Ohmygod, are

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