A Vampire's Christmas Carol by Karen McCullough

Author:Karen McCullough
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, vampire, suspense, paranormal, christmas
Publisher: Karen McCullough

Chapter 6

He writhed on the floor for several more minutes, banging into chairs and even rolling perilously close to the fire at one point.

Carol wanted to go to him, especially when he appeared to be in danger of getting toasted, but didn’t dare. So she waited it out, listening to the seconds tick off from the clock in the hall.

After a while, the convulsions seemed to abate, but when he opened his eyes, the red color flickered in them again, then settled to a steady glow. Keeping his gaze fixed on her, he rolled onto his belly and began crawling toward her. Carol made an effort not to look too long into his eyes. It meant raking her gaze quickly down his face and settling in to watch his mouth instead. That wasn’t a thrill either, since his lips formed a vicious, open-mouthed frown that showed way too much teeth. The fangs glittered with an orange-red glow as they reflected the firelight. It reminded her uncomfortably of blood.

Pity turned to horror as she backed away, raising the stake in her right hand and clasping the cross in the other. At least the ravaging effects of the convulsions robbed him of the superhuman speed. It took a painful amount of time to pull himself just a few feet across the carpet.

Worse were the sounds he made. The moans and groans were bad enough. Then he started pleading, his voice thin and whiny, a stark contrast to his usual deep, mellow tones. “I smell you. The blood…red blood. Please. Please! Need…the red blood. Come closer, just a little closer.”

Instead she backed away another step or two, wincing as another convulsion ripped through him, jerking his body like a boneless doll into contortions that had his arms wrapped around his shoulders and legs bending up behind him so far his feet almost reached his neck. Incoherent sounds—some shouts, some cut-off moans and a few pleas—poured out of him until the spasms finally passed and left him sprawled on the floor, arms and legs stuck out at odd angles. Nonetheless, he looked up, the red glow flickering in his eyes, and began to creep in her direction again.

“Michael!” She raised the stake. “Stop. You don’t want to do this. Remember? You want to die human.”

She considered running for the front door, but it was four-thirtyish in the morning, still dark and probably still snowing outside. If this pursuit didn’t stop soon, though, she’d take her chances.

“Michael, please! Remember.”

He halted and stared at her. The red glow flickered a few times, then his entire body went tense and rigid. His eyes closed and his head dropped onto his extended arms. For several long minutes, he lay there. His back heaved up and down five or six times before that slowed along with his breathing.

Finally he rolled over onto his back. When he opened his eyes, the red glow was gone, leaving only the dark blue irises around a black center. He remained still, gathering his strength, for several minutes before he again got to a sitting position.

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