A Vampire's Thirst by Bella Roccaforte

A Vampire's Thirst by Bella Roccaforte

Author:Bella Roccaforte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bella Roccaforte


Chapter 14

Rook went through the motions again. She moved quickly inside Samuel’s reach and pushed her palm against his chin and made a slashing motion against his neck.

Samuel nodded and moved away from her. “That was good, but you need to be faster and you have to remember, this will only disable them, not kill them.”

“I just need enough time to get away,” she said.

Samuel’s shoulders fell in disappointment. “I don’t know how to get through to you that you aren’t ever going to be fast enough. These are supernatural beings, you can’t match their speed or strength, not even a vampling.”

“What am I supposed to do?” Rooks voice reached a higher register.

“You’re going to have to use what you have.” He knelt in front of her, “I know you don’t want to hurt anyone, but you’re going to have to understand that if you’re being confronted by a vamp, it’s you or them.”

She rolled her head around to pop her neck. “How did this all get so far out of control?”

Samuel huffed a laugh. “It’s always been out of control, you’re just aware of it now.”

Rook looked around, trying to the let the beauty and safety of this place soothe her. “Things really were simpler at home.” A twinkle danced in her eye. “But oh so boring.”

Samuel shook his head. “My goal is to get you back to boring but be able to defend yourself.”

“But if I get back to boring, I won’t have to, right?” There was hope in her eyes when she looked up at him for an answer.

“You’re going to need to lay low, but we’ve talked about this.” He held his hand out to her. “Let’s get back.”

Rook went to stand, and a wave of dizziness took her over. She widened her eyes, reaching out to steady herself on Samuel.

Samuel caught her. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah,” she said, putting her hand to her forehead. “Just . . . hungry.”

“Again?” He studied her.

“Yeah,” she said with force and held her stomach. “I need to eat something, I think.”

“I’m sure Alfrigg can whip something up.” Samuel watched as she went pale.

Rook’s knees buckled under her and Samuel caught her before she hit the ground. With worried eyes he called to her, “Rook? Rook?”

He cradled her in his arms and ran at full speed back to Alfrigg’s. Samuel busted through the door yelling, “It’s happening again.”

He rushed her to the couch, laying her down. “Rook? Wake up.”

She didn’t respond, he turned to Alfrigg. “She’s still breathing.”

“What happened?” Alfrigg asked, peering around Samuel to get a look at her.

“We were resting, I said let’s get back and when she stood up, she got dizzy, said she was hungry and passed out,” he said, never taking his eyes off her.

“Very peculiar.” Alfrigg folded his arms across his chest.

“Let’s try to wake her up and feed her. She said she was hungry, maybe she needs to eat. You know how humans are,” Samuel suggested.

Alfrigg’s entire body sparked with an idea. “I know how to wake her up.



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