Candace Steele Vampire Killer 03 by Eternal Hunger

Author:Eternal Hunger
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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I hit the lobby at a dead run. Forcing my way through the crowded casino, desperate to get out, into the open air. Even a crowded sidewalk would be better than being indoors.

Hurry, hurry, hurry, my mind chanted. My body, one enormous mass of need now. I pressed a hand to my mouth, bit deep into my own flesh as I hurtled toward the front doors and freedom. Don’t give in, I thought . Do whatever it takes to beat back the bloodlust.

I could see the doors now. One last row of slot machines between me and the exit. There was a sudden blast of light and sound as the very last machine in the row hit the jackpot, began to pay out. The guy before it jumped up, waved a cowboy hat in the air, then threw his arms around the closest body. Bad luck on all counts that it was mine. I jerked away, one elbow flying up to catch him squarely in the nose. His howls of delight turning to a wail of outrage, he let go. Blood streamed down his face, and I knew that I was lost. That I had brought about my own downfall.

He stumbled backward, eyes wide with pain. I moved toward him, each step steady and inevitable, all thought gone, knowing only that I wanted and would have his blood. Then strong arms grabbed me from behind. Closing around me like iron bands. I felt myself being lifted, spun around, and carried at breakneck speed through the Sher’s front doors and out onto the sidewalk. Dimly, the corner of my mind still capable of rational thought realized I wasn’t fighting my captor.

“Ash,” I gasped out.

“Just shut the fuck up.” We reached the edge of the building. Ash took the corner fast, propelled us halfway along it before he set me down. Instantly, he spun me to face him, pinning me against the side of the building as if he was afraid I would try to bolt. “What the hell?”

“I’m sorry,” I choked out. “I didn’t mean to. I couldn’t help—” I closed my eyes, wanting to pull myself together, then wrenched them open again. Inside my closed eyelids, as if engraved there forever, were images of Randolph Glass lying in a pool of his own blood.

Ash reached to cradle my face between his hands, his touch more gentle now. “Tell me, Candace,” he said. “Take your time. Go slow.”

“Randolph. It was Randolph,” I said. “Something attacked him, in the penthouse.”

“What do you mean some thing?” Ash asked at once.

My body had begun to tremble now, as if in shock. “There’s nothing on the security tapes,” I said. “I—It—His throat.” I gave a sob then, and Ash folded me into his arms. “Blood, Ash. There was so much blood. I wanted it so much.”

“We need to get you out of here,” he said, his tone gentle and urgent all at once. “Let me take you home. You need to feed on me, Candace.

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