Dark Desire: A Paranormal Romance Novella (The After Dark Series, Book #1) by Rebecca Foote

Author:Rebecca Foote [Foote, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-04-26T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The night sky was illuminated by the moon, which shone down upon the city. The lights of the buildings looked like fallen stars across the metropolis landscape. Damon led Juliet along the river next to the park. He reached for her hand and pulled her in close.

“There are things that you are about to see that may seem unusual, but you must trust me. I will protect you with my entire being.” Damon gently kissed her hand. “Trust me.”

She couldn’t deny that he was telling the truth, for a bond between them was growing. Juliet could sense Damon’s emotions and the closer she got to him, the more intense they became.

A woman was jogging down the park’s running path with a dog. Damon assessed the situation and instructed Juliet to stay near him. The woman stopped jogging and dropped the dog’s leash. The dog looked in Damon’s direction, whimpered, and ran away. The woman walked toward Juliet and him. Once in front of them, she stood frozen with a glazed expression. Juliet felt enthralled by the woman’s presence as hunger filled her. She heard the woman’s pulse as if it were calling out to her like a dinner bell.

“I told her to come to us…now drink.”

Juliet turned to him in surprise and shook her head. “What do you expect me to do? I’m not going to kill this woman. I don‘t want to take her blood.”

Damon brought the woman closer to them. “You must. I can see you want to, but you resist. Why do you keep resisting the inevitable?”

As he spoke, his teeth grew long and sharp. He leaned into the woman and bit her neck. She whimpered for a moment, but remained still. Damon released her and brought her closer to Juliet as blood trickled down the woman’s neck. The sight of it brought a feverish thirst burning in Juliet’s throat. The anticipation made it worsen as she hungrily viewed the blood. Filled with need, Juliet leaned into the woman and began to drink. The blood felt exhilarating as it sated her parched body. At first, Juliet heard the woman’s pulse pounding in her ears loudly, but it became fainter the longer she drank. Juliet stopped when she heard Damon’s voice.

“Juliet… my love, you must stop, or you will kill her.”

Juliet released the woman and stood next to Damon. She eyed the woman in disbelief and put her hand to her mouth in shock. To her surprise, she felt sharp fangs. She quickly withdrew her hand, noticing the evidence of her feeding. She stared down at her blood-covered hand and was appalled at what she had done.

Damon gently touched the woman’s neck and stroked his fingertips across the puncture marks. They instantly began to heal.

“You were looking for your dog in the park; you will find him near your car in the parking lot. Go now,” Damon commanded and the woman staggered away toward the parking lot.

“How did you do that?”

“It’s simple really. Mortals are weak-minded and easily swayed.

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