Duella Book 3: The Witch and the Vampire Series by Fawn Lowery

Author:Fawn Lowery
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Chapter Eleven

Duella left Miriam arranging her new clothes in the walk-in closet off the master bedroom. She was humming softly to herself when he couldn’t refuse his gnawing hunger any longer and announced that he was going out to feed.

“You’ll be careful, won’t you?”

He laughed and paused in the doorway. She sounded like a wife, and for a moment, he considered telling her so, but then decided not to. She might get the idea that he wanted to wed her, and right now, he had other things more pressing to tend. His head filled with unsavory thoughts of Drucella. It had been four days since their last encounter.

I wish that had been our final encounter for all time. He knew in his heart that they would meet again. Drucella had already demonstrated her determination to torment him until he relinquished the amulet he possessed. He clutched the gem in one hand and wondered how far the witch would go to gain it. A cold dread rose up inside him.

He combed one hand through his hair. He only wanted to live in peace. And make a life for himself and Miriam in New Orleans. The city was perfect for their lifestyle. It never slept. The streets seemed to be alive all through the night—perfect for feeding their blood lusts.

Blood lusts. Fucking vampires. He stifled his sudden anger. Perhaps he was too conventional for his own good. Vampires weren’t ordinary things that chose particular cities to set up house. They were undead creatures that needed the mortal man for only one damn thing. Blood.

He arrived at the men’s club and slipped quietly inside the building. Dark paneling covered the walls and heavy leather furniture sat scattered about the entry and the long hallways. The aroma of cigars and sweet smelling pipe tobacco clouded the air and led him toward the main room of the establishment. He glided across the polished hardwood floor, his body appearing little more than a shadow to those he passed in the halls. He reached the room he sought and rose quickly into the air, taking to his favorite dark corner. There were three gentlemen sitting in a semi-circle near a large brick fireplace. One smoked a cigar, another held a drink in his hand and the third smoked a pipe. He knew their names. The small man with the graying hair and slim moustache was Lloyd Cramer. He owned the newspaper in the city. Jason Murphy was short and stout. He was the undertaker as well as the coroner. The third man was Melvin Cross. He was tall and robust and owned a car dealership downtown.

“You performed an autopsy on that body the police found down by the beach, didn’t you, Jason?”

“I did.” He shook his head and took a drink from the glass he held. “I’ve never seen anything like it.” He glanced around and leaned closer to the other two men. “Keep this under your hats. The police are investigating the death.”

“A murder in New

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