First Blood by Susan Sizemore; Erin McCarthy; Chris Marie Green; Meljean Brook

Author:Susan Sizemore; Erin McCarthy; Chris Marie Green; Meljean Brook
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Anthologies, Vampires, Anthologies (multiple authors), Paranormal, General, Romance, Werewolves, American, Occult fiction, Fiction, Short stories, Love stories
ISBN: 9780425224007
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published: 2008-08-05T05:00:00+00:00

SIX

THEY HEADED TOWARD FORTIETH, SEEKING THE condemned apartment building where the pleasure house had been relocated after Nolan’s death.

Ginny had meant what she said earlier, about what a tragedy it would be if Ben should die during this crusade of his, so she had decided to be his protector. But it wasn’t as benevolent as it sounded.

She had a plan that would satisfy Ben Tyree’s thirst for knowledge while keeping him innocent of what had really happened. The truth would scar him, and she refused to be the one who stained his soul by allowing him to know the details of that night.

After all, he loved his brother, just as much as Ginny could recall loving Geneva. And for some reason, tonight she knew just how much discovering the truth about someone you adored could hurt.

So she would alter history, soften the story, give him the closure he longed for.

Then she would cover everyone’s tracks, just as she’d been doing all too often recently.

On the way, she kept Ben in the corner of her sharp gaze, drinking him in, an addiction. A growing need.

They got closer to their destination, dodging skulking cats and trash while their footfalls echoed against the sad-eyed buildings. Every once in a while, a cry in the night would ghost her hearing, and she ignored what the blackened windows hid. She had that secure luxury as a vampire.

Meanwhile, she sensed Ben’s keening nerves, and she yearned to soothe him.

“Not everyone gets into Studio,” she said quietly, using her voice to put him at ease. “But you did. I guess Steve Rubell liked you.”

“Who?”

“The little man out front choosing who got in tonight. He mixes celebrities with lovely nobodies for the right party salad.”

“I don’t do many parties.”

“But you’re a looker. It got you through the door.”

“Got you through, too.”

He fixed his gaze straight ahead, as one-track-minded as Ginny had ever seen. Stalwart. A crusader.

“Gen and I cheat to get in,” Ginny said. “We give ‘the look’ and they unhook that rope for us. They’ll do it again the next time we want to go there, too, even though there’s a dent in the balcony wall, compliments of Geneva.”

“You get in because of your vampiric sway,” he said. “Or maybe it’s because you and your sister resemble Liz Taylor when she was young and so stunning.”

“She hangs out at Studio sometimes. Not with us though.”

Ben casually graced her with a glance. It abraded her skin, making her feel alive with its heat.

“There’s a big difference between you and today’s Liz,” he finally said, locking his gaze forward again. “You look like she did back when she was in movies like A Place in the Sun.”

“Yeah, that was back in the Fifties.” A wistful smile tugged at Ginny’s lips.

His mouth shaped into a question, but then he seemed to remember that she was capable of being forever young—but that would only last until her demise or the death of her maker, which would turn her mortal again.

“Gen and

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