Licked by a Vampire 1 by Olivia Myers

Author:Olivia Myers [Myers, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Soft Kiss Books
Published: 2015-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

As soon as Imogen stepped through the doors of the Red Red Rose, it was obvious that the mixer was a roaring success. The place was packed. Vampires and Nocturne’s girls rubbed shoulders, laughing and talking. Obviously Imogen’s work had accomplished its purpose. Even the Golden Girls looked impressed, although of course they did not mention this.

“My pet!” Cerise said. “How did you manage this?”

“I told you I was optimistic,” said Imogen, feeling just the opposite. She’d accomplished a victory earlier, but the pain of Cassandra’s rejection was still fresh and aching within her.

“Oh, Imogen,” said Cerise, sensing something. “Will you tell me what’s wrong?”

“I don’t know if I can,” Imogen said honestly. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to speak about it.”

“Then come back with me and I’ll try to relax it out of you.”

Obediently, Imogen took the hand that was offered her and followed Cerise through the crowd, just as she had done her first time at the Rose, all the way to the room she’d gone to before. She lay her head down on Cerise’s lap and let the vampire stroke her hair. What she needed was comfort. The touch of another to remind her that she was not alone.

She closed her eyes and let Cerise stroke her hair. With each stroke she felt her problems melt away and ebb into forgetfulness. But then came cries from the other room, and the same chant that had haunted her earlier that evening: Cassandra! Cassandra!

Cassandra was taking the stage in the main room. Through the microphone Imogen could hear her lover thank her friends for their support. The voice filled Imogen with pain.

“Cassandra,” she said. “Cerise, I don’t know if I can ever love again.”

A moment later and there was silence in the other room. Then came the lulling chords of a guitar, and Cassandra’s voice lilting along with the music:

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