Stolen Innocence: Blood Thief #1 (Alpha Billionaire Vampire Romance) by Mac Flynn

Author:Mac Flynn [Flynn, Mac]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-08-14T18:30:00+00:00

7

Simon carried me up to the house. The party inside the mansion stepped out onto the portico. Our father-daughter hosts were in the lead, and Mr. Eres stepped down onto the walk.

“What’s wrong? Does your friend need a doctor?” he asked us.

Simon stopped in front of him and shook his head. “No. It’s merely a slight attack of anemia of which she suffers from every so often. A short rest and she’ll be well.”

I tried to speak, to tell them the truth, but the words wouldn’t come. My body was still weak from the loss of blood.

Eres stepped aside and swept his arm towards the open door. “Please feel free to make use of any of our bedrooms.”

Simon smiled, but shook his head. “There’s no need. I’ve called my driver and-” At that moment the jet-black limo came from the darkness at the left of the house. “And he’s as punctual as always.”

Simon turned to leave, but Eileen swept down the stairs and grasped his upper arm. She looked into his face and her lower lip quivered. “Won’t you stay for a while longer? As you said, your friend will be fine, and we haven’t even dined.”

Simon gently pulled himself from her weak grasp. “I’m sorry, but as she is my companion for the evening I must attend to her.”

Eileen’s eyebrows crashed down. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned her face away. “Very well, but this is all very vexing.”

The car pulled up to us and forced our hosts to back up. Simon looked to the other guests over the top of the car and bowed his head. “If you will excuse me.”

Certus stepped out and opened the right-side rear door. Simon stooped and stepped inside with me still in his arms. He settled in his usual spot and the door shut behind us. This time there wasn’t an overhead light to illuminate the interior. Only the tinted windows provided visibility.

In the dim light a little of my strength returned. I shifted in his hold.

Simon clasped me harder to his chest without looking at me. “Don’t try to move. You’ve lost a great deal more blood than I intended.”

My voice was hoarse and my lips dry, but I managed a few stuttering words. “Where. . .are you taking me?”

The window that divided the rear from the front lowered. I glimpsed the back of Certus’s head.

Simon looked up at his driver and pursed his lips. “Where are the Fledglings?”

“Downtown, sir, and close to Mr. Gemmarius’s shop,” Certus told him. “The police tried to intervene, but they escaped into the alleys.”

A sly, crooked grin slipped onto Simon’s lips. “I see. Then we may well take care of two birds with one stone.”

I wanted no part in whatever black-hearted plan this monster concocted. I pressed my palms against his chest and tried to push myself away. My efforts were futile, but I did catch his attention.

He glanced down at me. His eyes softened. “You think you’ll be safer farther away from me, but the truth is quite the opposite.

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