AllFreeNovel
Share Us
He backed up another step, then turned to run, racing toward the wire fence that blocked the end of the alley. I let him go for a few yards, then closed the gap between us in two leaps, landing in front of him.
“Who are you? What do you want?” My man backed away, his voice quivering. “You aren’t human, are you?”
“Only half,” I whispered. “Or at least I was half-human. Before I died.”
“Vampire!” Recognition filled his face, and he tried to squirm around me.
“Not so fast, boy. Recess is over.” I grabbed him by the collar, slamming him against the wall. “Look at me,” I said.
He obeyed, fear clouding his eyes.
“Tell me your name.”
“Jake.”
“Okay, Jake. I want you to tell me, did you really hurt your girlfriend?”
He nodded, unable to stop himself. “Yeah, yeah . . .”
“Did you rough her up?”
Again the unwilling nod. “Yeah.”
“Did you bruise her? Make her bleed?”
“Yeah. Yeah.”
“And why did you do that?” I wanted him to say it. I wanted to hear his story. It made it easier to do what I had to do.
“She wanted to leave me. She said I roughed her up too much. She found another guy.” His voice was strangled, low, and shaking. I could smell the fear rolling off of him.
“So you taught her a lesson? I bet you enjoyed it, too, didn’t you? You strike me as the kind of man who enjoys knocking his women around. So, what did you do to her lover?” Cat and mouse. Like Delilah, I played with my food before I ate.
He closed his eyes. “Sliced him up. Killed him. Made her help me get rid of the body.”
“I thought as much,” I said. “You’re all the same. Pathetic lowlife scum.” A wave of distaste rushed through me. If I let him go, he’d continue leeching off of society, and he’d end up killing his girl. He’d kill her if she tried to leave, and he’d end up killing her even if she stayed. Women who were caught in an abuser’s trap usually didn’t get away so easily.
“What are you going to do to me?” he asked, his breath ragged. “I don’t want to die. Don’t kill me. Please?”
“How many times has your girlfriend begged you not to hurt her? How many times did you go ahead and mess her up, anyway?” I whispered in his ear, nibbling on the lobe.
He mumbled something, but I ignored it, leaning in to bite him on the neck. As my fangs slid through the flesh, the rich taste of blood welled up, and my restlessness turned to euphoria. I moaned softly, sucking harder, drawing the blood out of his veins, then began lapping the running stream, shuddering as it trickled down my throat.
Jake groaned, his cock growing hard behind his pants as he rubbed against me. I ignored his erection until he wrapped his arms around me, pressing his neck against my lips.
“Don’t stop,” he begged me. “Don’t stop, please . . .”
My desire vanished. I pulled away, staring at the man who was now on his knees in front of me, still rapt in the throes of my charm. Disgusted with him and annoyed with myself, I leaned down. “Listen. I want you to go to the Fangtabula. You know where that is?”
He nodded.
“Good. Go tell them you want to be a blood whore. Tell them you like it rough.”
Jake struggled to his feet. As he stumbled off, I knew that I was sending him to his death. He’d go straight to the club, all right. He was too enthralled to disobey me. And Terrance’s thugs would let him in. Before morning, there’d be one less scuzzball in the world.
Somehow, the thought didn’t please me as much as I wanted it to. Because for every Jake I got rid of, there were a dozen more to take his place. Satiated, done for the night, I turned and went back to the bar.>“Yeah, I know—”
“Like hell you do!” I cut him off, so angry that I shoved him away so he wasn’t standing so near me. “Go through one-tenth of what I endured, and then look me in the eyes and tell me what I did was unjustified. But you couldn’t take it, could you, boy? You’d end up crawling on your belly, sucking Dredge’s cock, begging him to spare you. You would have curled up in his court just to stop the torture.” I didn’t care who heard me now. There was no wiggle room when it came to discussing Dredge. Not for me.
