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No one responds.
The security personnel open fire.
Chapter 9
HAYLEY
Bloody Nights
BLOOD SPRAYS ACROSS my face. Monroe swears as a bullet sinks into his shoulder. Rushing forward, he stabs the first security personnel in the neck. Knox spins me away, shielding me with his body while taking several shots to the back. Sawyer grabs another one of the personnel and manages to cut his head clean off, leaving blood pouring everywhere.
My eyes widen at the strangely intoxicating scent permeating the air. It sets me off in a hungry panic. My stomach roars, the pain so intense that I bow forward. It feels as if I haven’t eaten in weeks. The starvation gripping at my very essence consumes my every thought. Shadows crowd my vision, and I spin in Knox’s protective arms. I shove against him, trying to get him to move. I can’t control myself. It’s as if I’m watching my body from beside myself.
“Hayley, stop.” Knox meets my sudden strength with his, forcing me against the wall.
I growl and snap my teeth at him like a damn animal. His eyes bulge in shock, but he refuses to let me go. Instead, he tilts his head to the side and exposes his neck to me. And holy shit. My teeth sink into his flesh hard enough to send blood gushing into my mouth. I groan as his delicious taste cascades down my throat as I suck harder and harder. He adjusts me in his arms, rubbing his hand down the length of my back. He tastes so fucking good. I can’t get enough.
“Hayley, slow down. You’re going to drain me completely.” Knox puffs a breath in my ear, but he doesn’t try to force me away. I’m nearly certain he won’t. All he does is continue to hold me and let me have my way with him.
“Fuck, someone grab her.” Cooper’s voice cuts through the air. “Be careful though. She’s lost control. She could hurt you. You don’t understand a dhampir’s strength. Once it’s triggered, she can do serious damage.”
“She’s fine. I can handle her.” Knox groans again, his body wobbling. It’s as if I somehow entrance him, because he no longer asks me to slow down.
Sawyer comes up behind Knox and rests his hands on his shoulders. A deep, scary-ass growl escapes Knox’s mouth. He doesn’t want Sawyer separating us. It’s the craziest thing, and I can’t get my mouth to stop sucking and biting for more. Neither of us can resist each other.
“He won’t be able to make her stop. There’s something about dhampirs that hypnotizes vampires, especially if they’re emotionally connected. He’s going to let her kill him.” Cooper remains a couple feet away as if he’s afraid of me.
I try to convince myself to release Knox, but my mouth still refuses to. I only stop to bite him again, opening another wound, leaving another mark. I’m a fucking savage. My brain won’t connect to my body and obey me, and Knox’s lustful moans do nothing to help.
“Damn it. I want her mouth on me next. Hold Knox. I’m going to see if I can get the starving minx to latch onto me next.” Monroe bites his arm, and the scent of his blood wafts to me as he waves it near my face.
Whatever he does works, because I manage to pull myself away and launch into his arms, grabbing his wrist to drink from him next. He laughs as we fall to the floor, and I pounce on top of him, sucking him hard enough to make him moan.
“Hey, little bird. Look at you all badass and bitey. You sexy, naughty girl. Careful. I’m gonna want more.” Monroe releases what sounds like a purr from his throat, and I gasp in anticipation as he clutches my thigh.
My hunger morphs into lust, and I slide myself lower.
Sawyer hooks his arms around my waist and yanks me off Monroe before things get carried away. He holds me out like a savage beast, dangling me in front of him.
It’s enough to smack some sense into me, and I stop thrashing and hang forward like a doll in his arms. Cooper, Knox, and Monroe all stand in front of me and stare at me with strange expressions crossing their faces. Cooper’s face is hard with indecipherable emotions. Maybe fear. Maybe annoyance. As for Knox and Monroe, they look as if they want me to bite them again. They look as if they were about to take off their clothes to let me have more of them.
“This is what I warned you about. All the blood you just spilled set her off.” Cooper takes a few steps away as if he’s afraid the others will go after him. “You guys need to realize the woman you knew before she came here has changed. Being bitten with a vampire’s venom makes her stronger. It makes her crave blood more. I’m sure before that, Alex had given her just enough to keep her satiated and healthy. All bets are off now. At least, as long as she has the venom in her system. It won’t last forever. She will have to be bitten again and again over her life to keep the power.”
What the actual fuck? I can go back to how I was? Do I want to? If it means that I won’t be so out-of-control...then yes.
“Does Lawrence know that?” Sawyer asks.
Cooper shakes his head. “No. I couldn’t give him all of the answers.”
“Good. Don’t tell him. I think we need to come up with some sort of plan and agreement. We could really use your help, Cooper. What do you say?” Sawyer offers his hand to the vampire.
Cooper hesitates. “I won’t tell him, but I don’t know if I can risk helping you. My sister—”
“What if we can get her out of this town? Will you help us then?” Monroe cracks his knuckles and rotates his head, cracking his neck next. “I think we can arrange that.”
“He will know it was me.” Cooper shifts on his feet. “I don’t think Lilac would agree if it meant something happening to me. I mean, something worse than what I experience now.”
“We’ll come up with something. If that’s what it takes to help Hayley, we’ll get it done. Your life is about to change, Cooper.” Sawyer glances from Cooper to me and then to the others. “All you have to do is agree to be on the Bella Crew. And who knows. Maybe we can get you out of here too. But you can’t be afraid. You have to know that even if someone is more powerful than you, it doesn’t mean you’re weak.”
