Bonnie Vanak - Bitten by the Vampire

People glanced at her. Their eyes widened and then they scurried past. Some made remarks about Halloween photo shoots.

Jones gazed at the traffic as if to cross the street. Mara shot to her feet, only to have Lucien seize her wrist.

“Hurt him and what pain you inflict will be visited on you double.”

“Worth it.” She reached for the switchblade.

Lucien muttered an oath in a language Mara recognized as Latin. Her mother had spoken Latin fluently. Her sweet, angelic mother.

Her father had the real power, Mara thought.

“Look to your right,” he told her. “Two Society bounty hunters are waiting for you to attack Jones. When you do, they’ll be free to draw your blood. Not destroy you. Just hurt—and they can hurt very badly. Sometimes they don’t wait if they’ve seen your powers manifest.”

He gave a pointed look at her long gray talons. Terror snaked in her heart as the hunters started forward. Hunters never gave up. They liked to play, torment prey before they brought them in dead or alive.

With her parents, they had settled on dead.

Lucien held out a hand. “Come with me.”

The darkness screamed and raged. The calming light pulsed with common sense. She couldn’t take Jones here, out in the open.

The vampire offered safety away from the bounty hunters. He might be more dangerous, but for now, she’d take her chances.

Sheathing her talons, Mara took Lucien’s hand.

As she stood, the two hunters walked closer, their expressions savage and intent.

“Damnit,” Lucien muttered.

Shock filled her as he pulled her into his arms and covered her mouth with his.

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