Sanguine Rave - A Vampire Romance (Paranormal Romance, Vampire) Read Online Free Page B

of them wouldn't have to drive her back and miss out.  She always hated to put people out, and she figured what harm could come from it?  But walking the dark street by herself, and waiting alone at the bus stop she'd gotten that same feeling of being watched by something or someone that wanted to hurt her.  She couldn't clearly remember what had spooked her.  Was it a group of rough looking gang guys?  Maybe, that felt right.  But she did remember running, being scared, knowing she was being chased and if she got caught bad things would happen to her.
     
         Out of breath, near sobbing she'd run from the false safety of the bus stop and smack into a man coming out of an alleyway wiping his lips.  He'd grunted in surprise, finding himself with an armful of crying woman and he'd looked at her sharply before his eyes had softened and he'd gently urged her into a nearby doorway, telling her to wait there and oddly?  Not to look.  Elle had been so shaken that she did what he told her to do, and even so she could almost hear the screams and the bad noises as if it was happening right now.  He'd come back to her after, giving her an almost tender look before with a soft declaration told her that he was thirsty and wasn't it just fortuitous for him that she was right there?  Elle had no idea what he'd meant, and he moved so fast that she never even realized what he was doing until his teeth pierced the skin of her throat.  She was frozen, felt like screaming but then the pleasure rolled over her like nothing she'd felt before.  Her heart beat wildly in her chest, but as he drained her she felt it starting to slow.  She learned later that he'd had to expend more of his 'power' than usual, because vampires had no need to take so much for a normal feeding.  But he'd stopped, and with an almost caring and tender smile he'd asked her name.  Her voice had been tiny, soft, almost inaudible as she'd whispered that her name was  Ellizebet Bathory but to please call her Elle.  Then he smiled at her, and said.. “Elle, what a sweet name.  I'm Isaac, and tonight is your lucky night.”
     
         Elle felt relieved when she was back inside her house, and before she thought about it too much she called David and asked if he had time to stop by after his shift was over.  She sort of laughed at herself for being so rattled, she was a vampire for goodness sake!  But she wasn't faking the little tremor in her voice when she told him what had happened and he picked up on that right away, promising to cut out a little early and swing by.  Relief flooded her after that, and after she hung up the phone she decided to doll herself up a little to show her appreciation.  That put a smile on her lips and she hummed as she headed for the shower, never noticing that the shadows had deepened outside one of her windows. 
     
         David had been surprised to get Elle's call, but he couldn't say he was unhappy about it either.  He liked this woman, and she'd given him the most mindblowing sex of his life, something he was keen to repeat and see if it would be that good the next time.  He was dead certain that he wouldn't have minded if she had been making up a story to get him over there, considering the teasing he'd endured in the squadroom over his 'giant hickey' after their last encounter.  But there was something sweet and vulnerable in her voice when she spoke to him, that just made him want to protect her.  Even if she really did think she was a vampire, he couldn't help how he was feeling about this.  If Harding closed his eyes he could almost smell her sweet perfume, it was a little dated, he was pretty sure it was Windsong but he wasn't quite willing to bet on that.  He liked it though, liked those little things that made her seem all the more unique.  He paused at his desk, opening the drawer and his fingers rested on the diary.  There was no way it could be true, at least he didn't think so.  He'd quietly