Blood Lust

By Rebecca L. Brown

"Fever in the Blood" a novella by: Rebecca L. Brown. When Gabriel manages to find a vampire, he discovers that not all of the legends are true. Unlike the creatures of myth, Ruth (and others like her) must drink the blood of other vampires to survive - rather than sustaining the vampires human blood acts as a drug, destroying an addicted vampire's self-control, their personality and ultimately even their basic survival instincts.

Gabriel asks Ruth to turn him and Ruth is happy to do so for reasons of her own; her previous apprentice, Michael, has become addicted to human blood and following the death of his human girlfriend the true extent of his addiction is revealed. Ruth realises that she must turn Gabriel so that she does not starve. At the same time, she must decide what to do with Michael, who has degenerated into a dangerously inhuman creature.

Based on the same premise as Thrall's Sacrifice [printed in the Their Dark Masters anthology, which placed seventh in its Predators & Editors poll], Fever in The Blood is a stand-alone novella-length story which will be a part of the author's 'Blood Cravings' universe.

[Fever in the Blood is around 10,000 words long]

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vampires2 Publishing Company
• Release date: Nov 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301964109

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Blood Lust

By: Rebecca L. Brown

Copyright Rebecca L. Brown 2012

Smashwords Edition

ISBN: 9781301964109

Published by: Vampires2.com Publishing Company

S.A. de C.V., Colima, Mexico

http://www.Vampires2.com

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Blood Lust

By the second time Ruth slipped in between the covers, it was almost dawn-light.

Not that they could let the sunlight slip between the heavy-hung curtains. No. It had been almost six months since Gabriel had last seen the sun - not that he missed it. He had no regrets - except, perhaps, for one.

Gabriel had been awake ever since Ruth left. When she stood, he had felt the shift of the mattress underneath him. He had listened to her dress and to the echo of her feet as she made her way downstairs.

Where are you going? He wanted to ask her. Who are you running to? Is he better than me? More handsome?

Gabriel had checked the time almost every hour until Ruth came home. She went almost every night now. Every night for six months.

Will you leave me one day? Gabriel wanted to ask her. And, if you do, what will happen to me then?

Gabriel felt the press of Ruth’s smooth, cold skin against him. Instinctively he curled around her. He buried his face into her dark brown hair and tried to ignore the scent of rotting flesh which he had become accustomed to smelling on her. It always seemed to be stronger when she came back to him.

Ruth sighed softly and pushed her body close into the curve of his chest.

I love you. She whispered.

He didn’t answer.

How many men have you said that to? He wanted to ask her. So many questions and all of them with sharp answers. Answers which he couldn’t bear to hear.

I love you too. Gabriel whispered - he slurred the words, as if she had just woken him. He brushed his lips across the back of her neck and tried to ignore the taste and scent of bitterness.

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Gabriel had tried to follow Ruth once, but he had lost her somewhere between one corner and the next.

Vampires were never meant to be alone - Ruth had told him that once.

That night, as he drove around the inner city looking for her car he realized that he had never felt so alone. So