Cold Blood

By Rebecca L. Brown

Lucia lured them in one after another. That's why The Mistress needed her. Why she saved her. Only - this time, has Lucia bitten off more than she can chew? Now, Lucia has to choose between the two things she wants more than anything else - to be loved, or to live forever.

Cold Blood is the third novella in Rebecca L. Brown's Fever trilogy. The first two novellas, Fever in the Blood and Cold Blood are also available as e-books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vampires2 Publishing Company
• Release date: Dec 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301075843

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Cold Blood

By: Rebecca L. Brown

Copyright Rebecca L. Brown 2012

Smashwords Edition

ISBN: 9781301075843

Published by: Vampires2.com Publishing Company

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

http://www.Vampires2.com

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Part One

Lucia

Lucia wanted him. Wanted to keep him. Needed to taste the contours of his body - to bite and scratch and lick and taste him.

Oh Gabriel… The delicious thrill she felt when she remembered how it felt to have Gabriel inside her. When she remembered how Gabriel had held her and desired her and -

Lucia smiled, although she hadn’t meant to. Licked her lips. Gabriel didn’t notice - even her unique allure was forgotten in his shock.

Hello Gabriel. The Mistress said. She pressed the knife-tip against her apple‘s skin, enough to bend the surface but not to break it. So delicate. So precise. When she let it slide on through - when the skin split - the sound was almost deafening.

Gabriel flinched - if Lucia hadn’t been watching him so closely then perhaps she wouldn’t have noticed. Lucia drank him in - everything about him. She wanted to remember him, even afterwards. Even though she knew that she would never see him again.

You…

Were you expecting someone else? The Mistress sliced away a sliver of her apple. Pressed it to her lips as if to taste the juice. To savor it. It soaked into the dark red fabric of her gloves - just a little - darkening the fingertips until they were almost black. The Mistress smiled. I hope I didn’t disappoint you. Come here now. Sit with me. We have so much to talk about.

He shivered -

Oh, Gabriel, what I’d do to make you shiver like that! To stroke and kiss and savor every inch of you one last time…

You’ve been looking for me for so long now. Aren’t you glad you found me after all? The Mistress bit the slice in half. The rest of the apple, she tossed aside.

For a moment - just for a moment - Lucia thought that Gabriel would walk away. Would The Mistress stop him if he tried? Could she? She was quick - and strong - but Gabriel…

Please…

Her lips moved, but she didn’t make a sound. Her fingers twitched to reach out to him, as if she could somehow hold him there.

Don’t go…

He stayed. Perhaps, somehow, he heard her. Perhaps he