Dark Blood (The Two Vampires, #2)

By M.D. Bowden

A Dark Tale of Blood, Power and Magic.

Romantic, compelling and brimming with sexual tension, 'Dark Blood' (Book 2 of THE TWO VAMPIRES series) will imprint on your mind and leave you with a thirst for more.

Sarah wakes up from her ordeal with new powers. Darkness surrounds her. How will Sarah and Daniel deal with their new situation? How will they defeat the approaching evil?

THE TWO VAMPIRES series:
#1 Dark Wine
#2 Dark Blood
#3 Dark Love
#4 Dark Moors

Contains hot and steamy sex scenes; aimed at readers of 18+ years.

Book extra: Includes a sample chapter from 'Dark Love' (Book 3 of THE TWO VAMPIRES series)

Extract from 'Dark Blood' (THE TWO VAMPIRES)

Sarah woke up. She felt odd sensations rippling through her body - not exactly painful, although not pleasurable either. It felt like little waves of energy were traveling down her arms and into her fingers, rejuvenating her cells and tissues. Tentatively she moved her thumb, just to see how it would feel. Immediately she felt arms tighten around her.
'Sarah?'
She felt cool fingers trace her jaw, touch her lips.
'Sarah - can you hear me?'
The voice sounded familiar - an attractive southern drawl. She wanted to open her eyes and see the face that accompanied the sound, but they felt so heavy.
The waves of energy continued around her body. She felt them moving down her torso, into her organs and all over her skin. They moved down her legs, making her muscles feel strong again, stronger than they had ever been.
'Sarah?'
That voice. Lips kissing her eyelids.
The waves of energy started to move upwards, from her heart, up her neck - soothing, enlivening. She felt them in her throat, healing all her tissues, calming her aches and nerves. They traveled over her lips and up over her nose and eyes. Sarah concentrated on the sensations, wondering what was going on. She breathed in deeply and smelt a delicious masculine scent and a fresh forest smell. She scrunched up her face, stretching it in preparation for opening her eyes, as she felt tingles enter her mind, clearing the fog from her thoughts.
Kisses swept over her cheeks, gentle fingers stroked her hair, her neck, her heart.
'Sarah, open your eyes.'

• Language: English
• Publisher: M.D. Bowden
• Release date: Jul 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301786046

M.D. Bowden

M.D. BOWDEN lives in England with her partner and two young children. She enjoys spending time with her family, in the sea, on the cliffs, and reading as much fantasy as she can get her hands on.

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What Others are Saying about Dark Blood

This has been an amazing read so far . . . The author does an excellent job at drawing you in and making you really feel what the characters are feeling . . . This series is definitely worth spending your money on. Pianogirl05 (amazon.com review)

Excellent! . . . I am in love with Daniel, Sarah is so lucky! Mary Hooker (amazon.com review)

I couldn't put this book down . . . I have read a lot of books and never one this exciting. nikkya (amazon.com review)

BY M.D. BOWDEN

The Two Vampires:

Dark Wine

Dark Blood

Dark Love

Dark Moors

Dark Flame – A Short Story

Gateway to Faerie:

Gateway to Faerie

Bell Stone: Gateway to Faerie II

Non-fiction:

What’s It Really Like? Pregnancy & Birth

THE TWO VAMPIRES

Dark Blood

Formerly called ‘The Change’

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Published by M.D. Bowden

Copyright M.D. Bowden 2013

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All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What Others are Saying about Dark Blood

BY M.D. BOWDEN

Copyright

DEDICATION

Dark Blood

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

THE END

Dark Love

CHAPTER 1

For other books by M.D. BOWDEN keep on turning . . .

AUTHOR BIO

DEDICATION

To my partner and children for putting up with hours spent writing!

Also to all the writers who have inspired me.

The Two Vampires

Dark Blood

♥

CHAPTER 1

Sarah woke up. She felt odd sensations rippling through her body - not exactly painful, although not pleasurable either. It felt like little waves of energy were traveling down her arms and into her fingers, rejuvenating her cells and tissues. Tentatively she moved her thumb, just to see how it would feel. Immediately she felt arms tighten around her.

‘Sarah?’

She felt cool fingers trace her jaw, touch her lips.

‘Sarah - can you hear me?’

The voice sounded familiar - an attractive southern drawl. She wanted to open her eyes and see the face that accompanied the sound, but they felt so heavy.

The waves of energy continued around her body. She felt them moving down her torso, into her organs and all over her skin. They moved down her legs, making her muscles feel strong again, stronger than they had ever been.

‘Sarah?’

That voice. Lips kissing her eyelids.

The waves of energy started to move upwards, from her heart, up her neck - soothing, enlivening. She felt them in her throat, healing all her tissues, calming her aches and nerves. They traveled over her lips and up over her nose and eyes. Sarah concentrated on the sensations, wondering what was going on. She breathed in deeply and smelt a delicious masculine scent and a fresh forest smell. She scrunched up her face, stretching it in preparation for opening her eyes, as she felt tingles enter her mind, clearing the fog from her thoughts.

Kisses swept over her cheeks, gentle fingers stroked her hair, her neck, her heart.

‘Sarah, open your eyes. Everything is OK.’

Sarah concentrated on her eyes. They felt different, but she couldn’t quite work out why. She could see light filtering through her eyelids, focusing on them she slowly let them open. Green light streamed in. She blinked and focused on the face in front of hers.

‘Daniel,’ she whispered.

He smiled. It was the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. He leant over and kissed her on the lips, sending warm tingles over her skin. They replaced the waves of energy as they finally stopped their pursuit of every cell in her body. As he straightened up and looked into her eyes she smiled back, and basked in his beauty. She appreciated anew his silky dark hair, his rugged jaw and red appealing lips. She relaxed back against his supporting arm, and let herself gaze into his eyes. Those warm dark eyes, looking at her in wonder - stretching into her soul.

‘I didn’t know if you’d be OK,’ Daniel said.

Sarah could hear the angst in his voice. She could see tears in his eyes, and wondered how many he had shed.

‘I feel good. I feel different.’ Sarah whispered again. She didn’t want to disturb her connection with Daniel, the peace she felt in his arms.

‘How do you mean? What’s different?’

Sarah looked at his face, the little crease between his eyebrows.

‘You don’t need to worry, I will be OK.’

Relaxing more deeply she let her eyelids close again. They didn’t feel as heavy any more, but it felt natural that she should rest, let the changes happening inside her complete, take effect and rejuvenate her. She felt soft lips against her forehead as she drifted back to sleep.

***

She dreamt she was in a meadow with her children - Megan and Bea. They were playing together with a tea set, on a tartan rug. A breeze blew against her cheeks, cooling her from the hot sun. The grass was dotted with buttercups and daisies, all gently moving in the breeze. Bea let out a loud laugh that echoed through the valley, and Sarah lay back on her elbows, feeling the soft grass cushioning her body. She felt content, happy.

A wind started to pick up, blowing the blanket away, scattering the tea set. Megan ran after the blanket - giggling. Dark clouds appeared on the horizon, moving in at an unnaturally fast pace, towards their meadow. Megan caught the rug and ran back to Sarah as Bea pushed in closer looking anxious. Sarah wrapped her children in the rug, protecting them from the intensity of the wind. Her light shirt provided no warmth and she held Megan and Bea tight. As the clouds moved overhead the meadow became dark and rain hammered down. Sarah pulled the rug over their heads, trying to keep them dry. Fear and foreboding engulfed her. Her heart pounded and she saw dark shapes on the horizon, shadows moving, coming together in a patch of penetrating darkness. Sarah watched with wide eyes as leaves started to rise, sucked towards the darkness. She felt the pull begin, and hugged her children tight - she wasn’t going to let them be taken away.

She wasn’t going to lose them.

She felt herself moving, something shaking her, and the dream faded away.

More images formed in her mind. Jo, her husband, who had only days before been turned into a vampire. Horror and pain flooded over her as she relived how he had tried to attack her in the alley, to bite her, to drain her blood. She watched as his life was ripped from him by a stake penetrating his heart, rammed into him from behind. She saw him lying dead in the dark - his face bloody, his clothes torn. He had been taken from her, from their children. He was moving in and out of her grasp, of her consciousness. She saw her previous life fade away, moving further and further from her reach.

More shakes rattled her body and she drifted into dreamless sleep.

***

Daniel held on tightly to Sarah. He sat at the bottom of the same tree he had rescued her from two days earlier. He thought back to the state he had found her in. She was weak - bloody, at the edge of death.

He had thought he had lost her.

He winced as he remembered slicing open his neck, his blood flowing into Sarah’s mouth.

His blood had saved her.

She was alive.

He hadn’t stopped holding her since. He hadn’t moved from his position. Night and day had come and gone, and he had held her. Watching, waiting for her to awaken.

He hadn’t expected her to sleep for so long, but he had never experienced this kind of situation before.