Claudia Rose Prey For Me (pdf)

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the far end of the room was more than just a stain. There was a hole in the floor. The
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gun beat her clutching fingers by an inch and fell through the hole, twirling lazily to
smash thirty feet below. Jess narrowly avoided following it through the hole. She
clambered desperately to her knees and whirled to find Juice crouched a few feet away.
The vampire succubus sat motionless, simply watching, a gloating grin on her face.
"Oh deary deary me how sad too bad, plump mortal. I think you have a problem,"
Juice cooed in a sing-song voice. "Can you fly? This might be a good time to start
learning." She gave a small, excited hop forward, like a vulture closing in to peck at a
meal not quite dead. Bluff was all Jess had left. Without taking her eyes off Juice, she
reached into her bag. Her fingers encountered a second gun. She drew it out and aimed
it. Juice’s eyes widened. "Another naughty bang bang. Will it kill me? Or is it empty? I
think we’d better find out." She hopped closer. Jess retreated a foot. Her back heel
teetered on the rim of the hole. She made no effort to fire the weapon. "I though so. It’s
empty, isn’t it?"
Just as Juice pounced, Jess lost her balance. With a despairing cry she teetered on
the edge of the hole. Her scream of terror must have alerted Prey. He came racing
through the door, sword in hand, horror stamped upon his face. But he was too late.
Gravity bested them. The last thing she heard was his agonized cry. "Jess! No!
Jessicaaaa!"
The fall happened in slow motion. Juice watched it all with delight, her leering face
growing smaller as Jess accelerated towards the ground. She didn’t hit cleanly. Instead
an alter railing caught her squarely across the back. She both felt and heard her spine
snap like a pretzel. The impact flipped her over, so she fell the final few feet face down,
landing in a puddle of water. Puddle? No it was some sort of bowl or something. She
could hear bubbling. She was still holding the gun. It was immersed beneath her and
filling with water.
Then she felt a hand on her shoulder. Rolling her out of the water. She opened her
eyes. Juice leered down at her.
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"You don’t fly very well. I think you’re hurt. I think your back’s broken. Look’s like
it's curtains. But your heart’s still pumping. Must be time for a feed." Try as she might,
Jess couldn’t move her legs. Breathing was becoming difficult. The break must be high
up. But she could still lift an arm. Shakily, she pointed the gun at Juice.
"Bang bang," she whispered.
"No bullets silly," Juice lisped sweetly.
Jess squeezed the trigger of John Jr’s water pistol. A jet of water sprayed Juice in the
face.
"Holy water," Jess croaked.
Juice screamed and skittered backwards, scrabbling at her face with her hands.
Then she stopped, water dripping harmlessly down her face. She smiled cruelly. "Very
funny dead girl. Now I’m going to hurt you." She snarled and Jess cringed inwardly at
the sight of the cruelest fangs she’d ever seen.
Juice advanced, giggling dementedly. Abruptly her cackle was cut off with a
strange croak. As Jess watched in bemusement, her tormentor’s eyes widened in shock,
then Juice’s eyelids began fluttering in a strange way. And then, most remarkably, her
evil, leering little head toppled from her shoulders, to be followed by her body
collapsing slowly to the floor. Jess could no longer see her, but from the sound of
familiar hissing she guessed Juice was turning to ash.
Into her vision swam the beautiful face of Prey. How strange—he seemed to be
crying.
"Jess."
"I’m sorry…fell…can’t breathe…"
"Jess, don’t die. I love you. I can’t lose you."
"Love…you…too." How come her voice sounded so far away? Was he telling her
the truth? Was she really dying? This couldn’t be the end. She wasn’t ready. She had
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things to do. She had to love Prey. She had to help Poppy and John Jr. Jess forced
herself to open her eyes again. There he was, her beautiful vampire, crying over her.
"Prey," she whispered.
He leaned close. "Yes love?"
"I can’t…can’t die."
"Jess…my darling Jess."
"You can save me…save me."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure. I’m sure."
"But you’ll become like me."
"Want you. Want to. Do it Prey. Bite me. Do it."
What was he waiting for. She knew with certainty now she was dying. She could
feel life ebbing from her. She had barely enough life left for one final try. In her mind
she cried out, Save me, Prey. Change me into a vampire, too. Do it, Prey. Do it for me.
But all Prey heard, was all he’d ever needed to hear.
"Prey…for me."
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Chapter 19
"I think I’ll miss the sun."
"I’m sorry."
"No need to be sorry. I was just making a comment. I’m still trying to get my head
around being undead." Jess giggled. "Some things don’t change."
"What things in particular?"
"I’m still lying on the wet patch."
"Oh, sorry." Prey moved over in the great bed, pulling her with him. "Nothing’s
perfect," he added.
"Maybe not. But there are some significant compensations."
"Such as?"
"Need you ask?"
"Well you’ll have to wait. I’m feeling worn out from your last ravishing of me. You
don’t hold back, do you?"
"I’ve discovered new reserves I never guessed at. I don’t like the cold though." [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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