Torn Between Two Men By Susan Hanniford Crowley

Vampire Princess of New York is about Noblesse Vander Meer, the daughter of King Max. He met her at the Seige of the Bastille where she was shot down. Max was so impressed by her courage, that he carried her away from the battle. In the seconds before her death, he made her a vampire and his daughter.

In the following scene, Noblesse has fallen in love with Donovan Dupre (human), who is the father of Laura Cordelais (a vampire knight) and Evelyn Vander Meer (Max’s new wife). Vampires are cold to touch, unless they are with their lifemate. Donovan isn’t telling her if her touch is warm. Then she meets a new vampire in New York that declares she is his lifemate as indicated by her warmth. This is problem. There can only be one lifemate.

An attack has taken place in the Arnhem Society of New York building, which is a sanctuary for vampires as well as a philanthropic organization. (Italics indicates mindtalk or telepathy.)

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Noble stood, gripping Donovan’s arm. Coralee lay in blood screaming on the floor. A stake sticking out of her chest, near her heart. All the vampires of the Arnhem Society gathered around her.

David looked at them. You two should be back in your room under guard.

Perhaps we weren’t the target after all, my brother. She took Donovan’s hand and pulled him close in case she was wrong.

Mina broke the circle around Coralee and knelt beside her. First she had Coralee drink from a small bottle. Noblesse guessed that it was the King’s Elixir. At this rate, Max would have to come home soon to replenish their supply. Then holding a towel against the wound, she pulled out the stake.

Coralee was still in pain. Noblesse could feel it; it was the connection between all Arnhem Knights. They all knew her torment. “I opened my door and this stake flew at me.” Sydney examined the mechanism. “Coralee, didn’t you go into your room for a stasis sleep two weeks ago?”

“Yes.” Coralee struggled to answer.

“So we have no idea how long this mechanism was attached to your door.”

David shook his head. “Donovan, please, take Noblesse back to your room.”

Donovan took her hand and was turning to leave, when they ran into a vampire they didn’t know.

“Oh,” David said, “This is Kaz, one of the three vampires who requested sanctuary.” Now she remembered. He was on the front step of the society when they were in lockdown. He was the one that continued to watch her when she left with Donovan.

The tall, dark haired and very muscular Kaz smiled and extended his hand. Donovan shook it.

Turning to Noblesse, Kaz asked, “Is he your pet?”

She panicked. “No, he’s my friend.” Immediately Noblesse felt Donovan’s hurt. He was everything to her, and it made no sense that she answered that way.

When Kaz extended his hand, she took it. She got no impressions of what he was thinking, could not read his mind. That meant he was either skilled at blocking others from viewing his thoughts or was an ancient.

Kaz smiled, gazing into her eyes. “You’re warm.”

Noble sank to the floor. This can’t be happening. 

“Are you all right?” She reluctantly accepted Kaz’s help up from the floor.

The vampires around them smiled. Some look surprised. David and Laura frowned, looking at each other.

Noblesse looked for Donovan. One moment he was in the crowd watching, and the next he was gone. Donovan was letting her go. She didn’t want him to do that.

“Maybe we could go down to the kitchen and get something to drink and get to know each other?” Kaz suggested.

*

Chapter 8

Donovan couldn’t breathe. Here was her lifemate. He could not force her to choose between them. He loved her too much to do that. Noblesse deserved happiness.

He went directly to Max’s suite and rummaged around looking for his clothes. Not the ones Max had purchased for him so he would be presentable for the wedding and beyond, but his jeans, T-shirt, and vest. He wanted his boots and bomber jacket too. Where were the keys to his Harley?

Donovan needed them now more than anything and hurried through closets and drawers until he eventually found them. He changed and put the keys in his jeans pocket.

“Papa, where are you going?” Laura stood in the doorway to the suite.

“I just need to get away for a while. Noblesse has found her lifemate, and I don’t want to interfere. Her happiness means everything to me.”

Donovan went into the healing room and found the star on the wall, that when pressed would open a door. He remembered David saying that one would lead to the garage.

Laura was right behind him. “So you’re going to leave just like that?”

“She doesn’t need me anymore.”

“Where are you going?”

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What happens next? Vampire Princess of New York, Arnhem Knights of New York, Book 2 is available in Kindle and Kindle Unlimited! This novel is set in New York City and in Paris.

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-Susan
Susan Hanniford Crowley, Amazon Kindle Bestselling Author of Vampire Romance
www.susanhannifordcrowley.com
Where love burns eternal and whispers in the dark!

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