Vampire Queen vs. Rick Grimes, Zombie Killer
If you’re a friend or follower of mine on Facebook and Twitter, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of zombies and The Walking Dead. So, when it came to writing Ready To Burn with Halloween smack in the middle of the book’s timeline, I couldn’t resist adding a community Halloween party – complete with the hero, Del, dressing up as Rick Grimes from the series. Below is an exclusive excerpt of Del seeing the heroine, Shaye, dressed up as a Vampire Queen before the party. Hope you enjoy, and Happy Halloween everyone!
Tracey
“Are you meant to be a cop like Aunty Piper?”
Del jerked at the small, high-pitched voice. A sword-carrying ninja and a grey-faced zombie stood next to him, their brows raised. Right. He’d been standing, staring blankly at the center’s noticeboard, instead of manning up and going into the hall.
“Hey, girls.”
The black-garbed ninja with pigtails, Ben’s daughter, Jade, scanned him up and down with a scornful expression straight from her father’s repertoire. The curly haired zombie beamed at him and elbowed her friend and soon-to-be stepsister.
“He’s Rick from The Walking Dead. He kills zombies.” Zoe demonstrated a few arms limply out, shuffling zombie steps. She cut him a keen glance. “And I’m a zombie. So, c’mon, Rick, a clean head-shot, right?”
Del’s lips tugged up in the corners. Zoe and Jade’s antics never failed to make him laugh.
He whipped his toy pistol from the holster strapped to his hips and drawled, “You are one…dead…walker.” The soft foam ball shot from his gun and nailed the nine-year-old zombie right in the forehead.
Zoe fake-staggered, groaned, and collapsed. Drummed her heels on the floor. Moaned some more. An Oscar-winning performance, if Del had ever seen one.
“Another shot to make sure she’s dead?” he asked a giggling Jade.
Jade’s pigtails bobbed. “Yep. Right in the kisser.”
“Hey!” Zoe’s head popped up.
Del shot her again.
Both girls collapsed in a tangle of giggles.
“Shooting innocent zombies? Shame on you, Del Westlake.”
Del turned, and the sight of Shaye looking so damn fine in her black lace and red gown, whiplashed through his system. His finger squeezed the trigger, and another little foam ball shot out, bouncing off the soft mounds of her incredibly framed tits. Pretty sure drool leaked out his mouth, Del froze.
Shaye’s eyes danced green fire. “Now you’re shooting at me?”
Giggles erupted behind him and a small hand tugged on his pants.
“You can’t kill a vampire with bullets,” said Zoe.
His head swivelled back to Shaye, and he took in her long dress with the lacy stuff flaring out of the elbows, the black ribbons criss-crossing her stomach right up to the low bodice of her dress, and her—come-to-think-of-it— powdered, unnaturally pale face and blood-red mouth. Peeling open her lips, she exposed realistic-looking fangs and poked out the tip of her tongue between them. She wiggled it with an unmistakable glance at the crotch of his tan pants, no doubt counting on the fact his body blocked the girls’ view of her actions.
Holyfuckingshit. Hot vampire chick does the sheriff then sucks him dry.
He swallowed—barely. “Oh. You’re a vampire.”
Jade tugged Zoe to her feet and towed her along to the double doors leading into the hall. “Aunty Shaye’s a vampire queen. So watch out, or she’ll bite you.”
Please God. Yes. Over and over.
Somehow he managed to smile politely at the girls before they disappeared.
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Hi Tracey, I LOVED Ready To Burn and the halloween scene was very entertaining :-)
Glad you enjoyed that scene, Kathleen - you know what a big TWD fan I am, I couldn't resist... ;-)
