Snippet Saturday ~ Spooky
Welcome to another Snippet Saturday! Today's theme is 'spooky'. Read my excerpt and then hop on over to other blogs listed below!
Arianna's a holistic witch who tries to stay out of trouble. But trouble finds her when the Hell's Ball she's attending lives up to its name. She meets a cocky vampire who's creating havoc on her hormones. But he's also her only hope at getting through the night alive.
Jake's a casino investigator, working undercover as a bartender on Halloween night. When a sexy, green-eyed witch becomes the targeted victim for a sacrifice ritual, he'll go to any lengths to save her. Especially when he realizes she may be more to him than just another casual lover.
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EXCERPT
Armon Driscotti stood near the wall with his men, watching the
woman with the green eyes and black curls dart across the dance floor
toward the exit.
Yes. She would be the second sacrifice—one of the two women
who were to be given to their dark Master this Halloween night. Then,
the Master would rejoin them and walk upon the earth once more.
The requirements for the sacrifice were to find two women with
green eyes. The first woman they had discovered at a roulette table in
the gambling room. She'd been young and naïve, and had followed
them willingly outside.
She had barely struggled—seemed to accept her fate once the
group of vampires had finished taking their pleasure with her sexually.
Her death afterwards had been brutal and no doubt painful.
And sadly anti‐climactic. Armon's thin lips tilted downward.
Perhaps it was selfish of him, but he was hoping this next woman
would put up more of a fight.
Humans were pathetic. They were a weak waste of space on this
earth. Preying upon them had been one of the few pleasures he took
since the death of Lucius.
The thought of his lover made him want to weep. The memory of
Lucius' death was fresh in his mind, though it had happened nearly two‐
hundred‐years ago in the nineteenth century. He'd been hunted down
and brutally slain by a vampire hunter while he slept.
For centuries now Armon had sought a way to bring him back.
And until he'd met a reincarnated gypsy a few months ago, he'd nearly
given up hope.
The gypsy had informed him of the one possible way to bring
Master Lucius back. It would include the sacrifices of two women, both
to be killed on Halloween night.
Once the gypsy had divulged the information, he'd killed her—
sank his teeth into her skull as if she were a ripe apple. The horror and
fear in her gaze had only lasted a few seconds, before the vacant stare
of death replaced it.
Soon you shall be back upon this earth, Lucius. And then we will
be together once more.
Knowing his men were watching him, he nodded. They were
anxious for the opportunity to fuck and kill the next woman.
They were blood‐thirsty savages, vampires of a different breed.
Lately many vampires had gone soft, using animals and blood banks to
satisfy their hunger. Or perhaps taking from a human, but not drinking
enough to kill or turn the human into a vampire.
Foolish. Once Armon sank his fangs into a human, his face was the
last thing they ever saw.
"Let us complete the second sacrifice before the midnight hour."
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