Space Vampire

by Ruby Dixon

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Bad news for you, though.” Her voice drops to a dramatic whisper. “If we run across the monster, I’m going to trip you so he eats you first.”

I lean in close, mouth watering again at her delicious scent. “Little one, I am the monster they fled.”

If he’s not on their side, he’s on mine. If they think he’s a monster, he can be my monster.

“Are you . . . trying to tell me that you’re a vampire?”

Man, the Halloween vibes on this ship are immaculate.

“I am more interested in talking to you than drinking you down, no matter how good you smell. You haven’t run away, even though you’re afraid. I can feel your pulse hammering.”

“Where would I go? I’m a pet, remember? And I’m not running away because if you’re their enemy, you’re automatically my friend.”

don’t want to kill you. You’re the first one that’s talked to me like I’m a normal person, not a mistake.”

“Feed you, of course.” She puts an arm over the front of her face and changes her tone of voice. “Vant to suck my blood?” A ragged groan escapes me and my cock surges in my loincloth. She’d let me drink from her? “Yes.”

“You know, vampires traditionally bite people on the neck. There’s a great big vein there.” I blurt the words out and inwardly cringe a moment later. God, why am I like this? He could have just as easily drunk from my wrist. Except . . . I don’t want him to drink from my wrist. For some reason, I need him to drink from my neck. The thought of his mouth on my throat is echoing through all of my sexy fantasies.

“There’s a farm planet three systems over. Cassa system, second planet from the sun. It has a slow rotation and a continent close to the pole, which means that winters are long, and the nights are twenty hours out of the twenty-nine in the full day. There’s only a local government at the northernmost settlement, and I’d bet a handful of credits they can be bribed.”

If she’s there, I need no food but her. I don’t even need water. Dana’s all I need.

“Let’s do it, then.” Because I’m absolutely going to find a way to get more supplies into the pod. She’s not going to suffer. Not under my watch.

“Right here. Right now. I want you. I’m going to want you on the trip, too. So we need to give things a trial run, because if we can’t manage to have sex in here, I’m tossing out another bag of noodles.” The look he gives me is positively roguish. “Oh, I’m certain I can make everything fit.”

Does he know what kind of joke he’s hinting at? Because I’ve seen what he’s packing in quick glances here and there, and while I do think he can fit, I also know it’s going to take a lot of lubrication. Luckily for both of us, I’ve never been so damn wet in my life.

Wild horses couldn’t pull me from his grasp.

Is this a reference to an Elvis Presley song

“Vlad—” He shakes his head, raising a hand. “Save it. I don’t want to hear it after all.” “—you’re an idiot,” I finish. That gets his attention. He blinks at me in surprise.

“I’ve been home since the moment I met you.” She mouths, I love you, and I kiss her because those are the rules.

One last thank-you to the readers who continue to devour my strange, cheery little stories. I love you all and you make dreams come true. You can’t see it, but I’m making a heart with my hands right now.