Master for Tonight (30 page)

Reese pulled Mazzie’s limp body into his
arms. Blood seeped out of five wounds. Two had entered her chest,
and the other three, her shoulder and extremities. The specter of
death loomed over her.

Her eyelids struggled until they partly
opened.

“Reese,” she whispered, and tried to raise
her hand to touch him. Her eyes rolled back in her head, and her
hand dropped back to the floor.

“Mazzie!” Reese shook her. She gave no
response as he jostled her. “Open your eyes. Look at me! Not the
reaper! I’m not letting you go. Do you hear me? You’re not leaving
me!”

His fangs punched out, and he sunk them into
her neck, drawing her blood into him. The faint beat of her heart
slowing as he drained her. He ripped his wrist open, placing it
against her lips.

“Drink, Mazzie!” he ordered, grabbing her
jaw and forcing her mouth open as he repeated his demand. “Dammit,
drink!”

Julian ran past them and out into the yard.
He turned in circles, gripping his hair in his hands. As he turned,
he glanced at the broken fountain, and saw something glint in the
light of the moon.

No.

He walked over to the shard of cement,
seeing the familiar token. He bent down and picked up his pendant,
which was covered in blood.

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Master for Tonight
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