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CRIMSON AND FUR Thirteen
PERCY My phone rang as I left the party and I picked it and got into my car. It was my team, a vampire had just been spotted lurking around at a nightclub. If I could get there on time, I could kill the vampire and stop the hunt, save the police from having to look at another lifeless corpse with fang holes in his neck. I felt strangely excited as I sped off campus to the club, this was what I needed – a reminder of what I was, a vampire killer. I got out of my car in front of the bar, the sign said ‘déjà vu’ and I half wondered how many memories it had. It was exactly the kind of place I expected to see a vampire. Smoky lights, strippers and people who wouldn’t remember your face the next day. The vampire, a man was supposed to be wearing a gray jacket and as I looked around the people there, I saw how vague that description was. Half of the men were wearing jackets and most of the jackets were gray. My eyes zeroed in on someone leaving the club, he was wearing a gray jacke
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-19CRIMSON AND FUR Fourteen
I didn’t pull any stunts as the vampires put a bag over my head and we came out of the SUV, mostly because I was curious about what their leader wanted with me and I was sure that any stunts on my part would end up in several dead bodies – maybe mine included, and then I’ll definitely not meet the leader – and so, the suspense would continue. I tried not to stumble as they dragged me into what – from the way our footsteps echoed, seemed to be an empty building, and even though I hated her, I had a strong feeling Amelia was in danger, all alone in UniCal. I didn’t want her to be in danger. The Vampires snatched the bag off my head and I had to allow my eyes adjust to the dim lights of the building. I had been right, I was standing in an empty building but I couldn’t make out what kind of building it was, neither could I make out the neighborhood. Focusing my attention on the vampire in front of me, I smiled. The boss didn’t look that impressive, infact he looked like a sickly tee
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-19CRIMSON AND FUR Fifteen
‘’ I want to know what’s going on, Helen. – That’s why I called.’’ ‘’ I’m sorry Amelia, but this is going to be one of the few times I say no –‘’ ‘’ I thought he was going to kill me!’’ I half shouted as the memories of the kidnap came flooding in again. ‘’ I’m sorry sweetie.’’ Helen’s voice softened. ‘’ We figured if he hadn’t killed you yet, he wasn’t going to do it now…. A silly gamble, I know. But we felt you’ll be safer there than here at the palace.’’ I shook my head, even though she couldn’t see me. ‘’I wasn’t talking about Percy, Helen. I was talking about the kidnap.’’ Another in drawn breath. ‘’Ever heard of the thinkers?’’ ‘’ No, who are they?’’ ‘’ Well you know how vampires take the talent of any human they drink directly from, accumulating it, till it becomes a special ability? – Which explains why you don’t have any special abilities, since you only drink from sachets –‘’ ‘’ Yeah so, what about special abilities?’’ I asked impatiently, ignoring th
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-20CRIMSON AND FUR Sixteen
AMELIA I could feel myself lagging behind in my academics, it wasn’t that I didn’t have time to study, I just couldn’t wrap my head around most of the things that were being taught anymore. During class periods, I found myself thinking about Percy, wondering how it would feel to have sex for the first time – to have sex with Percy. To feel his hot masculine body against mine, share his warmth. I was pretty sure he and Clarrisa had had sex before – many times and even though I tried not to, I envied her. Even when I wasn’t thinking about Percy, I was worried about my family back home. As I watched the lecturer round up his lectures, packing his files together as he gave instructions for a project we were supposed to do in his next class, I knew I couldn’t stay focused enough to attend another class, I half wondered if Percy had been that distracted today, then I wondered what would happen to my grades if I carried on like this. As I trekked back to my dorm under the hot Californ
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-20CRIMSON AND FUR Seventeen
PERCY She was watching me now, with that doe -caught – in – the – headlights look that was so innocently provocative and I wondered how I had missed it all this while. I slowly traced her bow shaped bottom lip, and watched her tremble as I heard her breath hitch. ‘’There are very few articles on Amelia Rhinehart, why is that?’’ I asked softly and watched the confusion cloud her eyes. ‘’ Vampires, we try to keep a low key, it’ll be difficult to explain the fact that we don’t age.’’ She said nervously, even though she was trying to pretend that she was unaffected. ‘’And then you fake deaths and births, but it must have become difficult, with the way things are going – the internet.’’ ‘’ Yes, with the internet, we –‘’ ‘’ But that’s not the case with you is it?’’ I asked and heard her breath hitch again as I brought my hand to cradle her very slender neck, feeling the pulse beating in mismatched patterns. ‘’The marriage of Christopher Rhinehart to one Catherine Thomas – it wa
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-21CRIMSON AND FUR Eighteen
PERCY My heart broke a little as I watched relief light up her unusual violet eyes. ‘’But, I thought – you know because of who –what . . .’’ She let her voice trail off, unable to continue as she once again hid her gaze from me. A part of me wanted to shake her, to tell her she could trust me, that I was on her side, that I cared deeply about her and that I would never hurt her – but I knew it was my fault that she was afraid of me, and even though the acknowledgement of that fact hurt, a bit more than I had expected it to, I knew it was true. Someone had once said that when going after trust, you did that with patience and so instead of launching into some lofty declaration of how I felt about her, I cradled her head when she rested it again on my chest, cuddling her and showing her more than words what she meant to me. She lifted her head again, but this time, she was smiling. Her face was damp with perspiration and her lips were swollen from my kisses. Her violet eyes were li
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-21CRIMSON AND FUR Nineteen
I hadn’t known when Percy came to kneel in front of me but he held my shoulders gently now. ‘’Look at me Amelia.’’ He said and I was only too glad to do just that. ‘’It’s going to be alright. We’ll figure this out together.’’ And I hoped we would, I really hoped we would. That evening as I lay on my bed, trying to study, I couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was terribly wrong. My father had sent me away from home to be away from these thinkers and yet they had been here, at UniCal. They had kidnapped Percy. I wanted to believe they didn’t know I was here, that it wasn’t part of their grand plan, but I was finding it very difficult. The door opened, not – so gently and Clarrisa walked in, looking a bit rattled. She didn’t look like she was dressed for classes in a red halter gown, and I wondered where she had been – only a little. We weren’t exactly friends, didn’t know each other’s whereabouts from time to time. Or at least, I didn’t, she on the other hand was alwa
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-22CRIMSON AND FUR Twenty
The evening breeze carried with it strong scents, scents of life, of food and I needed to feed. ‘’ I could feel my fangs come out as I stood, looking out by the window, and suddenly, I felt an urge to take a stroll. Throwing on a hood and slipping my leg into casual slippers, I left the room. I didn’t really know where it was I wanted to go, all I knew was how lovely the night breeze felt against my skin, how cool it was. Why had I never stopped to enjoy a nights stroll until now? I wondered. Only, this didn’t seem like a stroll, it seemed like the pull of the darkness for a hungry vampire. UniCal was a small school, far smaller than its other counterparts in California, and even though I felt like I was under the influence of something stronger than me, I still had my wits about me. I knew feeding from anyone on campus would be too dangerous. I started to feel gittery as I flagged down a taxi and got in. It was like there was a strange fire burning in my veins, a fire that w
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-22
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CRIMSON AND FUR Forty two
AMELIA I woke up feeling weak, I had been feeling weak for so long, but this felt new. I was also in a different environment, because it certainly wasn't my room. Events of yesterday flashed through my eyes like a dream of the night -- events! I sat up quickly, making my head sway a little, and I fought a bout of dizziness before I could concentrate. Percy had carried me outside under the moon, he had slit my vein and his to and let our blood touch. I remembered the pain, the pain which remained filled in me like a dull ache -- and then Percy had let me dtink from him. I drew up my knees to my shoulders, and rested my head on my folded arms trying to keep in the little warm I still had. Percy had done something very significant to me yesterday night, and he had not even bothered to explain what it was -- I had not even asked. I had simply trusted him, trusted that within that cold exterior, he had a heart. I could not even understand why, but I wanted to win his heart -- and
CRIMSON AND FUR Forty one
PERCYSomething seemed a bit off with the party. Usually at parties, I was calm and relaxed, but my wolf seemed to be telling me something, my wolf seemed to be on the alert, like there was a potential battle ahead although I did not sense any Vampires. Relegating my more canine nature to the background, I focused on the present. A few people seemed genuinely happy to see me, I had been away from much human contact for a while. The rest of the people seemed only happy I had shown up, and so they did not waste their best appearance. I did not even understand why everyone based so importance on hanging out with me. It was not as though I was some filthy - rich millionaire's son, or like I still played basketball professionally -- and only my crew knew I was an Alpha,very few humans even knew about Werewolves. There was just that unmistakable pull to me from the crowd, humans loved to gather around me, to do my bidden. I really didn't care about any of them though -- as long as they
CRIMSON AND FUR Forty
PERCY I carried Amelia to my room and lay her on my bed. She still looked a bit under weight, but the lustre to her beauty had returned. Her dark hair fanned out all over my pillow in it's glorious curls, and her cherry bud lips were slightly parted as she drew in air in a belaboured way, her brows were slightly puckered even in sleep. She would be in this weakened state for over a week, or possibly longer. I had never known a human mated before, but hopefully she was more Vampire than human -- I didn't also know there was a day I would wish for that. She stirred again in her sleep and her delicate features twisted in pain. The moon goddess was still opening her up to me, her darkest secrets -- as it was, the few secrets she had were a petty quarrel with one of her cousins or childish anger at her Dad. I wondered if she would be able to take the weight of my own secrets, because they were weighing even me down. Even though Amelia had no real secret, the process still had to
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty nine
AMELIA The Alpha pushed me away from him then, violently. So that I stumbled backwards and would have fallen if my back did not hit a tree behind me. I tried to close my eyes to the pain that threatened to tear me apart, but even shutting my eyes hurt. I wondered if this was a new torture technique, or if I felt this way because I still hadn't fed in a long time. I found I could not stop staring into his eyes, eyes that screamed of how much he hated me, and yet demanded that he own me. His very being seemed to be fighting to take possession of mine, to own the very breath of my nostrils, and inspite of myself, I laughed weakly. Who was I to deny him access? He had already owned me from the moment I had seen him at the frat party. I drew in a breath and surrendered myself to the pain and the subtle pleasure. If it killed me then I'd die happy knowing one thing -- that I'd forever belong to the Alpha Percy King. Surprisingly, the pain stopped sooner than I thought it would,
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty eight
AMELIA Percy recovered quickly enough to pick me up again, but this time, his arms around me where so stiff, and I tried not to relax against the warmth of his chest. I still did not know where he was taking me, but I did not ask again. I was just tired of fighting, I could not fight him forever. I was tired of always having to watch his emotions. One moment, he would be furious with me and mistreating me, and the next he would be kissing me. Sometimes, he did not bother to stem his fury before he touched me, so that I tasted his anger, his disgust when he rammed his lips against mine. I placed my head against his heart and listened to the thudding of his heart, it was oddly soothing. I was cold and very hungry, and I needed all the comfort I could get. One thing was certain, he was the better fighter, the stronger one and at one point or another, I was going to have to submit to him in both pleasure and pain. I could oy hope he did not choose to bring me much pain. We reach
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty seven
The night's air blew a whiff of the scent of roses to me, and for some reason, it reminded me of the long, empty, dusty hall I had just been in with the grandmaster of the Thinkers. That was odd since I had not noticed any scent of roses while I had been there, only acrid dust -- then it hit me! The only connection between roses and the empty grandmaster's hall was Valerie. I stopped running immediately as though I had suddenly run into a wall. Valerie. Why was her name coming up a lot in my mind today, and what could be the connection! But that was not a question I was asking myself, because I already knew the answer. The first time I had spoken with Valerie, she had led me into an empty dust-covered mathematics lab, and there had been roses. It could have been a coincidence that the Thinkers happened to like dust -- or maybe they were not even particular about dust, maybe that was just the place that was available for them, yet Valerie was becoming linked with the thinkers and
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty six
If my instincts were correct, we were somewhere on the downside of California. I took the bag off my head as soon as they killed the engine. "You're to keep that on till we've brought you before the master. If that would be difficult for you to do with your hands freed, we'd only be too glad to tie them at the back for you." One of the Vampires sitting in the front seat said, and I wondered not for the first time just how dumb they were -- for people who claimed to be the smartest on the planet. When they finally took off the bag from my head, I was in a long dusty hall. Again, the dusty emptiness was triggering a memory, one that I knew was very crucial, but I could not just recall what it was. "Come forward, dear friend." The teenage -- looking Vampire at the other end of the hall said, and knowing he was not asking, I stepped forward. "You know you could have used the good ole cell phone. It would have saved us the time -- of course, you can always hide your caller I
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty five
I drew in a breath. "I'm sorry Percy. I'm sorry for being stupid enough to be born a vampire, but those are reflexes I cannot control. I was alone, in a new place, and you were intimidating me, turning me on, but with the most commanding tone, I have ever known. Perhaps that was just my instincts acting, maybe, I wanted to leverage."'And do you have it now? Your leverage -- what has changed? Have you suddenly decided to trust me? There was a cynical bitterness in his voice, veiled by the cold indifference in his eyes. It shocked me.'You have not answered me, Amelia,' he prodded. 'What made you decide to trust me?' I lifted my chin. 'Trust is to be earned.'He lifted a brow, and a slow sardonic smile curved at his lips. 'And I have done nothing to earn it -- so you don't trust me?' I shook my head in answer when I saw he was waiting for one, confused as to why the answer to that question mattered so much to him. I did not have much time to think again, this time when he p
CRIMSON AND FUR Thirty four
AMELIAThings got better after the car accident. Percy took off the silver from my neck, and he must have told his park to stay off me because everyone left me alone, but the damage was already done, I was broken.Every time I saw a couple walk hand in hand, I remembered Percy. I remembered what it had been like to kiss him for the first time, to have him make love to my body, even though he despised my mind. I could still feel the rough hands of the beta who had assaulted me anytime I sighted him, and he seemed to know how I felt, I guess it made him feel more like a male. I hadn't fed since the night of the club incident, and I felt very weak, though I tried to hide it. Even the thought of hunting alone drained my strength, so I was not tempted. Trying to cheer myself, I asked Alexa to play me a Johnny Drille song as I slow danced to it, pretending Johnny was singing those love songs to me, then I pretended he was Percy. The door to my room opened, and even before I turned
