Seductive Distractions

Lucian smiled weakly, his eyes glimmering with a mix of determination and fear. “That's partially correct. My father, Marcus, was a very strong alpha wolf, and I was his only son and heir to his pack. His territory was far from here, very far from here, in a not-too-large village, and we were charged to protect all the people, humans, and wolves alike that lived in the territory from creatures who tasted blood, a job we did pretty fine for so many years until he came.”

“Who came?” Adams asked, noticing the sudden shift in Lucian's demeanor.

“A man, a strange-looking man, but he was no man. He was a blood-sucking demon, a vampire, and he had an unquenchable taste for blood that I haven't seen before. My father led the charge against this monster with his mighty pack and me by his side. We fought and attacked the creature with all we got, but he seemed an unstoppable force. He was untouchable, unkillable. I could have died that day as the creature's hands went through me and held my he