All Chapters of CRIMSON AND FUR: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The window overlooked a private garden, lush with over grown rose bushes, their thorns twisting and getting lost in equally overgrown weed. The owners had probably travelled for a long while or had even abandoned the property going by how the garden looked but I felt a kind of excitement, like I was doing something very tantalizingly illegal and if caught, I could be punished. I was happy Valerie hadn’t brought me here for a quick hook up. She climbed up to the window and sat down, facing outside, her feet dangling outside and after a little hesitation, I joined her. ‘’ Doesn’t this feel as if you’re on the verge of magic?’’ She asked nudging me slightly with her shoulder and I nodded, it did feel like magic but mostly because she was the one that brought me. I was starting to get enchanted by her. ‘’Stop looking at me Percy… You should be looking at the view.’’ She said laughing shyly, her eyes always lit up when she laughed – I had noticed and right then her lips seemed so….

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

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

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

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