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on his honeymoon holed up at his place. I canât do that to him right now.â
Gabriel nodded. âWhatâs going on?â
âSit down.â
Gabriel sat and waited until Samson did the same. âIâve never seen you like this.â
Samson gave a mirthless laugh. âI guess my responsibilities as a husband and expectant father donât go well with having a newly turned vampire in the house.â
âA newly turned vampire?â This was indeed a shock. A newly turned vampire was a danger, unable to control his urges, liable to attack anybody. That Samson was uneasy made perfect sense. His wife Delilah was human and pregnant with their first child. She would be a prime target for any new vampire.
âShe was attacked tonight.â
âDelilah? Delilah was attacked?â Gabriel felt adrenaline shoot through his veins.
âNo, no. Thank God. Delilah is fine. No. This womanâa humanâshe was attacked and turned. The two bodyguards who just leftâEddie and Jamesâscared off her attacker and went to help her. Her eyes had already turned black, so they knew the process had started.â
A humanâs eyes turning entirely black with not a spec of white remaining was a sure sign of the turning. Only once the turning was complete would the eyes turn back to normal.
âThey brought her here about half an hour ago,â Samson continued. âShe must have been attacked on her way home. We have to find her attacker and take him out.â
Gabriel understood. âA rogue. As long as heâs out there, heâs a danger to everybody and particularly to her if he realizes weâre sheltering her.â
Gabriel and his colleagues despised vampires turning unsuspecting humans against their will. It was a major infraction in their societyâa crime in factâpunishable by death. A vampireâs life wasnât easyâGabriel of all people knew this for a fact. He therefore believed in protecting a humanâs right to choose and wouldnât force this life on anyone. Heâd punish anyone who violated this right.
âYes. Thatâs why I need you. I need somebody I can rely on.â
âWhat do we have?â Gabriel was all business now. This was his job. This was what he did best. A case to sink his teeth into and turn his thoughts away from his personal problem was what he needed. âDo we know who the woman is?â
âSheâs a doctor. She works at UCSF Medical Center. We found her ID. Her name is Maya Johnson, age thirty-two, lives in Noe Valley. We havenât been able to ask her anything yet. When Eddie and James brought her in, she was unconscious. I hope she can give us a description of the vampire who attacked her when she wakes. In the meantime, Iâm keeping radio silence on this. It could be anybody. Until we know who might be behind this, I donât want anybody to know sheâs here.â
âThatâs smart,â Gabriel agreed. Until they could talk to her, they had to play it safe. Of course, that was assuming she could tell them anything. âYouâll know sheâll be in a panic when she comes to.â Not only would she be traumatized by the attack, but once she realized what she had turned into, she would truly panic.
Samson closed his eyes and nodded. âI can only imagine too well.â
âShould we bring somebody else in to help her through this?â Gabriel knew he wasnât the right person to guide a woman through a life-altering transition like turning into a vampire. He wasnât good with women.
âIâve already sent for Drake. Heâll know what to do. Maybe heâll be able to calm her down when she starts to grow hysterical.â
Considering his own interactions with Drake, Gabriel doubted the man would do any better than he. But he wasnât going to contradict Samson, who clearly held the doctor in high regard.
âYeah, letâs hope he can. Should we have a woman here when she wakes up? Having a bunch of six-foot-something vampires gawking at her when she comes âround might be a little intimidating.â Gabriel glanced into Samsonâs eyes. He sure had no interest in being the one to tell her the bad news. He also wasnât shy to delegate things he had no business doing. It was better if a woman, someone with a little more sensitivity, did the job.
âNot Delilah. I want her nowhere near the woman. You know as well as I do what a newly turned vampire is capable of. She wonât be able to control her strength even if she doesnât mean to hurt anyone.â
Gabriel held up his hand. âI wasnât thinking of Delilah. Yvette hasnât left for New York yet. I gave her a couple of days off to do some sightseeing.â Yvette was a good bodyguard and, despite the fact that she could act a little prissy, she was solid and had a strong sense of right and wrong. He was sure the two women would bond instantly.
Samson let out a breath. âSure. Yvette. Thatâs a good idea.â
Heavy steps sounded on the stairs. A moment later Carl, Samsonâs trusted butler, rushed into the room. He was a stout man, heavy around the midsection and somewhere in his fifties. As always, he wore a formal dark suit. In fact, Gabriel had never seen him in anything else, and he was sure the man didnât own a single pair of jeans.
âMr. Woodford, the woman is doing worse.â
âDr. Drake is already on his way. Thereâs nothing I can do until he gets here. You shouldnât leave her alone,â Samson said.
âMiss Delilah is with her,â Carl responded.
Samson and Gabriel jumped up.
Panic struck Samsonâs face as he bolted up the stairs. Gabriel ran after him and stormed into the guest room.
âDelilah!â Samsonâs voice was full of alarm.
Samsonâs petite wife sat on the edge of the bed and wiped the womanâs face with a wet cloth. âSamson, please, Iâm trying everything to make her comfortable. You storming in here screaming doesnât help.â Delilahâs scold was soft. Her long dark hair fell into her face as she bent over the woman. Despite the fact that she was pregnant, her body showed no bump yet. According to Samson, she was only three months alongâwhich meant sheâd gotten pregnant almost instantly after the couple had blood-bonded right after Chinese New Year.
âYou shouldnât be here at all. We donât know how sheâll react. Itâs too dangerous for you.â Samson put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her up and away from the bed. âPlease, sweetness, youâre taking decades off my life by doing this.â He looked over his shoulder at Gabriel and gestured toward the bed. âGabriel, would you?â
Samson wanted him to play nurse? That was not part of the deal. He would investigate whoâd done this to her, even protect her if she was still in danger, but under no circumstances would he sit by the womanâs bed and play nurse.
It was best to tell his boss right now. Babysitting a newly turned vampire female was not what he needed right now, especially not when he was expected to actually interact with her on such an intimate level. A few interrogations, sure, he would be more than willing to do that, but not this, not sitting by her bed, taking care of her.
Hell, he would have no idea what to do. His knowledge of a womanâs body was limited to some hurried sexual interactions and many not-so-hurried porn movies. Surely nobody could expect him to take care of a vampire female? Where the hell was Drake? Shouldnât he be here by now?
Gabriel turned toward Samson, who was leading Delilah out the door, ready to decline the job expected of him. But a low moan from the woman in the bed made him glance in her direction.
His breath caught in his chest as he saw her for the first time.
Gabriel heard the door close and knew he was alone with her.
The woman lay on top of the blankets, her clothes bloodstained. She wore pants and a t-shirt, a loose, white doctorâs coat over it. In red letters her name was stitched over her breast pocket: Maya Johnson MD, Urology.
Mayaâs face was pale, and it looked even paler framed by her shoulder length dark hair. It wasnât perfectly straight, but had large waves which seemed to caress her face. Her eyes were closed, thick dark lashes standing guard. He wondered what color her eyes would be once they returned to their normal state. Her skin had an olive tint to it, hinting at Latin, Mediterranean, or even Middle Eastern ancestry.
She had bruises and cuts on her face, mostly around her lips which were full and perfectly curved. She had fought her attacker, he knew instantly. Within hours her injuries would be gone, her vampire body healing itself while it slept.
He could only imagine the pain sheâd gone through and the horror when sheâd realized what was happening to her. She had died tonight at the hands of a rogue, and then heâd brought her back from the brink. Sheâd had to experience death to gain a new life. How painful had her death been?
Gabriel knew that every vampireâs transformation was different. Many had horrifying memories of the event, things nobody spoke of. And this womanâs memories would be terrifyingâbeing turned against oneâs will would have been traumatic. Her wounds attested to it.
Gabriel looked past the injuries and the ugliness of the bite wound on her neck. It was clear the rogue had been interrupted since he hadnât had a chance to close the wound with his saliva. It would take longer to heal without it. Had he licked the bite wound, it wouldnât even be visible anymore.
Gabriel only saw the woman underneath the injuries: the sensual curve of her nose, the strong lines of her cheekbones, and the gracefulness of her neck. Her slender figure might as well have been bare, for he could almost imagine what her nude form looked like.
Elegant long fingers extended from slim hands, hands whose caress he wanted to feel on his own skin. Long legs, which he wanted her to wrap around his waist as he made love to her. Full breasts he could suckle from as he kissed every inch of her body. Red lips he would taste with his.
There was something so enthralling about her scent, something so foreign, yet so familiar at the same time. No other scent compared to hers. Rich and dark, it engulfed him, cocooned him in an aura of warmth and softness. Every cell in his body responded to her call.
She was perfect.
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Gabriel nodded. âWhatâs going on?â
âSit down.â
Gabriel sat and waited until Samson did the same. âIâve never seen you like this.â
Samson gave a mirthless laugh. âI guess my responsibilities as a husband and expectant father donât go well with having a newly turned vampire in the house.â
âA newly turned vampire?â This was indeed a shock. A newly turned vampire was a danger, unable to control his urges, liable to attack anybody. That Samson was uneasy made perfect sense. His wife Delilah was human and pregnant with their first child. She would be a prime target for any new vampire.
âShe was attacked tonight.â
âDelilah? Delilah was attacked?â Gabriel felt adrenaline shoot through his veins.
âNo, no. Thank God. Delilah is fine. No. This womanâa humanâshe was attacked and turned. The two bodyguards who just leftâEddie and Jamesâscared off her attacker and went to help her. Her eyes had already turned black, so they knew the process had started.â
A humanâs eyes turning entirely black with not a spec of white remaining was a sure sign of the turning. Only once the turning was complete would the eyes turn back to normal.
âThey brought her here about half an hour ago,â Samson continued. âShe must have been attacked on her way home. We have to find her attacker and take him out.â
Gabriel understood. âA rogue. As long as heâs out there, heâs a danger to everybody and particularly to her if he realizes weâre sheltering her.â
Gabriel and his colleagues despised vampires turning unsuspecting humans against their will. It was a major infraction in their societyâa crime in factâpunishable by death. A vampireâs life wasnât easyâGabriel of all people knew this for a fact. He therefore believed in protecting a humanâs right to choose and wouldnât force this life on anyone. Heâd punish anyone who violated this right.
âYes. Thatâs why I need you. I need somebody I can rely on.â
âWhat do we have?â Gabriel was all business now. This was his job. This was what he did best. A case to sink his teeth into and turn his thoughts away from his personal problem was what he needed. âDo we know who the woman is?â
âSheâs a doctor. She works at UCSF Medical Center. We found her ID. Her name is Maya Johnson, age thirty-two, lives in Noe Valley. We havenât been able to ask her anything yet. When Eddie and James brought her in, she was unconscious. I hope she can give us a description of the vampire who attacked her when she wakes. In the meantime, Iâm keeping radio silence on this. It could be anybody. Until we know who might be behind this, I donât want anybody to know sheâs here.â
âThatâs smart,â Gabriel agreed. Until they could talk to her, they had to play it safe. Of course, that was assuming she could tell them anything. âYouâll know sheâll be in a panic when she comes to.â Not only would she be traumatized by the attack, but once she realized what she had turned into, she would truly panic.
Samson closed his eyes and nodded. âI can only imagine too well.â
âShould we bring somebody else in to help her through this?â Gabriel knew he wasnât the right person to guide a woman through a life-altering transition like turning into a vampire. He wasnât good with women.
âIâve already sent for Drake. Heâll know what to do. Maybe heâll be able to calm her down when she starts to grow hysterical.â
Considering his own interactions with Drake, Gabriel doubted the man would do any better than he. But he wasnât going to contradict Samson, who clearly held the doctor in high regard.
âYeah, letâs hope he can. Should we have a woman here when she wakes up? Having a bunch of six-foot-something vampires gawking at her when she comes âround might be a little intimidating.â Gabriel glanced into Samsonâs eyes. He sure had no interest in being the one to tell her the bad news. He also wasnât shy to delegate things he had no business doing. It was better if a woman, someone with a little more sensitivity, did the job.
âNot Delilah. I want her nowhere near the woman. You know as well as I do what a newly turned vampire is capable of. She wonât be able to control her strength even if she doesnât mean to hurt anyone.â
Gabriel held up his hand. âI wasnât thinking of Delilah. Yvette hasnât left for New York yet. I gave her a couple of days off to do some sightseeing.â Yvette was a good bodyguard and, despite the fact that she could act a little prissy, she was solid and had a strong sense of right and wrong. He was sure the two women would bond instantly.
Samson let out a breath. âSure. Yvette. Thatâs a good idea.â
Heavy steps sounded on the stairs. A moment later Carl, Samsonâs trusted butler, rushed into the room. He was a stout man, heavy around the midsection and somewhere in his fifties. As always, he wore a formal dark suit. In fact, Gabriel had never seen him in anything else, and he was sure the man didnât own a single pair of jeans.
âMr. Woodford, the woman is doing worse.â
âDr. Drake is already on his way. Thereâs nothing I can do until he gets here. You shouldnât leave her alone,â Samson said.
âMiss Delilah is with her,â Carl responded.
Samson and Gabriel jumped up.
Panic struck Samsonâs face as he bolted up the stairs. Gabriel ran after him and stormed into the guest room.
âDelilah!â Samsonâs voice was full of alarm.
Samsonâs petite wife sat on the edge of the bed and wiped the womanâs face with a wet cloth. âSamson, please, Iâm trying everything to make her comfortable. You storming in here screaming doesnât help.â Delilahâs scold was soft. Her long dark hair fell into her face as she bent over the woman. Despite the fact that she was pregnant, her body showed no bump yet. According to Samson, she was only three months alongâwhich meant sheâd gotten pregnant almost instantly after the couple had blood-bonded right after Chinese New Year.
âYou shouldnât be here at all. We donât know how sheâll react. Itâs too dangerous for you.â Samson put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her up and away from the bed. âPlease, sweetness, youâre taking decades off my life by doing this.â He looked over his shoulder at Gabriel and gestured toward the bed. âGabriel, would you?â
Samson wanted him to play nurse? That was not part of the deal. He would investigate whoâd done this to her, even protect her if she was still in danger, but under no circumstances would he sit by the womanâs bed and play nurse.
It was best to tell his boss right now. Babysitting a newly turned vampire female was not what he needed right now, especially not when he was expected to actually interact with her on such an intimate level. A few interrogations, sure, he would be more than willing to do that, but not this, not sitting by her bed, taking care of her.
Hell, he would have no idea what to do. His knowledge of a womanâs body was limited to some hurried sexual interactions and many not-so-hurried porn movies. Surely nobody could expect him to take care of a vampire female? Where the hell was Drake? Shouldnât he be here by now?
Gabriel turned toward Samson, who was leading Delilah out the door, ready to decline the job expected of him. But a low moan from the woman in the bed made him glance in her direction.
His breath caught in his chest as he saw her for the first time.
Gabriel heard the door close and knew he was alone with her.
The woman lay on top of the blankets, her clothes bloodstained. She wore pants and a t-shirt, a loose, white doctorâs coat over it. In red letters her name was stitched over her breast pocket: Maya Johnson MD, Urology.
Mayaâs face was pale, and it looked even paler framed by her shoulder length dark hair. It wasnât perfectly straight, but had large waves which seemed to caress her face. Her eyes were closed, thick dark lashes standing guard. He wondered what color her eyes would be once they returned to their normal state. Her skin had an olive tint to it, hinting at Latin, Mediterranean, or even Middle Eastern ancestry.
She had bruises and cuts on her face, mostly around her lips which were full and perfectly curved. She had fought her attacker, he knew instantly. Within hours her injuries would be gone, her vampire body healing itself while it slept.
He could only imagine the pain sheâd gone through and the horror when sheâd realized what was happening to her. She had died tonight at the hands of a rogue, and then heâd brought her back from the brink. Sheâd had to experience death to gain a new life. How painful had her death been?
Gabriel knew that every vampireâs transformation was different. Many had horrifying memories of the event, things nobody spoke of. And this womanâs memories would be terrifyingâbeing turned against oneâs will would have been traumatic. Her wounds attested to it.
Gabriel looked past the injuries and the ugliness of the bite wound on her neck. It was clear the rogue had been interrupted since he hadnât had a chance to close the wound with his saliva. It would take longer to heal without it. Had he licked the bite wound, it wouldnât even be visible anymore.
Gabriel only saw the woman underneath the injuries: the sensual curve of her nose, the strong lines of her cheekbones, and the gracefulness of her neck. Her slender figure might as well have been bare, for he could almost imagine what her nude form looked like.
Elegant long fingers extended from slim hands, hands whose caress he wanted to feel on his own skin. Long legs, which he wanted her to wrap around his waist as he made love to her. Full breasts he could suckle from as he kissed every inch of her body. Red lips he would taste with his.
There was something so enthralling about her scent, something so foreign, yet so familiar at the same time. No other scent compared to hers. Rich and dark, it engulfed him, cocooned him in an aura of warmth and softness. Every cell in his body responded to her call.
She was perfect.
About the writer
Tina Folsom always loved vampires and decided that vampire and paranormal romance was her calling. She now has 15 novels in English and several in other languages (Spanish, German, and French) and continues to write, as well as have her existing novels translated.
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