Page 1 of Samuel's Bloody Obsession

Prologue

Charlotte

The nasty, skinny, evil, blood-sucking bastard hadn’t come near us for the last four days. When our bite marks would begin to heal up, he and his two lackeys would come and drain more blood from us. I peered through the bars, but I didn’t see anyone around. It had been days, and Duncan hadn’t come down to the dungeons to feed on any of the captives. I didn’t know how many people occupied the cells, but I hoped Callum and Andrea were the only children held captive.

“Lottie, are they gonna kill us?”

I winced at Andrea’s question. The truth was I didn’t know because if we died, then they would lose their food source. However, with close to 8 billion people worldwide, we were a drop in the ocean.

I stepped away from the cell entrance to bend down and hug Andrea. She clung to me, trying to squeeze my neck with all her might. I glanced up to see Callum close to tears. He had tried to be so brave for his little sister. I could only presume it was because he was responsible for getting his little sister to and from school safely. From what he said, their school was only two streets away from their house, yet these blood-sucking cunts had managed to lift them while walking to school.

“They are monsters,” Andrea whispered into my ear.

I closed my eyes and stood up while wrapping my arms around her tiny body. She reminded me of my niece.

“Aye, my sweet, they are,” I said, trying to reassure her, but my voice cracked because my feeble attempts to protect them had been useless.

When I heard voices, I froze and stopped rocking the wee bairn in my arms, and I slowly put her down beside Callum and moved them behind me until they gripped my wrists and forearm. Their nails dug into my flesh, and Callum peered out from my side.

To my shock, it was a woman. She had a dress and a white sheet covering her upper body with a coat over her shoulders. Two men were behind her, with one of them holding her waist. I instantly pulled the children closer, placing my hands around their little shoulders.

“Don’t worry, we will get you all out,” she said in a posh English accent similar to Duncan’s, and I searched her face warily.

She had pink cheeks, unlike the bloodsucker’s pale, almost grey skin tone.“Are you a bloodsucker?” I spat out.

“No, I’m human. We will get you all out of here,” she said, holding the bars with a pained expression.

Her eyes were on the children, and from her horrified gasp, I knew she was looking at their bite marks. On closer inspection, one of her cheeks looked swollen, as if someone had struck her. My grip on the children tightened, but part of me was terrified that she wasn’t real.

If she was genuine and helped us escape, then I never wanted to see another bloodsucker again for as long as I lived.

Chapter 1

Samuel

Charlotte never left Holly’s side. All I could do was look on as she ignored my existence. Every cell in my body was telling me to take her. I could hear her delicious blood thrumming around her body, and the scent coming from her assaulted all my senses. I clenched my hands into fists to stop my agitated gestures. To her, I would look like a villain rubbing his hands together with glee.

What she didn’t know was that I was trying to stop myself from kidnapping her again. A hand came on my shoulder, and I glared at the person who would try to take my focus away from my blood mate.

“You need to calm down,” Alexander murmured.

“How did that go for you?” I snapped back at him.

He grinned before slapping my shoulder.

“I had an excuse. My 168 years of captivity drove me to become a greedy bastard,” he said to me, but his face softened as he looked at Holly.

“I’m not sure I can resist her,” I said with a frown while trying to tamper down my jealousy at his obvious bond with Holly.

Charlotte and the children had washed up and changed into fresh clothing, which Holly had arranged. I heard everything Holly had discussed with Charlotte because I was shamelessly listening at their door.

Thankfully, Duncan and his lackeys had not raped her because she had kept her face smeared with dirt and fought them each time they came to drink from them. However, watching the children being terrorised had been traumatic for Charlotte as she’d been helpless to protect them.

She had some minor cuts and bruises from her fights, and it infuriated me that it was my kind who harmed my blood mate. Seeing the two healing puncture wounds on her neck was agonising for many reasons. Knowing that Duncan had drunk from my mate made me wish Alexander hadn’t given him a quick death. If I had to follow her to the ends of the earth to protect her, I would. There was a seedy underbelly of vampires where they consumed blood from babies and children. It was strictly prohibited, but the coven leaders and Elders couldn’t keep a bead on everyone.

“You need to take a walk, Samuel. Your flashing red eyes will not comfort your mate,” Alexander said before slowly walking towards Holly.

Charlotte instantly froze at his approach, and I heard her heartbeat speed up. Her beautiful green orbs bulged out of her eyes. Even in fear, her eyes showed more life and soul in comparison to my deadly dark ones. Holly put an arm around her shoulder and stroked her hair before Charlotte swallowed a couple of times before backing away from Alexander.

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