Page 29 of Prey

The rocking of his hips increased as passion exploded between us. Tighter, I held him, suddenly not wanting to ever let go. Acceptance of my secrets, something I never thought I’d have. Every element of who Marko was took over my brain, numbing and drowning out the world. His breaths were mine. The sensations shooting from his cock to his sac, all the way to the base of his spine…they twisted my core making my orgasm flood to the surface. Even my own blood was something I felt I had to taste. It made no sense and yet, I understood him better than I understood myself.

Dark love. It was growing. Getting overwhelmingly stronger with every increased slam of his cock.

“Tessa,” Marko moaned, drawing more mindless patterns over my skin with my blood. His finger stayed close to my pulse, never moving far for long.

“It’s almost time,” he continued. “I can feel the call. It’s…so strong.” The last came out through clenched teeth and I searched for fear. It had to be there somewhere amongst the release that so desperately wanted to come. Why wasn’t it? Why was I even wondering? I should just close my eyes and enjoy dying this way.

As the smallest amount of control I held dropped, I felt my lids obey. Bliss was all I felt as I tuned into the tingling and heat increasing by the second. Marko pushed deep, grinding his pelvis into the top of my slit. I sucked in air, ready to scream when he viciously bit down into my neck. My whole body locked up despite the spasms trying to force their way through. Tears poured from my eyes while I willed oxygen to come. Seconds went by before I was gasping through the burning of my throat. My nails were tearing into Marko’s neck, but he didn’t stop. Didn’t even seemed fazed as he bit down harder.

A strangled cry escaped and small dots of lights broke through the darkness. All my mind could process what that this was it. The love I’d experienced not moments before registered and a sob somehow managed to echo out around us. I felt cheated. Heartbroken that it hadn’t been real. And that I was going to die right now, never getting to feel real love for him. Why did I want to save him, even as he was killing me? It was obvious. Because we—humans—were blind to the true evil surrounding us. We were the light. Where we gave and loved…others, like Marco, thrived in the darkness of taking. They’d possibly come to rule this planet and when they did, they’d only then realize it would never be sustained. It was only a matter of time before they killed all their prey and then themselves. They were doomed and so were we.

“Mmm-mmm” Sounds of denial came from his mouth as he fucked me harder, nearly crushing my hip as he gripped through the furious thrusts.

The dots were fading along with the room and I blinked heavily through the blank void taking over. My fight was gone and I was ready to go. Nothing existed past the mix of melancholy. It was bittersweet and unbearable all at once. I was a part of so many different levels and I let each one of them be my focus instead of the monster who fed from me. Our ties were ending as my heart slowed. I couldn’t even feel the beats anymore. God, I loved him. Did he know? Could he feel how I ached for what he was doing?

Tears trickled down my face and I felt it all end in a long, drawn out fade of sensitivity. Weight became non-existent and my heart shattered as I realized I was going. His arms were disappearing and so was I. And there was nothing I could do about it.

Chapter 13

Hunter

All I could do was pace as I watched the cops stare at me skeptically. It made no sense. Without her here to verify she’d been kidnapped, they couldn’t do anything. What the fuck was that supposed to mean?

“She’s been kidnapped by a fucking vampire. Kidnapped, as in gone. How is she supposed to verify that?”

They didn’t break their gazes as they continued to look at me like I was crazy.

“Vampire!” I yelled. “Look at the bullets on the floor. They’re flat and covered in his blood. Look at my God damn neck where he choked me! He took her and he’s going to kill her and there’s nothing you can do?”

“Sir, you need to calm down. We can take a report, but as of now, there’s no evidence that there is indeed a missing person.”

“Because she’s missing,” I exploded. “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

“You have a good night, sir.”

My mouth dropped to the floor as I watched them leave through the door. For minutes, I’d argued my case and apparently, blood and bruises weren’t enough reason to search someone out. It infuriated me. Left me pacing even more as I clenched my fists, over and over.

The sound of the car driving off was a bigger blow. It made the anger worse and I didn’t even begin to know where to search for Tessa. How did he do it? Take the bullets at such a close range without even blinking? Fuck, I don’t think they even penetrated past his skin. It scared the shit out of me. How did they die? They had to fucking die. Nothing was immortal. Nothing, but God.

My feet carried me to the room and I pulled back the drawer, grabbing my rosary. Tessa and I had matching ones, a gift from my uncle, who was a priest. She’d been so excited when she’d noticed ours matched. The thought only led me back into the living room faster. I collapsed onto the sofa, lowering my head and rubbing my fingers over the beads as I began to pray. God, she had to be safe. Her neck had been so red and bruised already. And her eyes…

The busted blood vessels had frozen my trigger finger for a split second when she’d looked up at me. I’d never imagined I’d see Tessa so physically hurt and helpless. As she’d driven away, I couldn’t believe she’d left to begin with. What in the hell had she been thinking coming back here? She knew he wanted to hurt her and she’d walked right into it.

My eyes squeezed shut tighter as I tried to stop the racing of my mind and focus. I could only get the beginning of the prayer out before I drifted back into random questions. I didn’t understand it. Couldn’t begin to grasp how this was happening. Nothing was making sense anymore. How had we, the government, allowed this to happen? It was like everyone was brainwashed.

The door slammed open and I jumped to my feet. Marko came to an abrupt stop, appearing disoriented. Blood was smeared across both of their faces and Tessa lay, looking lifeless in his arms. Her pants were on, but missing the button on the top. Her shirt was torn and…blood. So much blood covered the top half of her body.

The beads fell from my hands and the fear that engulfed me wasn’t from the vampire, but the way she looked. The bite on her neck was more than puncture wounds from fangs. Every indent of his teeth was shredded into her skin. Bruising was so thick around her entire throat, only small blotches of pink skin were visible.

“Jesus,” I breathed out, wiping away the tears already pouring free. My soul was mourning. Broken at seeing the woman I loved lying there almost lifeless. “Give her to me.” I reached forward and he bared his fangs, letting out a deep threatening sound.

“Get. Back.”

The warning physically slammed into my insides, almost bringing me to my knees. The shock was enough to make me fall the entire way. Not only was he powerful on the outside, but the inside as well. There were so many things that encompassed his kind.

“Please. Just let me have her. I think she may still be breathing. Let me help her.”

“She’s alive, barely.”

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