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tips of his fangs as they tore through the tender flesh
of his mouth.
    Pierce's evicted his mouth as the smell of blood
wafted to their nostrils.
    “Listen scary dudes,” the man said, defensively,
“that bitch wanted it. I was only givin' her what she was beggin'
for... you get my meaning,” he said, grabbing his crotch in an
obscene gesture of his self-perceived attractiveness.
    “Yes,” Pierce mused, “the abuse of her face
tells us of her joy.”
    William hissed, moving toward him with sure
footing, stalking closer, he jerked the foul human next to him
until his rancid breath filled the intimate space. “The innocent do
not defend their actions... ”
    “Thou dost protest too much,” Pierce intoned,
the ghost of a smile riding his lips as he moved toward their
prey.
    The other runner, Andrew, allowed his talons to
tear through the tips of his fingers and used them like the small
daggers they were, piercing the tender flesh of the man's back, his
gurgled response matching the widening of his eyes. “What are you?”
he whispered, his eyes bulging and distended as Andrew held him
skewered like a shish kabob.
    “Death,” William answered, his fangs
lengthening. He reared, preparing to strike.
    He struck true, as did Pierce, Andrew's talons
evacuating the holes caused by them.
    Robert left the female in thrall, dazed and
uncomprehending. In a blur of speed, he was at the human's side
where he dropped to his knees beside the male. Working to the
inside of his thigh, he tapped the vein with a vicious push of his
fangs, piercing even the thick denim the human wore. He rolled his
eyes up and met those of his comrade, Andrew, who shared the foul
meal. The blood delicious, its host lowly.
    The vampires fed. Two miles from where Julia
laid sleeping.
    But not peacefully, never that.

CHAPTER 11
     
    Julia never thought about the day Jason
died. She did everything within her power not to.
    That's probably why her subconscious took
over.
    She was too exhausted to fight it anymore. She
was not in the vampires' clutches, she'd had a shower and even a
little food. It made sense to sleep.
    She needed to sleep.
    Julia felt her body slide off into that strange
midway point between true wakefulness and that of deep slumber. Her
mind floated, circling the last things she had thought about. As
she slipped into REM, her body jerked like it was falling, landing
about where she'd left off in wakefulness.
    Julia knew where she was going and began to
struggle toward consciousness again, as if at the bottom of a lake,
swimming to the surface.
    But sleep was victorious, sucking her back
underneath the waters of her dreams.
    *
    then
     
    She and Jason were almost to the spit when he
got the text from Kevin.
    Jason turned to Julia. “That's not their fire
babe.”
    She arched her brow, looking at the blaze far
down on the terminus of the spit, a glowing beacon. “Who else would
start that monster?”
    He laughed. “They want to go to that spot by the
woods. More private,” Jason waggled his brows, he couldn't wait to
surprise Jules with their new place and all that came with it.
    Right. Translation: let's make out. But now they
were married, she was going to do more than that and without an
audience thank you very much.
    She sighed, some wedding night. She folded her
arms across her chest, brooding.
    “Listen, hun. It'll be fun, it won't get light
until, when? One a.m.?”
    The land of the midnight sun , Julia
thought with more than a little hint of sarcasm. He wrapped his
hand around her neck, massaging the stiffness of the travel away,
catching little glances when he could, driving with one hand.
    Julia guessed she'd forgive them. He was giving
up his apartment, after all. Tonight was their last night before
heading up to Anchorage. Just thinking about facing Aunt Lily
tomorrow filled her with dread. Even knowing she would be relieved
to see Julia go didn't make it better.
    Jason looked at her with concern, then swung his
attention to