Free Darkened Days by C. L. Quinn Page B

she was still fully dressed and just rode against him.  When she leaned forward she saw his neck and pulled back.
    “Someone has fed on you recently.  Who was it?  One of the little girls?”
    “No.  I told you, I’m not a member of that group.  Please.  Contact Koen.  He’ll clear this up.”
    “I don’t think so.  You’ve already shown you’re a liar.  Eillia has been dead a long time now, so if you claim you live with her, your information is outdated.  Good try, though.  I’m not doing anything to you that I bet you haven’t done to those girls you turned against their will.  It’s a shame.  You are easily the hottest man I’ve seen in a long time.  And yet, you are obviously morally corrupt.  And abusive.  Several of those girls have already told me they’ve been used for sex.  And they woke up burning with the change without ever being given the chance to say no.  Sick!  Sick of you!  So, if you get some of it back here right now, think how those girls felt when you stole their lives.”
    Crystal moved forward quickly and yanked his jeans completely off him.  She stood over him smiling.
    “Well, well, well.  You are incredible nude.  I think I’ll leave you like this. Let you see what it’s like to feel exposed and used.  Anyway, it’s a crime to cover that body.  I can’t promise I won’t be back to exact a little karmic justice on that.”  She pointed to his cock.  The bastard organ was still engorged.
    Jacob drew a deep breath.  This couldn’t have been much uglier.  He understood her point if he had really done the things she thought he had.  But he hadn’t.  Apparently he wasn’t going to get the chance to prove it anytime soon.  He was afraid to ask about Starla.  So, he tried to ask around her.
    “Look, I know you think I’m a monster.  I hope you give me a chance to pr ove I’m not.  However, I wonder.  Are the girls okay?  Did you keep them separate from the males?  I know you don’t believe me, but they are the ones who abused them.”
    “You’re right.  I don’t believe you.  But they are safe.  You’ll get your meal later.”
    She left the cell, and with a hand motion he did not recognize, she’d renewed the first bloods lock.  He could finally move, though, so he hurried to the door.
    “Are you going to contact Koen?”
    “Don’t see the point in disturbing a first blood.  They aren’t exactly easy going.”
    “Please.  Crystal.  You have to get this.  I’m here to rescue one of the girls abducted a few months ago by these newbies.  And I’m very close to a group of first blood vampires who would really be pissed at my treatment.  So, to protect yourself, ask your boss.  Koen will vouch for me.”
    She kept her eyes on his face for a few moments, then let them drift down to his fullness.
    “I’ll return,” was all she said and disappeared.
    Jacob dropped back onto the floor again as he thought about another phrase like hers.  The iconic, “I’ll be back” in the Terminator movies.  It didn’t bode well for anyone.
    He noticed a balled-up blanket in the corner of the cell and pulled it over his privates.  Just the night before he had been looking out the full length window in Eillia’s apartment and remarking about how he had no trouble with being naked.  This was a different kind of naked.  This was exposed like he’d never felt before.  He just prayed she would listen to him so Koen or Bas could come get him and Starla out of there.
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Cairine sat beside Eillia with her head against her belly.  Eillia had become accustomed to this odd communication.  She knew the two first blood children were linking because she could feel them connect.   Unexpectedly, she was outside the link.  She had no idea what transpired between them.  But it was good, because her unborn child was very, very happy when Cairine touched Eillia. 
    She laid her hand on Cairine’s soft strawberry blonde