Free The Vampire's Release, A Paranormal Romance (Undead in Brown County #4) by S.J. Wright Page B

thought we were alone and then pulled his dark head down to mine for a deep kiss.  The slow purr I felt rumble through his chest confirmed that our night together was still fresh in his mind, as it was in mine.  He edged away to grace me with a lazy smile.
    “ I love you, Michael,” I whispered.
    “I know you do, my love.  Just remember that, okay?”
    I nodded quickly and we left.   Only later would that point be put to a test.
     

 
    CHAPTER 13 – Michael
     
    Alex was waiting for us.  He was behind the wheel of Victoria’s car and looked annoyed.  I opened the back door for Sarah and gestured towards the bag on the seat.  “Clean clothes.”
    “Thanks.”  She smiled at me in a tender sort of way before she got in.  All I could think about was ordering Alex out of the car and having my way with her in the back seat.  Not the smartest idea, but quite pleasant to contemplate. 
    I slid into the front passenger seat and glanced back at Sarah, who was already pulling off her stained sweater.  The undergarment she wore beneath it was nearly as tempting as her bare flesh.  I believe Victoria called it a “bra”.  It seemed woefully inadequate to hide Sarah’s beautiful curves, but I hadn’t spent much time perusing ladies’ undergarments since the 1800’s.  What did I know?
    When I looked back over at Alex, his gaze was locked on the rectangular mirror attached to the glass in front of him.  Sarah wasn’t aware of his ogling, but I certainly was.  I wanted to shake him until his eyes rolled out of his skull.
    With a growl of warning, I smacked the back of his head.  “Shame!”
    “For Christ’s sake, Michael.  How am I not supposed to notice that?” he replied, rubbing the back of his head and glaring daggers at me.  
    “What’s wrong?” Sarah asked in alarm.
    “Nothing.”  Alex and I answered at the same time. 
    To his credit, he did not look at the mirror ag ain until much later. 
    We had to stop at the perimeter for Sarah to give permission for me to leave.  It was becoming quite inconvenient.  As the car pulled away from the farm, I could still hear the groans of the vampires who had woken up when Jackson killed Kenneth.  They were all hungry and desperate for sustenance.  Jackson was locked up in the house with Jones and Victoria standing guard, but I worried that they may not be able to hold off the others.
    Alex maneuvered the vehicle onto the interstate and fiddled with the radio.
    Sarah had been quiet in the back.  When I looked at her over my shoulder, she appeared withdrawn and troubled.  She was staring out into the dark night with the tip of one thumb in between her lips.  Yet again, I had to push back the lust that threatened to rise inside me.  If I had any notion of how intensely making love to her would affect me afterwards, I may not have followed through with it. 
    Trying to focus my thoughts elsewhere, I concentrated on what had happened with Amanda and Meekah and what dangers that alliance might pose.  Between the two of them, Amanda was the pitiless one who still carried some disturbing feelings for me.  Perha ps if I had never grown to know Sarah, those feelings would have been returned by me. 
    I knew that if Meekah was telling Amanda about all her visions, we were doomed.  My fiery ex-lover would be sure to eliminate Sarah as soon as the opportunity presented itself.  But if Meekah were holding back for some reason or if her visions had become fewer and less relevant to our situation, we had a chance of getting through it all.   It was that remote possibility that gave me some sense of hope.
    As for Katie, I had a few ideas about how to bring her around but none of that could be attempted until after the hearing.  I also had a suspicion that Katie might prove to be something more than just an ordinary creature of the night.  There was something truly enthralling about the blood that ran through the veins of the two Wood sisters, and combining