Free Blood Moon, Original Version (Shifters #1) by Geraldine Allie Page B

looked up trying to register what was happening.
                  The depth of his eyes were as dark as night. His hair matched the color of his eyes and spilling in waves down his shoulders. An urge came over Maxine to touch his face as she brought her hand close to his brow.
                  At that moment, something registered in Nate forcing him to return to his senses. He released the woman and shoved her to the side.
                  Maxine turned and made a mad dash down the street.
                  A shrill scream Nate would recognize anywhere pierced the night. Having no choice, he ran in the direction the sound had come from.
                  Nate was supposed to be on a mission but had fouled up miserably by allowing the woman to distract him.
                  He rushed down the street, in just a few seconds he came face to face with the woman’s terror. Three vampires stood in front of him and one other vampire behind them, with the woman in his hold.
                  Nate didn’t waste any time. He morphed into werewolf form, and in a matter of seconds he had taken out two of the vampires and was left fighting one as the other still stood back holding the woman in a tight grip.
                  By the time the last vampire fighting went down, the other vampire was dragging the woman off into an abandoned building.
                  Even if the woman had been a distraction, she was now thrown in the middle of his mission, and he had to follow, straight into the nest of vampires.
                 
     
     
                 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Four
                  Maxine’s body hurt from the pain she had already gone through tonight. The creature that held her now, she had no doubt been more dangerous than anything she had run up against.
                  Deeper into the abandoned building she was being drug against her will, and something told her if she did not find a way to free herself, she would never leave this place alive.
                  As the creature rushed into the building holding her from behind, Maxine struggled.
                  The vampire stopped in front of a large door and removed a metal bar that hung across it. Maxine watched as the bar grinded across the door. As it opened, it revealed catacombs with stairs that led under the streets of the city.
                  Maxine became frantic and looked behind her in the direction they had come hoping for a miracle she would see a rescuer, there was no one there. Maxine looked back to the vampire who was forcing her to follow. She had no idea where the catacombs led; all she knew was that there was no way she wanted to find out.
                  Maxine tried to pull away from the vampire only to have him pull her further into the opening of the door. With the heels of her bare feet, she dug them into the ground. She turned scanning her surroundings. There on the ground was a pipe that was sharp at the end. She bent down and grabbed it just as the vampire jerked her in its direction. That was all the momentum she needed. Holding the pipe firmly in her grip, she swung herself, sinking the sharp end straight into the heart. The vampire let out an anguished scream and released its hold on Maxine.
                  Stepping away from the wailing creature, Maxine watched as just like the others, it burst into flames.
                  Nate who was following found the woman in a corner trembling as she watched the last remaining evidence of the vampire turn into a pile of ash.
                  Nate tried to think of the mission at hand. His mind was only on the woman who sat huddled in the corner.
                  Against all better judgment Nate approached the woman and extended his hand.
                  The