stroll into the campsite. Taller and more athletic than Gabe, and much more attractive, he showed not one ounce of fear. Course, he was holding a sawed-off 12 gauge.
No one moved.
“I said, let her go! ” The tall man's voice boomed. Where did he come from... and why was he trying to help... me?
Gabe quickly rounded me, grabbing me by a shoulder and pulled a knife to hold against my throat, using me as a shield. “What's she to you, pretty boy?”
I brought my hand up to my mouth to cover my yawn. “Alright, time to wrap this up.” I decided that the new guy would live, so I couldn't let him know what I was. Every motion I made had to seem... human. In a few quick movements, I had Gabe on the ground, spouting blood from his neck and chest. Next was skinny guy. I broke both of his knees before I pulled his trachea out of his neck. Last was Craig... since he didn't attack me, I thought he might have use as food on the road. “Come here.” I beckoned him with my finger.
He came to me, wide eyed. “Please don't kill me...” he whispered.
“Turn around.”
Trembling, he turned around as I commanded. I secured his hands behind him with part of my torn shirt and forced him to the ground. I brought my mouth close to his ear. “I'm not going to kill you, but you'll probably wish I had in the next few days...”
“How did you...” the new guy stammered.
I turned to him and let my eyes linger over his athletic physic. Short dark hair, trim facial hair, piercing green eyes and a body that I had only seen on guys that were too vain to think of anyone else... what on earth was he doing out here. “I was a bartender before the meteor shower. A girl hasta know how to defend herself,” I smiled coyly.
“I guess so... Krav Maga?”
I laughed. “Mostly... I improvised some.” Ole handsome here had no idea what I had in store for him. He may have been chivalrous, but he was still a human.
“I used to be a seal. Spent some time in Israel with their special forces, I’ve seen it a few times.”
That actually impressed me a bit. It explained how he knew my form and got that body of his. Definitely a toy I was going to have some fun with. “I'm Sky. Sky Miller.” I held out my hand to him.
“Trevor Caldwell,” he smiled and shook my hand. “It’s a Pleasure to meet you, Sky.” His hand was warm, soft, firm. I felt tingles in my stomach and between my thighs. It had been too long since a man had been inside of me.
“Oh no, the pleasure is all mine, Trevor,” I smiled back mischievously. In a heartbeat, I had his arm twisted behind his back.
“What are you doing?!”
I grabbed his other hand and secured both behind his back with another scrap of my torn shirt. I was actually surprised he didn't fight more. “Keeping you safe.” I pulled him back slowly to lower him to sit on the ground. I pulled the remaining bit of my shirt off, tore it in have. One covered Trevor's eyes, the other gagged him. “Now, no peeking...”
I didn't care if Craig saw what I was about to do... the same would happen to him later. But I did care if he called out what he saw. I gagged him as well.
I found Gabe's wrist and held it to my nose. Despite his lack of cleanliness, I could still smell the blood in the veins below his dirty skin. I bit down, my canines finding their mark. I would have to suck some to pull the blood from these veins now that the heart wouldn't be pumping it into my waiting mouth.
Craig whimpered eyes wide in terror. I smiled at him with Gabe's wrist still in my mouth. I hated humans. I hated all that they were. Amazing, it took being mutated into a vampire to change me into what most humans were. Greedy. Thoughtless. Selfish. Cold. Evil.
Once I drained Gabe of as much blood as possible, I dragged him out into
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