by S. J. Wright
With an impulsive burst of courage, I stepped to the window and yanked on the strings that brought the blinds up. I stared outside, but saw nothing at first. Without thinking, I unlocked the window and pushed it open. A bitterly cold rush of air assailed me as I stood there in my worn pink striped pajamas. The night outside was grimly silent except for the whistling of the wind through the window, and I shivered in trepidation.
A large human form rose up from the roof under the window, and I jerked back in surprise with my heart slamming in my chest.
“You weren’t expecting me?”
A human form, perhaps. However, not human anymore. Alex had become something radically different from the easy-going, All-American guy that I had come to know. His golden hair was brighter, glistening like cold diamonds in the frigid night air, and his eyes were lit with emerald fire that seared every object he gazed upon. His powerful, stunning body balanced expertly on the balls of his bare feet and his hands settled firmly against the outside frame of the window with the lean angular muscles of his arms tensely bunched. He was barely dressed at all, only wearing a ragged pair of cut-off jean shorts.
I took another step back from the window and shook my head in denial, “Oh, God. Alex…”
Tears blurred the image of the creature before me. My friend was gone. An ache so profoundly painful struck me in the chest, pressed me back from the window and against the far wall of my bedroom.
“Let me in.” His voice was low and sweetly melodic.
A frantic sob escaped my throat in response. The wind continued to pour through the open window, rattling the edges of the upraised blinds against the window casing. The only source of illumination was a single nightlight plugged into the wall by my bed, but it was enough.
I hope you enjoyed the first book in the Undead in Brown County series and the special bonus from The Vampire’s Curse. Yes, there is definitely more to come. In The Vampire’s Curse, Sarah has to deal with the reappearance of her mother, the mysteries surrounding the vampire Council, her guilt over Alex and her rapidly evolving relationship with Michael.
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-S.J. Wright
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