Copyright 2020 by Nia Venus.

His smile sent sordid shivers down my spine, but somehow my body still inched closer to him. What am I doing? He grabbed my hand and I clutched it for a moment. His body heat washed waves of confusion over me and I yanked my hand back. Could I befriend a vampire? Was daddy right about their hunger for blood?

I had nowhere else to run, my world was empty, so I tilted my neck to him while I squeezed my eyes closed. He pulled my neck closer to his lips, and sniffed slowly. He rubbed his pointy teeth gently across my neck, and whispered, “I feed on beauty, with my eyes. And for now, your neck is safe, because my eyes are pleased.”