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His Lady of the Night

Chapter Two

Olivia pushed away from him. She studied his handsome face and wondered who he was? Why he'd saved her?

"Who are you?" she asked now. "How did you know what would destroy the vampire?"

Still the stranger did not speak. He just slightly shook his head and continued to gaze at her features as if memorizing them. He swept his arm out toward the coffee shop up the street, silently inviting her to join him. Perplexed, Olivia agreed. He crooked his arm like the men in the days of old and his smile grew as she gently laid her hand on his arm.

Desire from just her touch sent Jake's muscles rippling as they walked. He'd finally found the one he'd been searching for. The one he would mate with, the one who had the rare blood that would bring him the power he needed to defeat Drake, the evil Master of Tarsus.

He'd been waiting centuries for this woman and he'd almost been too late. He shuddered at just the thought of seeing the vampire bent over her neck. He knew Drake would send more vampires after her; it was only a matter of time.

As she passed him to enter the coffee shop, Jake smelled the faint scent of her perfume. His nostrils flared at the erotic images that scent provoked in him. His heart began beating more rapidly as he realized this was the first time since Drake, a fledgling back then, had cornered him in a London alley and had turned him.

They sat down and Olivia watched the play of emotions cross his face at whatever his thoughts were. She focused her mind to read deeper into his thoughts but still his mind was like a blank slate. Jake felt the probe and looked at her an eyebrow crooked; she blushed at being caught and turned her gaze to the waitress approaching their table.

Olivia asked for a cappuccino and Jake nodded he would have the same. Though he wouldn't drink it, with the powers he possessed he could make everyone in the coffee shop believe he had.

"So, are you ever going to speak? I'm still waiting for you to tell me your name," ventured Olivia.

" My name is Jake," came the reply.

Olivia gasped and her drink went down the wrong windpipe. She coughed and stared at him in shock. As she'd waited for him to answer, she'd been watching his mouth, thinking how delicious it would be to feel his lips against hers, touching the most intimate places on her body when she heard his name in her mind.

"Jake, is your name?"

He nodded and his eyes glowed with humor as he responded to her thoughts, " I wouldn't mind placing my lips in those areas myself, I'd even use my tongue if you'd like."

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Rage boiled from Drake as he watched the couple in the crystal ball set on its golden pedestal. Rafael had failed to get the woman's blood. Damn Jake's timing! He would have to show up at the worst time. Until one of his minions destroyed Jake he would not be able to rise to the surface and feed on the gullible humans. He cursed the day the angel returned Jake's soul to him. He summoned Julius, his most trusted assassin and sent him to the task of eliminating the man he'd once called friend.

 

©2006 Romance at Heart Magazine.

©2000 Angel Young.

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