Twice Bitten (Love, Lust & Magic #1)

Uriah

Pruitt pulled a panicked sorority girl out from under a table. “Are you okay?” he asked. It was clear the hysterical girl couldn’t form words. “Get outside as fast as you can.”

“You seen Kale and Julian?” a disheveled asked.

“No, but we should find them—and Griff— now ,” replied Pruitt.

nodded, cradling what appeared to be an injured arm. “I know where they went. Let’s go,” he motioned towards the stage.

“Hey,” Pruitt grabbed ’s arm. “You okay?”

“A little cut up, but not for long. Perks of being a vampire, I guess.”

Each with their makeshift stake in hand, the two climbed up onto the stage and ran into the technical booth.

“Perks, indeed, ” a voice familiar to greeted them.

rolled his eyes. “Regina, love. What the hell is going on here?”

Propped up against the doorframe that led to the stairwell Griff had taken just minutes before, a beautiful Black woman with jet black hair and red lipstick twiddled her thumbs. “Well,” she quipped in a child-like South London accent, “Regina got very hungry waiting for her boyfriend’s show to start, so she had to have a little snack.”

“She really is the ultimate facepalm, huh?” said Pruitt as he attempted to move past her.

“No, no, no, big bad wolf,” Regina extended her leg to block the path. “You didn’t let me finish.”

let out a long sigh as though trying to find his patience. “Go on then.”

“Out of nowhere, all of this magic,” continued the vampiress as she ran her black acrylics up Pruitt’s shirt, stopping short of his neck. “Really messed with my plans.”

“You’re saying magic is responsible for this? What about the guy you ate?” Pruitt said as he again tried to push past her.

“Oh, him? ” she asked. “Why don’t you ask him yourself?”

Before either of the men could react, Regina grabbed the top of the doorframe for support, lifting the other leg just enough to wrap around Pruitt as her new playmate appeared.

“Regina, stop!” commanded as he dove forward. He was met with a punch from the shadows as Regina’s hook-up pounced.

“They’re very hungry when they first turn,” Regina laughed as she traced her finger across Pruitt’s lips.

“Damn,” cursed as he fell to his knees. “It’s almost like I forgot you were a backstabbing harlot.”

“I didn’t, ” Pruitt exclaimed as he shoved his cue stick into her shoulder.

“That’s right, baby, stick it in,” purred Regina, laughing up blood as she leaned in and kissed Pruitt. “Just like begs me to do when we play ‘the wolf and the vampire.’”

“Making a mental note to revisit that later,” Pruitt said as he made eye contact with .

“Okay, you didn’t have to get that detailed,” groaned as he wobbled to his feet.