Changeling Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nExcerpt 3:<\/p>\n
The next morning when Anna entered Justin\u2019s room, she didn\u2019t take physical form — not even as smoke. She wasn\u2019t there to touch this time, but to observe.<\/p>\n
Some other residents of the rooming house were still in bed — dead to the world, as they say, from the previous night\u2019s indulgences. So many times in the past she had taken advantage of their weakened state to satisfy her hellish hunger. After observing their pathetic lives, putting them out of their misery was almost easy.<\/p>\n
Justin was different. He slept by day like most people slept at night — a genuine sleep. Few people had such a cycle, and even fewer woke from sleep to meet her outside of the dreams she created, but Justin had.<\/p>\n
She realized he was unique. Deep inside, something told her to stay away from him — or take him quickly. Still, an even deeper place pressed her to learn more about him.<\/p>\n
Hovering over him, just inches from touching him if she had been in corporeal form, she studied his angular face. He had perfect cheekbones and thick golden eyelashes. Darker gold stubble dusted his jaw and upper lip. He was probably in his forties, but somehow he looked ageless.<\/p>\n
Today he lay naked on top of the sheets. The building was chilly, and she thought he must be cold — even though he was hot in another way.<\/p>\n
With a suddenness that shocked her into solid form, he reached up and wrapped his arm around her. Anna landed with a grunt against his lean, hard body. They lay chest to chest. Thigh to thigh. Nose to nose.<\/p>\n
He stared at her, the expression in his slanted blue eyes emotional, yet at the same time unreadable. \u201cWho are you?\u201d he asked in a rough voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you do that?\u201d she demanded, torn between the desire to melt even closer to him and the impulse to fade to smoke so that she could escape this man who had done what no other ever had. He had sensed her and forced her out of her reality and into his.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her jaw clenched and she tugged against his grip, but he refused to let her go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I have a right to know. You\u2019re invading my space, not the other way around.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately for you, there\u2019s nothing you can do about it.\u201d She faded to smoke, but not before whispering against his lips, \u201cYou can call me Anna.\u201d<\/p>\n
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