“I had hoped to keep at least one member of your family alive. The archives are important and the next chapter on the evolution of our species, will be magnificent.” Caius walks to a steel table where his instruments are laid out. He picks up a syringe and taps the glass vial, giving a squirt to remove the air inside.
“Whatever you do to me, know that Sebastian will hunt you down, and burn you for this,” she whispers trying to not show her fear.
“Really, because he did nothing when I killed his beloved and harvested her, just as I will you,” Caius grins and steps toward her. The man growls low in his throat and shifts back to the animal.
“I think Brody wants to help me get rid of you. Perhaps that would be for the best.” Caius jams the needle into her thigh and squirts the neurotoxin into her system. Magdalene screams as the poison burns its way inside her body.
“You will be found, mutilated, by a beast, and no one will ever know any differently.”
“Sebastian will know, and he will kill you.” Magdalene slurs her words as the poison begins to work. The room spins and her head falls forward.
“We shall see.” Caius sets the needle down, as a knock sounds outside the cell. He presses a button on the intercom and snaps, “What is it?”
“The police are here with a search warrant.”
Caius snaps out orders, “Damn, again. That’s two times this week. Stall them,” he says and turns to look at her. He presses a button and Magdalene crashes to the floor as the cuffs, snaps open, releasing her.
“Be a good boy and clean this up for me, Brody.” Caius steps to the door, as he presses a button to unlock the cage. He slams the door just before the animal lunges at him. The two-inch steel door reverberates from the impact and Caius laughs as he runs upstairs. Damn police are constantly watching his imports and exports. They will have to be dealt with.
Brody turns and sniffs the air, before stalking over to the female. He rolls her over with his paw and stares at her. Shifting into his human form, he leaps up and rushes to the cabinet across the room. “I know it’s here, dammit!” He digs through the cabinet, tossing meds behind him, knowing the crashing sounds will be expected. Brody sighs in relief when he finds the epinephrine. He has seen it used time and time again during Caius’s experiments.
Brody turns quickly and checks her pulse. If he can wake her enough, she should be able to push the poison from her body. Her heart is stuttering, and her breathing is shallow. “Hold on beautiful,” he jams the needle into her thigh and injects her. Magdalene’s eyes shoot open and her pupils are totally dilated. She screams and shoves at Brody, tossing him across the room and against the glass wall.
Brody shifts back to tiger form, thinking, ‘Oh, shit’, just as the glass explodes around him.
In tiger form now, he leaps back through the wall and faces the panting female. Magdalene is whooping loudly and jumping around on her toes as the adrenaline forces its way through her body. When the tiger leaps inside of the room with her, she backs away in terror and her teeth elongate.
“Don’t make me hurt you,” she snarls, and they circle each other.
Brody shifts and holds up his hands in peace. Naked, the man is magnificent. Any other time and Mags would have enjoyed the show, but she can’t breathe very well. Brody pushes a hand through his long blonde hair and snaps at her. “You must locate the toxin and push it out of your body, Magdalene. The adrenaline will only keep you alive for a few more minutes.” She stumbles backwards upsetting the tray on the cart and falls to the ground.
“I can’t do that, I am a vampire, not a witch!” He runs to her side to help but she snarls at him.
“Stay back!” Magdalene grabs a scalpel on the ground and slices her wrist before he can stop her. Then turns to the other wrist and slices it too. “Sorry about the mess, Brody.”
“What the hell are you doing?” He demands. The concrete floor is built with a drain, her blood runs freely through the grate.
“Only way…” she struggles to sit up, but her blood makes her slip. “Flush it… from my system.” Brody picks her up and stomps over to the gurney. Placing her gently on it, he is disturbed to see her lips beginning to turn blue. When her blood slows her wrists clot and begins to scab over.
“Brody,” she whispers… he leans closer to hear. Magdalene latches on to the long hair with a grip of steel and jerks his head to the side. “Sorry for this,” she sinks her sharp teeth into the juicy vein and drinks his powerful blood. It strikes her system so fast that she can’t resist the images. All his memories join hers and she is too weak to stop it.
Brody is stunned by the feeling of her hot mouth on his throat. Magdalene is a powerful vampire, which he expected, but he is not prepared for the lust that strikes him when she drinks from him. He doesn’t fight it, hell he doesn’t ever want her to stop. Mag’s pulls back and their eyes meet for a second before he ravishes her mouth with his own. The taste of his blood on her lips is intoxicating.
Magdalene leaps at him and he catches her as she wraps her legs around his naked waist. They tear at her clothes, “Faster Brody,” she growls, and the
