Awakened (Book #5 of the Vampire Legends) by Emma Knight Page A

felt silly asking her that. Guys aren’t supposed to notice
those things and he didn’t want to come off as weird to her.
    “You smell nice,”
Mark said, trying to hold back his excitement.
    “Oh, really?” Gina
said, sounding a bit confused. “Thanks!”
    “Sure!” Mark
said, feeling a bit silly for saying anything at all.
    The scent of her
body infused the car and he could barely control himself. He didn’t know if it
were his hormones raging or if it was something else. Either way, it made him
feel hungry. He felt a huge hunger pain that made his stomach make a loud,
grumbling noise.
    “You hungry?” Gina
asked, looking over at Mark’s stomach.
    “Oh, yeah! Guess
so!” Mark answered.
    “Should we pick
up some dinner?” Gina said.
    “I just had
dinner,” Mark said. “Not so sure why my stomach is acting up.”
    “Did you have
enough to eat?” Gina asked.
    “Yeah, I did. I
think, anyway,” Mark replied.
    The light turned
green and he floored the car trying to get his mind off of Gina’s scent, but he
couldn’t. He put the windows down thinking it might help but that didn’t help
either.
    “Mark, are you
ok?” Gina asked.
    “Why?” Mark
asked.
    “It’s freezing
out!” Gina replied. “What are you doing?”
    “I’m sweating,
I’m not sure what’s happening!” Mark said, getting all hyped up.
    Gina leaned over
and put her hand on Mark’s neck and then put her hand on his forehead. Mark
couldn’t help but to put his tongue out and take a small lick of her skin as
she moved her hand up to his forehead. She didn’t even notice he did so.
    “You feel cold,” Gina
said. “Are you sure you’re feeling hot?”
    “Stop questioning
me!” Mark yelled. “I know how I’m feeling.”
    “Geez, no need to
get upset, Mark. I was just trying to help.”
    “Well you’re not
helping me! You’re making it worse,” Mark snapped.
    He couldn’t
believe what was happening and he couldn’t believe this temper that was coming
out of him. It was completely out of character for him, and he didn’t know what
to do about it. He couldn’t control himself despite how much he tried.
    “Who are you?” Gina
said. “I feel like I don’t even know you.”
    “I don’t know
myself right now,” Mark said, as he pulled up to another red light on the
outskirts of town. He looked around and realized he was the only car on the
road. It was a desolate part of town, and he knew this was his opportunity. He
knew he had to seize on his feeling and on his cravings for Gina. He hated to
do this to her, but at the same time, he knew he had to. He knew the only way to
find out what was really going on was to give in and taste her. To taste her
blood and flesh.
    “Gina, I’m
sorry,” Mark said, as he turned to her and unbuckled his seat belt.
    “What are you
doing, Mark?” Gina said.
    Mark didn’t
answer. He climbed over the center console on the car touching Gina’s neck and
face and tugging on her hair.
    “Mark, you’re
scaring me.”
    He looked into
her eyes, and his eyes became bright red.
    “MARK! MARK!”
Gina yelled. “PLEASE SNAP OUT OF IT!”
    Mark couldn’t
even hear what she was saying, all he could think about was her scent and the
fact that he was about to indulge in his first feed ever. He saw Gina quickly
take out her cell phone and speed dial home, but Mark didn’t care. He
even heard it ringing and then, just as he was sinking his large white fangs
into Gina’s neck, he heard the voice of her father on the line.
    “Gina? Gina? Are
you OK?”
    But Mark didn’t
care. He pressed the end button and indulged in the most pleasant feeding of
his life.

CHAPTER 13
     
     
    Rob knew he was
close to Rachel now, and knew he was only minutes away from finding her in her
school. As he approached her Pennsylvania high school, he could tell she was
close. He knew there were a lot of schools in the area, but he thought he
smelled he scent in the air that morning and followed it to a school off