knife!” Ephraim reached out and grabbed the knife by the
blade, ripping it out of David’s hands and tossing it behind him and away from Madison.
Madison scrambled to pick up the knife before either man could pick it up again. She grabbed it and stepped away quickly
looking at the blade, shocked by all the blood dripping down the blade.
“Now, you were telling us about a bet?” Ephraim prompted. If his hand hurt it didn’t show. He stalked forward as David
retreated.
“It was stupid. She came into the bookstore a month ago and the guys and I took a bet who could nail her.” He held up his
hands. “I didn’t know it would take this long! I didn’t mean to keep up this act this long. I swear it was just a bet!”
Ephraim shot a quick look back at Madison. She was crying. Ephraim fought for control as his teeth descended. “Your eyes…
what’s wrong with your eyes?” David asked nervously. Ephraim turned his head before Madison could see.
“Madison, please leave,” he said in a soothing voice.
“No.” Her voice broke.
“Madison, now!” he roared. He couldn’t control it any longer. He ran his tongue over his fangs, trying to send them back, but
they refused to go. His hands shook with rage and the need to tear this bastard apart.
Madison took a deep breath. She couldn’t leave, she just couldn’t. “No, I’m staying.”
“Damn it, Madison, leave now!”
“No!”
Ephraim opened his eyes and turned back to look at David. “Oh my God! What the hell is this?” He grabbed a chair and flung it
at Ephraim and ran for the door.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Ephraim demanded as he moved in front of David, cutting him off. David stumbled back
against the table. His entire body began to shake.
“Please, I’m so sorry…so sorry…I’ll never do anything like this again I swear!” He sobbed uncontrollably.
Ephraim grabbed David’s shirt with one hand, raising him off the ground until David was looking down at him. His arms and
legs flailed wildly.
“If you ever talk to her or about her ever again I will get you. I don’t care where you are I will come for you. There is no
window I can’t crawl through, no door I can’t open, no place is safe from me. I know your scent now. I can hunt you down
anywhere you go. Do you believe me, David?” Ephraim asked in cold calculating voice.
“Y-yes!” he cried uncontrollably.
“Good. I’m going to let you leave now. You are not to speak of this to anyone. If I find out you spoke of me I will kill you. Do
you understand?”
“Yes!” The scent of urine hit the room. Ephraim looked down at the floor and stepped back away from the pool of urine
forming on the floor, taking David with him. This man was not going to talk.
“Is this real?” David asked in a high pitched voice.
Keeping his eyes locked on David, Ephraim grabbed one of David’s hands and brought it close to his face. “Stick out your
finger.”
“No!”
“Do it!”
His hands shook violently as he stuck out his index finger. Ephraim brought the finger to his mouth and ran it over one of his
fangs.
“Ouch!” David whimpered. The man was weak. It was no more painful than a needle prick. Several drops of blood hit
Ephraim’s lip. As David pulled his hand away Ephraim licked the blood and cringed. He turned his head away from Madison
and spit the blood back out.
He turned his head back. Things were different now. He had to handle this differently. “David, I don’t know how to tell you
this,” he said in a much calmer voice than the emotions raging inside of him demanded.
“What?”
Ephraim placed the man down. “You need go see a doctor immediately.”
“What?” He hadn’t expected that.
“Tomorrow go see your doctor,” Ephraim said. His rage was doubling. If this son of a bitch touched Madison he would have
given her a death sentence.
“What’s wrong with my blood?” David pleaded. He held his finger against his chest as if
blade, ripping it out of David’s hands and tossing it behind him and away from Madison.
Madison scrambled to pick up the knife before either man could pick it up again. She grabbed it and stepped away quickly
looking at the blade, shocked by all the blood dripping down the blade.
“Now, you were telling us about a bet?” Ephraim prompted. If his hand hurt it didn’t show. He stalked forward as David
retreated.
“It was stupid. She came into the bookstore a month ago and the guys and I took a bet who could nail her.” He held up his
hands. “I didn’t know it would take this long! I didn’t mean to keep up this act this long. I swear it was just a bet!”
Ephraim shot a quick look back at Madison. She was crying. Ephraim fought for control as his teeth descended. “Your eyes…
what’s wrong with your eyes?” David asked nervously. Ephraim turned his head before Madison could see.
“Madison, please leave,” he said in a soothing voice.
“No.” Her voice broke.
“Madison, now!” he roared. He couldn’t control it any longer. He ran his tongue over his fangs, trying to send them back, but
they refused to go. His hands shook with rage and the need to tear this bastard apart.
Madison took a deep breath. She couldn’t leave, she just couldn’t. “No, I’m staying.”
“Damn it, Madison, leave now!”
“No!”
Ephraim opened his eyes and turned back to look at David. “Oh my God! What the hell is this?” He grabbed a chair and flung it
at Ephraim and ran for the door.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Ephraim demanded as he moved in front of David, cutting him off. David stumbled back
against the table. His entire body began to shake.
“Please, I’m so sorry…so sorry…I’ll never do anything like this again I swear!” He sobbed uncontrollably.
Ephraim grabbed David’s shirt with one hand, raising him off the ground until David was looking down at him. His arms and
legs flailed wildly.
“If you ever talk to her or about her ever again I will get you. I don’t care where you are I will come for you. There is no
window I can’t crawl through, no door I can’t open, no place is safe from me. I know your scent now. I can hunt you down
anywhere you go. Do you believe me, David?” Ephraim asked in cold calculating voice.
“Y-yes!” he cried uncontrollably.
“Good. I’m going to let you leave now. You are not to speak of this to anyone. If I find out you spoke of me I will kill you. Do
you understand?”
“Yes!” The scent of urine hit the room. Ephraim looked down at the floor and stepped back away from the pool of urine
forming on the floor, taking David with him. This man was not going to talk.
“Is this real?” David asked in a high pitched voice.
Keeping his eyes locked on David, Ephraim grabbed one of David’s hands and brought it close to his face. “Stick out your
finger.”
“No!”
“Do it!”
His hands shook violently as he stuck out his index finger. Ephraim brought the finger to his mouth and ran it over one of his
fangs.
“Ouch!” David whimpered. The man was weak. It was no more painful than a needle prick. Several drops of blood hit
Ephraim’s lip. As David pulled his hand away Ephraim licked the blood and cringed. He turned his head away from Madison
and spit the blood back out.
He turned his head back. Things were different now. He had to handle this differently. “David, I don’t know how to tell you
this,” he said in a much calmer voice than the emotions raging inside of him demanded.
“What?”
Ephraim placed the man down. “You need go see a doctor immediately.”
“What?” He hadn’t expected that.
“Tomorrow go see your doctor,” Ephraim said. His rage was doubling. If this son of a bitch touched Madison he would have
given her a death sentence.
“What’s wrong with my blood?” David pleaded. He held his finger against his chest as if
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