Excerpt: Single Mom, Vampire Lover

I am featuring my various paranormal romances for a few weeks. Most will have a free day or two, so keep and eye out! I will advertise in the Facebook group Romancing the Shire.

Here is an excerpt from Single Mom, Vampire Lover. 

Single mom Darlene finds her teen son at a wild party hosted by rogue vampires.

Excerpt:

Brian was stretched across a bed, in a dimly lit room, his face so white the golden brown freckles that went with his red hair stood out clearly. Darlene rushed to him, grabbed him by the shoulders and shook.

“Brian?” He didn't respond. Panic overwhelmed her as she tried to find his pulse. Was he even breathing? Was it a drug overdose? She fumbled in her purse to find her cell phone, hands shaky, bile rising to the point she felt like vomiting.

The door behind her burst open. A tall, thin woman with short, black spiky hair, dressed in a skimpy black leather skirt and silky red top that left her chest mostly bare, stalked toward her. Before Darlene could ask her to help, the woman's hand lashed out and gripped Darlene around the neck, long nails digging in.

It was almost like it was happening to someone else, the shock was so profound. Why isn't she helping Brian?

The woman was so strong, her single hand squeezing the breath out of her and Darlene realized there was no help coming from this woman. Her eyes were half slits and chilling in their dead glare.

Is this how I die? Darlene struggled to get away but the woman's hand just gripped tighter and pulled her up until her toes barely brushed the floor. Darlene dropped the cell phone and her purse and grabbed at the woman's hand with both of hers, trying to pry it off her neck.

The fingers didn't budge. They tightened.

She's going to break my neck! Darlene's hands fell away, all her effort had to go into dragging in short, shallow, choked pants.

“You are troubling me. You shouldn't be here,” the woman hissed. Then she smiled, not a nice smile. Her teeth were white and Darlene watched in horror as her teeth changed. Gleaming white fangs descended and she opened her mouth wide.

A vampire? Darlene stared in confusion at the teeth. They looked so real. So deadly. She tried to kick and squirm away, but the woman just smirked at her and tightened the grip of the steel-like hands around Darlene's neck, cutting off all breath. The dim light of the room went darker.

Suddenly, the woman's grip evaporated and Darlene fell hard to the floor. The woman turned gray and crumbled to the floor into a pile of fine dust.

Darlene gasped for breath, her throat aching as well as the rest of her body from the sudden fall to the concrete floor. She stared up at a man who stood where the vampire woman had been. He was tall and broad-shouldered, dressed in a long sleeved black knit shirt and black jeans. Blond, wavy hair, cut close around the ears, framed an impossibly handsome face with high cheekbones, a square jaw, and full lips. His eyes were bright blue, visible even in the dim light, long lashed and tilted upwards similar to a cat. His presence seemed as bizarre as the vampire woman. Darlene shook her head and tried to pull herself together.