“Why do you think I could forgive you for being a whore, Katharina?” Mikhail choked back a sob. “It’s because I know all about whoring yourself for comfort, safety, and greed.”
“That’s not why I did it.” The words fell hard with reproach. “I never did it for gain.”
“I know. You did it to escape life. I did it to cling to it. That’s why I’m a far more disgusting creature than you can ever think to be.”
WORD COUNT: 7,389
Alice turned her head to look up into his amused bloody gaze. A flash of fang and a wicked smile calmed the wild thumping in her chest. “You’re a mean man, Director H.”
“So I’ve been told.” He reached around and pressed the emergency button. A serene, cultured voice asked, “Emergency Response Station. Please state your emergency.”
WORD COUNT: 9,283 +
“Alice.”
“Sir?”
“Your pride became your ruin. While you did attempt to rely upon your reason, you allowed your pride to overrule your judgment. Your inability to try to understand Yukio’s familial position drove you to put vengeance above all.”
WORD COUNT: 310
“No. It can’t. Logic can account for every reason, but emotions—my emotions—cannot account for this. There’s a reason why Nephilim created Genesis. You know centuries ago I wouldn’t have had a choice. I’d just be given to you, like a doll, for you to do with as you pleased. You have no idea how much I’ve thanked God since this morning that it’s different. Now, I have a choice.”
“What choice did you think is worth destroying the life we can have?” His contempt scalded.
WORD COUNT: 5,158
“You are renowned for your family bloodlines. Each of you carry an incomprehensible amount of power. You’re mythic.” Her pink mouth glistened in a beatific smile. “But the world isn’t what it once was. You are not what you once were.”
She considered the exquisitely unnatural faces, both male and female, staring back with the same level of assessment. “Obviously, the veterans understand this, but for our new brothers and sisters—you’ve been stripped of all power in this place. Until you reach Noir, you will live like humans while you’re here.”
WORD COUNT: 1,756
I write dark paranormal love (and hate) stories, dark erotic romance, and dark erotica under three different pen names. (What can I say? I like it dark!)
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Claudia D. Christian plays with vampires, demigods, saints, sinners, and monsters. She mixes love, hate, sex, and violence in equal measure. She crafts endings with hope but makes her characters burn in hell before they get there.
Charlotte DeCorte explores dark erotic romance without a paranormal bent. She writes from the viewpoint that not all relationships are or want to be grounded in the traditional rules of courtship.
D. Cristiana explores the darker side of committed relationships. The settings and situations may be unconventional, the desires corrupt, and the sex explicit, but she’s a firm believer in happy-for-that-particular-couple-endings.
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