Tena StetlerAuthor of Paranormal Romance/Suspense & Cozy Mysteries With Magic Spark!

A Sneak Peek Between the Pages of When A Vamp Falls.

The door opened.

Ramsey stared in awe at the beautiful woman in the doorway. Danya’s dark hair hung past her shoulders. Her bangs were severely cut above her eyebrows. Generous lashes framed vibrant green eyes. He’d thought that he’d imagined how pretty she was. But no, she was even prettier.

While he looked at her, drinking the sight of her in, she however, startled, screamed, then tried to slam the door in his face. A well-placed foot stopped her before she could.

“You. You.” She grunted as she pressed her body against the other side of the door.

When that didn’t work she kicked at his foot, trying to dislodge it. “No. No. No. You aren’t real.”

He glanced down at his body. “I’m very much real, sweetheart.”

Her eyes fluttered closed. “This is all a figment of my imagination. I am delusional. This is a symptom of anemia. One. Two. Three.” She took a deep breath, then opened her eyes again.

He gave her a wicked smile. “Still here.”

Danya screamed.

Ramsey cupped his hand over her mouth and wrapped an arm around her waist, drawing her body close to his. She smelled of vanilla and brown sugar. He leaned in to take another languidly whiff. Delectable.

She opened her eyes wide, and panic was behind them. He didn’t allow himself time to enjoy how her soft body was against his. He had to get her back inside before she had everyone on her floor spilling into the hallway to see what all the commotion was about.

Ramsey walked her back into her room and used his foot to kick the door closed behind them. He stopped only when her back was pressed against the wall. She shook with terror.

First attack her. Then scare her to death. Perfect.

A sharp pain hit his palm. He pulled away from her mouth to see the red bite mark. “You bit me.” Her bite didn’t do any damage, and the pain was gone already. His body worked quickly to make the repair. It was confusion that made him pull away. He hadn’t expected that.

Another pain, worse, like lightning, hit his groin. He doubled over and backed away.

Being kneed in the balls felt the same whether he were human or vampire. It hurt like hell. “Why did you do that?” he asked in disbelief.

The scared woman that she’d been just moments before was gone, replaced by spit and hellfire. She balled her fists and took a step forward to kick him in his chin. He’d let her beauty distract him but recovered quickly and caught her bare foot mid-air and pushed it, slamming her back against the wall. Before she could react, he was against her body again and in her face.

“Why. Are. You. Trying. To. Hurt. Me?” His nose was less than an inch from hers.

Her stare turned icy. “Because. You’re. Trying. To. Hurt. Me.” She punched his sides then winced. “Ouch. What the hell are you made of? Steel?”

“Dammit. Stop that.” He pinned her hands above her head.

She wiggled in vain, doing nothing but making his body react to hers. He lifted her arms higher, raising her to her tiptoes. She tried to knee him again, but he blocked her by maneuvering his hip and sliding his leg between hers.

He tried to ignore her warm heat spreading over his thigh. “I’m not here to hurt you.”

She stopped struggling long enough to glare at him. “Really? What do you call this or what you did last night?”

He let out a curse. “If I let you go do you promise not to attack me again?”

“Sure.”

He didn’t believe her. “I only came to make sure that you had recovered from last night. I didn’t mean to take as much blood as I did.”

“Everyone thinks that I’m crazy because of you.”

“And for that I apologize.” She relaxed a little. “So can I let you go now?” He really wanted to keep her where she was, pinned against him, and take her. And if he didn’t create space between them that’s exactly what he would’ve done.

She gave a short nod.

He let go of her hands and stepped away and kept going until he was against the wall, giving them both space. He needed it so that his cock would go down, and she needed it so that she wouldn’t feel threatened anymore. He also wanted to put room between his balls and her knees.

“You bit me,” she said again. “Why? I was just trying to help you.”

“And you did, by giving me your blood.”

She held up a finger. “Let’s make things clear. I didn’t give you anything. You took it.”

Yeah, that sounded about right. Hearing her say it made him feel even worse. “If I had asked?”

“The answered would’ve been no.”

“It was a life or death situation. Without you I wouldn’t be standing here now.”

She snorted. “And that’s a good thing?”

“That I’m alive? I should think so.”

“Alive and coming back to finish what you started?”

He raised a questioning eyebrow.

She pointed to her neck. “To kill me.”

“I hardly have intentions to kill you.”

She crossed her arms and leaned against the wall. She looked causal, even relaxed, but

her muscles were tight. She was getting ready for a fight.

“Thank you for saving me.”

“I could’ve died. You left me with a hemoglobin of 4.4!” Then she pulled her eyebrows together in thought. “What is it supposed to be normally?” she mumbled.

“Humans should have a hemoglobin of—”

“I’m not asking you, mister,” she snapped.

“Ramsey Moreau.”

“Huh?”

“That’s my name.” She clenched her jaws. He let out a light chuckle. “Nice to meet you,

Danya Evans.”

She took a step to the side, sliding further away from him. “How do you know my name?”

He winked, giving her a devious smile. “I heard your conversations with the officers last night.”

“Creep much?”

“Sometimes.”

“And I suppose that you couldn’t have found it in your heart to corroborate my story to save me from the humiliation of being labeled crazy?”

“Ah, no.” She cursed under her breath and kicked at the carpet. “But if you would let me,

I’d like to make it up to you.”

She turned her head. “And how could you do that? You can’t give me my blood back.

The transfusions took care of that.”

“I want to take you out to eat.” That hadn’t been his plan, but suddenly he didn’t want to leave her. Yet.