Carnal Knowledge by Celeste Anwar Read Free Book Online

heaving as he
    stared the vamp down. Movement caught his eye as the blond crawled
    through the windshield and stood beside his partner, facing him. He licked something off his fingers as he smiled. “Delicious,” he said loud enough his voice carried over the distance.
    The headlights lit the night with broken light. He could not see her
    stir in the car, smelled her blood in the air, and knew the vamp tasted her blood. Something broke inside him.
    “Tonight, you die,” Navarre growled, extending his claws as he
    lunged with death in his eyes.
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    * * * *
It was the hoarse cry that woke Kaeli from her stupor. She opened
    her eyes and groaned in pain at even so little movement. Kaeli moved her
    hands, felt the smooth lining of the car’s roof.
    Her ears rang as she sat up, nausea washing over her until she
    dropped back down. Her ribs hurt, she could barely breathe, could hardly
    move, and couldn’t see anything.
    Outside, the sounds of a fight finally registered in her tired brain. She could hear his voice, knew Navarre had somehow come for her.
    But he was in trouble. They were going to kill him. He couldn’t fight
    two vampires--for she now knew that’s exactly what they were, that he’d
    been telling her the truth all along.
    She had to help him ... somehow.
    The car door was stuck, and trying to open it left her panting for air.
    The windshield was gone though, and the only escape route she could see.
    Breathing through her teeth, Kaeli dragged herself along the car roof,
    grimacing as the car shuddered from her movement, afraid at any moment it
    would just collapse on top of her.
    It didn’t, and she managed to pull herself out onto the wet, muddy
    grass.
    Heavy boots stomped in front of her, and Kaeli tried to roll away, but
    she wasn’t fast enough. The man grabbed her hair, nearly snatching it out of her head as he pulled her to her feet.
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    He jerked her hair, wrenching her head back. With her last strength,
    she kicked him, gasping at the movement. He laughed and squeezed an arm
    around her middle until she screamed and black light danced before her
    eyes.
    Kaeli knew in that moment, she was going to be the death of Navarre.
    And there was nothing she could do about it.

    * * * *
The dark haired vamp vanished from his view as he reached the
    blond-- flashing ... mind tricks. Navarre kept his eyes on the second, weaker vamp, kicked off the ground, lunging at the blond before he could react.
    He hit him square in the chest, knocking him to the ground. The
    vamp hissed, kicking, shredding Navarre’s arms as his extended claws
    struck the vamp’s belly, digging in.
    There were only a few ways to kill a vampire--and Navarre knew the
    most proficient. The vamp screamed in agony as Navarre’s hand reached
    like a scalpel through his body, bucked, trying to free himself. Blood
    flooded the air, pooling around Navarre’s arm.
    The muscle pumped against his fingertips as he reached the heart,
    wrapping his clawed hand around it. Biting back his disgust, he crushed it, and the vampire went still, his screams suddenly silenced. His body
    crumbled instantly around Navarre’s arm ... crumbling to dust that mingled with the mud.
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    It was kill or be killed. He should not have been disturbed--but he
    had been. It had taken mere seconds to kill the vampire. Seconds more to stand and face his remaining foe.
    He wondered that the dark haired vamp hadn’t attacked him from
    behind, but saw he had better quarry.
    He held Kaeli.
    Navarre hardly recognized her. Her face was a mask of blood. It
    matted her hair, and the headlights made her eyes shine with wild pain.
    Navarre tensed, dropping his arms for a killing stance. He moved
    forward, halting only when the vamp twisted her head back, threatening to
    snap her neck. She grimaced, digging her nails into her captor’s arm around her chest--to no avail.
    “Don’t