Passion Follows Pain (Passion Series Book 3) by J. A Melville

learned of what I’d allowed that man to do to me. Sometimes I was tempted to tell Daisy. She was so good to me, so kind but then panic would set in and I knew if she was repulsed by my words and ordered me from her home, I’d have nowhere to go. I couldn’t risk that. She would have no further use for me in a few weeks anyway and that scared me so much. I didn’t want to go home, god father would be…well, I didn’t want to think about what father would be like.
    “Girl whatever is going through that pretty head of yours right now, forget it. Take the plunge, you might have fun you know. Go out with the young man but bring him to me, I would love to meet this fellow who has you so tied up in knots.”
    Despite my concerns and fears I couldn’t hold back a laugh at her words. “Ok, I will go and I will bring him to you.” I impulsively reached out and kissed her cheek. “Thank you Daisy.”
    I felt the free arm that wasn’t holding a crutch come around me and she gave me a squeeze. “Oh bless you girl. You’re welcome. You’re a good girl and don’t you go letting anyone else tell you differently.”
     
    Lucian
     
    “So when are we going to meet this girl from across the road Lucian?” Fabian asked that evening when they were all in the living room.
    Lucian struggled to focus on his sire’s words but it was difficult when Damien had a couple of humans with him that were under mind control just enough to make them not question anything going on around them. That level of mind control would be enough to have them wake the next day and think they’d had some strange dream.
    They were giggling as Damien kissed them and caressed them, his fangs grazing their skin, occasionally causing a drop of blood to well to the surface and it was driving Lucian crazy. He was so sexually frustrated, he was ready to tear the head off anyone who gave him shit, and he was hungry. The smell of the blood was stirring him up and he was just about ready to rip one of the humans out of his blood brother’s arms and bury his fangs in her and drain her dry. Of course he didn’t, he continued to sit there watching and nearly salivating.
    With the distractions going on around him it was hard to concentrate on Fabian but no one ignored his sire, so he fought to get his mind on the questions he was being asked and off the blood bodies sitting nearby.
    “I don’t know sire. When would you wish to meet with her? I haven’t gone out to her the last few nights when she’s walked the old lady’s dog. I worry that she will turn me down and I don’t want her to turn me down before she’s given me the full week.”
    “It does amaze me how much this girl is getting to you. I have not seen you do much hunting lately. Are you feeding properly? You will become weak if you don’t feed. It would be unwise to allow yourself to become depleted when you intend taking this girl out on the weekend.” Fabian warned him. “Keeping what we are a secret must always be your priority. I would be displeased if you risked exposure for our family. Allowing yourself to become too hungry could make you sloppy. Your fangs might show at the worst possible time or you’ll feed too long. You don’t want to risk frightening this woman off that you want so much.”
    “I won’t do that sire.” Lucian stood and began to pace restlessly. “Tomorrow, how about we join her on her walk tomorrow? I can’t go out to her tonight. Not like this. I need to feed and those humans make me hungry.” He slammed his hand against the wall as his frustration grew and howled in pain when the skin split and began to bleed. “Fuck, fuck, FUCK!” He yelled and turned towards the women with Damien. “Give me one of them. I can’t handle this any longer. I need blood, I need to fuck.”
    Francesca walked into the living room, her hair slightly mussed and her eyes glowing. She smelled of sex and that just pissed off Lucian even more.
    “Fuck all of you; rubbing it in my