Evil Red (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter Novelette) by Nikki Jefford
Publication Date: February 2014
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Urban Fantasy
~Summary~
L.A. is one tough city, especially while sharing a trailer with four thieving sisters.
Valerie’s plans for a better life and Hollywood grandeur are interrupted after a fateful stabbing lands her in Anchorage, Alaska where government agents expect her to play the role of a vampire hunting La Femme Nikita.
The redheaded vixen is back in her own Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter novelette.
**Novella is approximately 18,000 words**
Valerie’s plans for a better life and Hollywood grandeur are interrupted after a fateful stabbing lands her in Anchorage, Alaska where government agents expect her to play the role of a vampire hunting La Femme Nikita.
The redheaded vixen is back in her own Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter novelette.
**Novella is approximately 18,000 words**
~Excerpt~
As the door closed behind the
agents, Valerie snatched a knife off the table and stuffed it into her back
pocket. She picked the handgun back up, opened the chamber, and checked for
bullets. It was fully loaded. She snapped the chamber into place and unlocked
the safety. With that she walked over to the far wall of the room, spread her
legs shoulder width apart, and aimed at the door.
Valerie glanced at the mirror.
“Ready.”
There was no reply.
She kept her arms steady. The gun
weighed on her arms as she waited, but she didn’t waver. There was a sudden
knock right before the metal door screeched open. A twenty-something man
stumbled in as the door slammed shut. The dude was skinny and a bit pale, but
who wouldn’t be in a place like Alaska? He righted himself and faced the door.
And there he remained standing, staring at the door as though it would open if
he waited long enough.
Some vampire. Valerie lowered the
gun slightly as her arms relaxed.
“Hey, you,” she called out.
The man turned more suddenly than
she’d expected. His eyes sparked to life when he saw her.
“Blut,” he said. “Ich
brauche Blut.”
“I don’t speak vampire,” Valerie
retorted.
The man started walking toward her.
Valerie raised her gun.
“Stop! Stay where you are.”
The man kept advancing.
“I said stay where you are!”
“Ich brauche Blut,” the man
said back.
When he was three feet away from
her, he reached for her neck.
Not again. Valerie wouldn’t be a
victim a second time.
She pulled the trigger.
~Vampire Hunter Series~
~About The Author~
Nikki Jefford is a third generation Alaskan who found paradise in the not-so-tropical San Juan Islands (Wash.) where she is once more neighbors with Canada in a town without a single traffic light. She loves fictional bad boys and heroines who kick butt.
When she's not reading, writing, working, or out on a nature walk, she's out riding her Suzuki DRZ400SM.
When she's not reading, writing, working, or out on a nature walk, she's out riding her Suzuki DRZ400SM.
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