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    Masterson: A Vampire Sons Story
    Masterson: A Vampire Sons Story
    Masterson: A Vampire Sons Story
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    Masterson: A Vampire Sons Story

    By Ellis Leigh

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    These vampires don't sparkle.

    Masterson holds himself to the highest of standards, but a chance encounter with a human woman in the most mundane of places turns his world on end. What's a vampire to do when temptation for more than blood consumes him?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKinship Press
    Release dateJan 19, 2016
    ISBN9781944336004
    Masterson: A Vampire Sons Story
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    Ellis Leigh

    A storyteller from the time she could talk, USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh grew up among family legends of hauntings, psychics, and love spanning decades. Those stories didn’t always have the happiest of endings, so they inspired her to write about real life, real love, and the difficulties therein. From farmers to werewolves, store clerks to witches—if there’s love to be found, she’ll write about it. Ellis lives in the Chicago area with her husband, daughters, and a German Shepherd that refuses to leave her side. Ellis can also be found writing tropey, erotic shorts with her bestie Brighton Walsh as London Hale or taking her suspense into the contemporary world as Kristin Harte.

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      Masterson - Ellis Leigh

      INTRODUCTION

      Masterson holds himself to the highest of standards, but a chance encounter with a human woman in the most mundane of places turns his world on end. What’s a vampire to do when temptation for more than blood consumes him?

      CHAPTER ONE

      Masterson! So good to see you, my friend.

      Sliding my eyes in the direction of the fool yelling across the crowded room, I fought back the urge to scowl. He grinned in that way blusterous men do when they know they’re outmatched, wrapped his arm around a dark-haired human who looked much like a plastic doll, and strode my way. Bold…ignorant and dangerous, but bold.

      I nodded my head at the man in question, my only attempt at civility. A century ago, I would have knocked his ass through the wall for daring to invade my space. I thought about challenging him—teaching him a lesson in how our kind should behave around ones of a higher status—but his stupidity wasn’t worth the time.

      He stopped directly in front of me, watching. Waiting. Almost vibrating in excitement. I probably would have spoken to him, but I couldn’t find it in me to worry about his name, or words, or giving a fuck. He was just one more low-level vamp in a room full of even lower level ones. A big fish in a little pond…but I was a fucking shark and had been for enough years to have grown exhausted with the necessity of interacting with others. Let them have their petty infighting and their battles for territory, for they had no idea how little it would all matter eventually. How little anything would truly matter.

      Instead of dealing with no-name, I eyed the human on his arm. Letting enough of my inner vampire show to give her goose bumps and licking my lips as the hairs on her arm stood on end. I didn’t desire to push her too far—just enough to give her a little scare. Wishing she were able to entice a reaction from me.

      Eyes locked with the human—aware of and yet ignoring the small black ears perched atop her head—I’d almost forgotten about the intruding vamp until he inched closer, completely invading my space. His attention seemed too intense, too aggressive. He wanted something.

      The no-name vamp shoved the human forward, his eyes alight. I don’t think you’ve met Ginger yet.

      I didn’t respond, having no fucking clue who Ginger was. When I continued to stare at him silently, he faltered and gestured to the woman with the cat ears.

      My human. The one—

      The one you’re pushing at me to what? Fuck right here on this couch? I raised an eyebrow, the predator in me waking up as his face blanched and he nodded. Also, I hadn’t realized our pets needed names.

      Oh, well… He shifted his weight, eyes bouncing from mine to the woman at his side. Completely transparent in his want to provide me with her services. What by all rights was mine as the highest-ranking vampire in the nest, though I had no interest in his little concubine.

      Sir, I wish to offer you Ginger as a sexual partner and blood host for the evening. She’s been well-trained and would happily take care of you in any way you so desired. No-name’s eye twitched, his face showing his every weakness. He cared for the girl but was following the doctrines of our kind. Interesting. His pet was definitely not the prey at this party, not with him so obvious in his desires. The bastard had become the toy to be batted, far more interesting than a human woman had ever been.

      Finally, something to hold my attention.

      I threw one arm over the back of the chair, casual, and waggled a finger at his pet. Sit on my lap. Now.

      The woman complied immediately, turning her back to me and sitting with her legs spread across my thighs. She leaned back, pressing her ass against my cock. And then she began to swivel her hips. Once, twice, her hand running along her breast, the visual quite engaging, the rocking motion solid and sure.

      Well-trained, indeed.

      As my cock hardened beneath her, I pushed her hair over to one shoulder and leaned in. Perhaps a taste. It was my right after all. I let my vampire side shine through my eyes, felt the tingle as the whites went dark. Knowing they’d be fully black in seconds. Calling forth the beast within me.

      That’s it, pet. I kissed her neck, ran my fangs up the side of her. Scenting her. But then I froze.

      She smelled…drugged. Scared. Half-dead already.

      You dare to bring me an unwilling human? I asked in a low voice, glaring at no-name, making sure he knew exactly how dangerous of a situation he was in. No-name startled, his own eyes wide but remaining light. Still passing for human instead of calling forth his vamp side. Idiot.

      No, no. Ginger is willing. Always. Let her show you.

      I fisted my hand in the pet’s hair and bent her head back, inhaling her scent, keeping my eyes locked on his. Using the power of my thrall, the ability to make creatures of any sort do exactly what I wanted them to, I lessened his ability to move, leaving him near helpless and weak as he watched me discover his lies.

      His hands clasped and unclasped, his attention solely and mistakenly on his pet. His intentions were clear, his need to protect the human obvious. Fucking idiot. Every vamp in this place would be on her in a heartbeat if they knew she mattered to him. It was part of our nature, the urge to torment the weaker ones around us. No-name should have claimed his precious human with his bite, with his vampire essence, if he actually cared about the thing. Showing so much interest in an unclaimed human was the vampire equivalent of pouring chum into a sea of sharks. Irresistible. Especially to someone as old as I.

      Let her show me? I wasn’t aware you’d earned a higher status than I, that you had the clout to make demands of me. Or did you forget what my name means? Did you forget who my sire is or how fucking long I’ve been doing as I pleased, while vampires like you crawled at my feet in the hopes of being gifted with the chance to do my bidding?

      My growl and raised eyebrow had him backpedaling, stumbling over his words, trying hard not to upset one of the Master’s own.

      I meant no disrespect. I simply wanted to offer you something you might find enjoyable…sir.

      Growling, I sat back and let the pet he called Ginger do her thing, her

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