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By A.J. Llewellyn
Fresh blood filled my senses and I felt alive again. My vision was sharper, my hearing was intense. It was the part of my condition I hated, how much better I felt was an immaculate little man dressed head to toe in black and carrying a bag filled with the things I knew we’d need.
“I got jumped.”
“You lost a lot of blood.” He was staring at my throat.
“I’m fine, but my friend is in trouble. We have to hurry.” I knocked at Tem’s door, aware of the foul odor drifting from inside the apartment. He opened the door and looked terrible. Three claw marks ravaged his cheek.
“Oh, my God. Tem, did that thing do this to you?” The marks were deep and my tongue instantly went to them. He tasted so good, but I was using my tongue to cleanse him. It was inbuilt, the vampire’s urge to protect the mate before anything, even vengeance. He gasped when he saw the blood all over me.
“I’m okay, baby.” I took his face in my hands and kissed him.
He held onto me with shaky hands and wept. “What the hell happened to you, Div? Why are you bleeding?”
“I got jumped.”
“Jumped? How? Where?”
“Outside. I’m okay, baby. Wait in the kitchen. I’m gonna go in there.”
“No. No!” Tem was hysterical. “It will come after you, too!”
“Sweetheart, this is Hiroshi. He is an odaisan.”
“An odaisan?” He looked so bewildered but I didn’t have time to explain. I could hear screaming and a strange growling sound. Hiroshi and I looked at each other. Tem would not let go of me.
“Tem. Stay in the kitchen. Hiroshi and I will take care of this.”
“What is it? Do you know what’s in there?”
“Darling…please. Just wait. I need you to get these things out of this bag and when I tell you to, you bring them to us. Okay?”
Hiroshi handed over the black plastic bag and we walked together to the room.
“It’s locked.” Tem handed me the key and I sent him back to the kitchen.
We unlocked the door and there it was, on all fours, razor sharp teeth like a shark’s yet it had four legs and floated over Todah’s prone body on the bed. I’d never seen anything like it. It was large and gray with yellow streaks of color and blood red eyes. It was huge. The entity looked at us and roared.
Hiroshi’s voice was calm. “Ino no tatari.
Dog curse.
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The entity looked like a dog except it was hideous and misshapen; the razor-sharp teeth were like something out of a horror movie. Its eyes were orange now.
“Inu-gami, ghost dog, worst I’ve ever seen.” Hiroshi’s eyes widened as the beast thrashed about the walls, emitting that awful sound again.
And here we were, two monsters facing each other. I had expected to have to tackle the creature but Hiroshi flicked fluid from a bottle at it, chanting in Japanese, “Ka-e-re! Go home!”
The creature lunged at us and I stole my chance, picked up Todah and ran with him into the living room. He was covered in systematic bites and scratches. The creature had taunted him. When Todah started to waken, he began screaming when he saw someone strange hovering over him.
Tem came running and I sent him to the kitchen to bring the bottle labeled ’awa.
“Collect whatever you need,” I told him when he returned. “You won’t be coming back here. Do it Tem!”
He ran around throwing things in bags and I told him to bring me the second bottle. Todah’s color was returning and Hiroshi was back with us now, deep wounds on his hands.
“We can’t take anything that’s in that bedroom,” he told me. We must leave.”
“He’s been…so frightened, it came back yesterday. But I don’t see a thing. Did you see it?” Tem was babbling.
“Tem, take all the things you’re bringing. Essentials only. Let’s get out of here.”
We rushed out of the apartment, Hiroshi following with the black plastic bag, then we heard a loud bang, followed by a burst of flames.
“No more inu-gami,” Hiroshi’s voice was low and controlled as I dialed nine-one-one.
A Vampire in Waikiki
Gay-for-pay porn star Jimmy Thunder doesn’t just have a double life, he’s got three. Just when he thinks he has all his big secrets under control, he discovers mind-blowing sex and the emerging feelings of true love with his gay costar, Angelis. And it’s no fluke. These guys just can’t keep their hands off each other, doing unscripted, hot sex scenes that thrill their director, but for Jimmy, it’s actually one more problem he doesn’t need.
His most recent ex-girlfriend claims she’s pregnant, his current girl is fighting deportation, and just what is that deadly entity lurking in Angelis’ second bedroom? Jimmy knows an otherworldly monster when he feels one. And he ought to know, because Jimmy’s a vampire. Sleeping by day, hiding at night, Jimmy’s many secrets are about to collide in the sinister, dark side of tropical Waikiki few visitors ever see.
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A.J. Llewellyn
A.J. Llewellyn lives in California, but dreams of living in Hawaii. Frequent trips to all the islands, bags of Kona coffee in the fridge and a healthy collection of Hawaiian records keep this writer refueled.
A.J. never lacks inspiration for writing erotic romances but has many other passions: collecting books on Hawaiiana, surfing and spending time with family, friends and animal companions.
A.J. Llewellyn believes that love is a song best sung out loud.
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