A Kiss Before Dying

By Aline Hunter

Vampire Lord Sebastian Arsov is everything Katja has ever wanted. Unfortunately, after ten years of servitude as his blood slave she’s being returned to mortal society. In order to experience a night in his bed she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Disguised by a hint of magic, Katja enters Sebastian’s chambers to immerse herself in pleasures she’s been long denied.

Before the sun rises she’ll discover what it’s like to be loved by the man who’s weaved his way into her heart—mind, body and soul—even as she succumbs to the bite that will end her life.

This short story contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aline Hunter
• Release date: Mar 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005983611

Aline Hunter

Aline Hunter is a multi-published author who has written stories featured in horror magazines, zombie romance anthologies, and flash fiction contests. Her work has a dark undertone, which she credits to her love of old eighties horror films, tastes in music, and choices in reading, and have been described as “full of sensual promise,” “gritty and sexy” and “a breath of fresh air.”Currently she is penning projects within the urban fantasy, erotic and contemporary, and paranormal romance genres.

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A Kiss Before Dying

Aline Hunter

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Fourth Edition February 2017

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Chapter One

Tonight I will have him, my Master and vampire lord. And tonight I will die.

As a blood slave I have never known passion or pleasure. We are never to know what it means to be taken into bed. Our virginal blood is our worth, given in exchange to the lords who offer the most lucrative bargain for ten years of our servitude. When the time is served, our minds are cleansed of the past and we are allowed to return to the world that knows nothing about them.

Most blood slaves are born of the human families who—for generations—have served the lords and ladies of the keep in a place hidden within the mortal realm. These most cherished servants are treated with the utmost respect, for their bloodlines nourish and provide for their keepers and ensure survival.

Then there are those like me.

Mortals snagged from a life of poverty, desolation and misery. There is no choice for us. Once we’ve been marked, all that is required is an unexpected happenstance with The Collector to seal our fate. The vampire slave hunter is known for his exceptional eye for beauty and grace, as well as his ability to see the aura of purity as it radiates from the source.

Although I resisted my entrapment, demanding to be released, it wasn’t long before I met my Shellar—the stunning male who paid the price for my companionship and thereby held all rights where I was concerned.

Lord Sebastian Arsov.

It seemed destined that we should meet, as though the moment was fated.