Fury Calls
Meghan Thomas was just adding some cream to her porcini mushroom sauce when she sensed it.
Meghan didn't really know what "it" was, but her vampire powers told her that something was very wrong. The other vamps in the kitchen sensed it as well. From the bus boys to the other chef a few stations down, they were all aware of something odd. It had to be something powerfully wrong for vampires of all ages, even someone as new to the undead world as she was, to feel "it."
She took the pan off the flame and put it to the side just as Diego Rivera, part owner of the restaurant and her mentor of sorts, pushed through the door into the kitchen. Diego looked around and then he faced her.
"Is everything okay in here, Meghan?"
Wiping her hands on the towel tucked into her apron, she walked up to him and said, "Yes, but you feel something as well, don't you?"
At his abrupt nod, she laid a hand on the sleeve of his expensive silk suit jacket and asked, "What was it?"
She had hoped that with his greater vampire age and therefore stronger powers, he would have identified the sensation they had experienced, but the look on his face told her otherwise.
"I'll find out," Diego sa ... read full excerpt from: Fury Calls ebook