BLURB:
JUDGEMENT
OF SOULS 3: Kiss at Dawn is a Paranormal Romance/Gothic Horror in which a
naive pure-blood vampire is tossed into the mortal world.
Rachel meets Daniel, a nightclub owner and his group of friends and after
Daniel's best friend is murdered by Max, Rachel's ex-lover, becomes embroiled
in the search for an ancient vampire artefact. Rachel tries to fight off her
feelings for Daniel, even siding with her vampire friend Arun to think again
about Daniel's involvement, but he's her love and she's going to protect him,
no matter what.
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BOOK EXCERPT:
It
was nearly 11.30pm and things were getting heated at the Underground Palace. This was the first time Rachel had visited
this club. She had followed a group in
fancy dress costume and taken a playful curiosity in where they were
going. Inside the club, people were
dressed in costumes, vampires, zombies, and dark angels - a refuge for every
kindred heart. Theatrical lights hung
from the rafters, casting warped shadows on the dancers, the gothic arches and
the stained glass windows. Against the
walls, small intimate arches with red velvet sofas under them were almost
always occupied by some of the clubs regulars.
From here you could admire what was going on in the centre of the club
as well as being a place for more private engagements. Fake cobwebs had been sprayed onto the
pillars, the stage area and walls, with most of it hanging precariously over
the gathering of youths who were quickly chugging down their drinks in a race
to see who would get drunk first. Black
and white cut-out pictures of monsters were stuck on the walls and over the bar
area hung an ultra violet light that rotated in a sort of semi-circle and shone
across that part of the room and towards the pictures, giving them a startling
effect. It also gave whoever stood near
the light an eerie ultra glow to their eyes and teeth. A very fascinating and interesting result!
On
the black stage, a disc jockey generated a thundering mix of tormented Goth and
heavy metal to long haired men and women who shook their heads with such
ferocity you feared for their safety.
Women
in various types of PVC Halloween costumes, heavy eye makeup and with fake
blood dripping down their faces and necks hung around the areas surrounding the
stage and dance floor, and men with multiple piercings and equally interesting
costumes queued at the bar.
Rachel
was surprised at what she was seeing. They were all so beautiful, so
translucent, and they shone when the lights hit them.
At last!
Somewhere she didn’t feel out of place with her pale skin, dark eyes and
black clothes. She looked around. Velvet and lace adorned some of the women;
leather, piercings, ripped shirts and velvet jackets adorned some of the
men.
The
music was a mixture of haunting love songs full of betrayal and death.
Juliette,
the club’s resident singer, stepped onto the stage and stood in front of the
mic, spotting Daniel she blew him a kiss and waited until he sent one back, but
all he did was wave. Other bands often
frequented the venue, but she was the club’s regular entertainment.
Juliette
had long red hair, skinny thighs, long fake nails painted black, and a smart
mouth. Her features were accentuated by
large brown, almost black, eyes and red expressive lips. Daniel loved Juliette,
she had become a member of his family and he loved her as a brother would a
sister.
A
four-piece band followed her on stage and began setting up.
The
drummer, a bald man in his late twenties, wearing tartan trousers covered in
chains, a torn black T-shirt with a ‘Fuck You’ motif scarcely covering his
muscled torso. The two guitarists were
twin brothers who bore an uncanny resemblance to Jim Morrison from The Doors
and who posed and dressed like the ill-fated singer. Why they would choose to
imitate someone who’d been dead for years always puzzled Daniel, but whatever
the reason, the crowd liked them. The
last of the group was a young and nervous keyboard player, who seemed out of
his depth, but happy to stay in the background. The group adjusted their instruments while
Juliette adjusted her mic.
A
faint tune emerged from the group.
Juliette
swayed with the tempo and then the music dipped and the stage lighting changed
to pinks and purples and blues that swirled around the stage area. Dry ice spouted out of a machine to the side
of the stage and floated eerily across it.
The
guitarists and keyboard player continued the slow beat and Juliette, in a
seductive deep voice, uttered into the mic: “I can feel your pain.”
The
audience erupted in claps and jeers.
The
song, with its haunting melody, once a familiar tune that was a hit for a
well-known Gothic band filled the club with ghostly lyrics that made the
audience sway in time with the music, forgetting their troubles, forgetting
their very existence, losing themselves in her voice.
Daniel
was watching one of his regulars, Sarah, as she danced with the stranger she’d
just met. Sarah had always paid
particular attention to him, and tonight he wondered if he shouldn’t give her
another chance. It’d beat going home
alone again. But as he watched he also
noticed a new woman who’d entered the club and was making her way to the
bar.
Tobey
noticed her too.
They
watched as the svelte figure made her way past them, and both men sat, mouths
open in awe.
“Now
that’s a bit more like it,” said Tobey, nudging Daniel on the arm.
“Sorry
mate.” Daniel stood up, and with a grin he looked down at his friend. “But I
saw her first.”
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