"BITES" DEMONICA Tonight is the Midwinter Solstice Ball, the most important night in the Daemonic Court's calendar. This is the night when new disciples are chosen, when demons come out to play, and all bets are off. As it happens, tonight is also the night I become Queen. LAST OF THE BLOOD When the sweet scent reaches me I know I have found what I'm looking for. My hands reach out in the darkness to the unaware girl. She's warm and soft and doesn't even get to scream before I'm drinking deeply from her, her struggles too feeble to bother me. Only the blood counts. I've never tasted anything like it. Gloriously sweet, thick and strong and full of life. I drink until the hunger subsides, until the body that I hold so close to me hangs lifelessly in my arms. Only then I see. Only then I recognize it, and the agony ... oh, the agony is more than I can bear. BITES Irina is about to become Queen of the Daemonic Court and Damon is on the run from his own nature ... where will their paths take them? Two short stories that will seduce you with romance, danger, sensuality ... and Vampire bites.