Layla is on a college trip to Rome when she bumps into a dominating force. His name is Atreus and Layla is immediately drawn to his dangerous smile and intoxicating gaze. 
 
Little does Layla know that Atreus carries a dark secret. He is drawn to her for one reason: her blood and hers alone. His only goal is to free himself from his curse and Layla needs to be his willing sacrifice. 
 
Through this story of thirst and desire, Layla is pushed to her limit and challenged on how far she would go to satiate the man that she is falling for.

Is she willing to die to break the blood curse?

***
 
He brought that beautiful mouth to her lips, but only teased her with a whisper of a kiss. He then ducked his head to the juncture of her neck. She gasped as the sharpness of his teeth grazed her throat. 
 
"I finally found you," he whispered in a hungry growl, before capturing her neck in his mouth.


The Blood Curse is created by Tiffany Nyx, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Blood Curse

Layla opened her eyes the next morning and shot up from her pillow with a gasp. She scanned the room. Thankfully there were no uninvited guests sulking in the corners. 


The morning sun shone brightly through her window and had effectively scared off the shadows of the night. She looked at the clock and realized that she had slept in until ten. Her first class was in thirty minutes and at that moment, Layla knew that she wasn’t going to make it on time. 


With a groan, Layla crawled to the foot of the bed and reached down to grab her cell phone out of her pants pocket from the night before. Phone in hand, Layla crawled back under the covers and unlocked her phone. 


Of course, there was a text from Mia, wondering how her night with Ryan had gone. To her disappointment, there was no text from Ryan, which gave Layla a pang of guilt. 


Layla: I need an emergency latte :P I’m going to take the day off. 


Chapter 9: Aftershock