Willow Faron was a girl with big dreams. She dreams of helping people and making sure they would come home to their parents after helping them at her clinic in Portland, Oregon. But the day after she opened her clinic/home, she found it robbed, and her robber was a vampire. 

Caught between two worlds and forced to serve the vampire as their only human doctor under a Blood Oath, Willow’s dreams have turned away with the setting sun. Only the vampire in question draws her further and further into the Underground, a fantastical world where myths and fairy tales come to life.

And what’s more, Willow doesn’t want to say no.

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Heaven help her. 

Willow didn’t know what came over her. She didn’t know why she did why she pressed her palm against Lilith, and ‘kissed’ her.

Was it the night's events making her frisky? Or was it simple desire?

Willow didn’t know, and she didn’t care. 

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Venipuncture is written by Damon Day, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.



Venipuncture

As it turns out, Mrs. Port wasn’t her only client for that day. After a short break, Willow received no ends from human customers, each one with a more curious condition than the last. Some had sprained limbs, such as a basketball player who twisted his ankle. Another had come down with a bad, but thankfully, common, case of acne.


And another had come in with a knife in his chest. Surprisingly, he was about as concerned about the knife as a bear was about a bee sting. 


Of course, it helped that the second he laid on eyes Lilith, he gave her a hearty smile. And then his arm fell off.


“Dave’s a zombie,” was all Lilith said on the subject, and Willow had to resist making any hand jokes as she reattached his arm.


Which brought up a good point. The moment any one of her new clients laid an eye on Lilith, they all became drawn to her. They all heeded to her words and she charmed them into following Willow’s instructions, making the latter’s job that much easier.


Chapter 11: Keeping up Appearances