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

Willow rubbed her eyes as Lilith pulled her lab coat off her face. “What was that all about?” Lilith asked.


Willow snorted. “Him visiting, my last name, or just in general?”


“All of the above,” Lilith replied, and with surprising speed, started to fold the lab coat in her hands, keeping it clean of creases as she let it rest on her crossed arms.


“Hmfph,” Willow grunted, and leaned back in her chair. 


Her life had certainly taken a turn for the interesting, but whether or not it was for the better remained to be seen. Still, there was one positive thing Willow noted that had emerged from today.


She had set and booked appointments, kept patients from freaking out, and made sure that the more fantastical ones didn’t cause too much trouble.


Without her, Willow would have likely lost a few hairs. Plus, it was a sobering thought that fantastical or not, mundane or not, Willow quietly noted that without help, she would likely be overworked in a matter of days.


Chapter 12: And Settling Anger