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This excerpt is from the sequel of One Bite Leads To Another. Eve, my heroine gets pregnant and people are after the baby. They want Eve and her baby dead. The question remains...who are these people who want Eve dead?

Copyright ©2013 Kelly Steel

“Here you are, Mrs. DSilva.” the midwife came in behind her. “May I introduce this new nurse, her name is May and she is from Suva.”

Eve looked beyond her and saw the attractive lady who had been eyeing Zachary, follow her in.

“Hello May.” Eve put out her hand.

But May didn’t shake her hand. Eve felt odd that the young girl chose not to shake her hand. Instead she sort of bowed with her eyes downcast. Eve suddenly had to swipe her clammy palms on her skirt. Why would a young girl make her nervous? She chided herself.

Pregnancy hormones again?

“Oh, do call me Eve.” She invited both the midwives.

She busied herself with dinner. May helped set the table and Mrs. Smith helped her cook.

“Leo would fly in a cook and a house keeper tomorrow.” She said to no one in particular.

“Why not today?” Mrs Smith asked.

“We were in a hurry and the other ladies required advance notice to leave their families.”

Eve had the uncanny feeling that though May seemed busy, she was listening to their conversation with far more interest than she showed. Her body was tense and her head was tilted to one side. Eve wondered nearer to her, but she moved away. Was she avoiding being near to Eve?

After dinner they all sat around talking. Everyone was in a relaxed frame of mind. Eve went on to the lawn in front of the house. She started walking, May followed her.

Stopping to let May catch up with her Eve knelt down to tie her shoes. May walked up and they started walking together.

“Are there really no other houses on this island?” May asked.

“No, it’s a private island. It belongs to us.”

“Oh, how lovely to have an entire island to yourself.”

May looked back to where the house could be seen in the distance.  She took out her mobile and looked at it.

“What’s that?” Eve asked.

“Oh, just looking at some coordinates from the map app.”

“Let me see.” Eve said.

May held her mobile toward her. Taking the phone from May’s hand, Eve felt a prickling of her senses. And her baby was kicking furiously.

“Oh, what is this?” Eve pointed.

“The coordinates of a hidden cave nestled in the hillside.”

All of a sudden, Eve felt a strong kick from inside. She nearly doubled over.

“What’s wrong?” May asked.

“The baby…”

May put her hands around her and helped her toward the caves. Eve realized something was amiss. How well did they really know this young girl? Her eyes were glittering in the dark. Had they made a mistake? Could this girl be dangerous? Eve shook her head, but now she felt positive that something was quite wrong here. She looked back toward the house. They had wandered a fair way away from the glittering lights. Even if she shouted, no one would hear her. Hairs on the back of Eve’s neck stood straight up on end  and goose bumps covered her arms. Eve clenched her hands to try to control the trembling of her body.

 

Then all of a sudden May wrapped her strong arms around Eve’s throat and pulled her in the darker area inside the cave.

“What…what are you doing?” Eve croaked out. She barely managed to stand on her feet. As she looked directly in May’s eyes, her knees became wobbly and her head began to hurt. Instead of the eyes she had expected to see, Eve saw something she was forced to classify as pure evil. Watery images blurred her vision as the face of an ugly, wrinkled middle-aged woman with acne-scarred skin and sharp fang teeth took the place of the minutes before charming and beautiful girl.

“What do you think?” May’s voice snarled.

“But why? Who are you?” Eve managed in a hoarse voice.

“You all thought yourselves so clever.” May’s voice grated out. “But here I am! And I’m going to feed from your unborn baby so I can be the first and get all his powers,” she continued. “For he will be a very powerful baby. The most powerful ever born!”

 

Eve shuddered and her hands went protectively around her tummy. How did May manage to get here? Why did Zachary or Leo didn’t pick on the fact that she was not who she said she was? Questions tumbled through her mind. She drew in a slow, deep breath. Sharp blades of pain clawed through her head, inducing dizziness to weave a path of destruction through her body. She had to fight this dizziness. She can’t let it in. Letting go would mean she would not be able to save her baby. She realized that Leo would probably think that she would be safe with May as her chaperone on this deserted island.

Eve shivered as she saw May’s eyes glittered with a demonic glint and her fangs descended. Her heartbeat pounded against her ribcage. Peering through the darkness inside the cave, she could see the moonlight shed a pale glow on the beach. Would anyone find her in time?

 Word Count 850

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