Straining against the ropes, Elissa flinches as the dagger slices into her skin. Nero smiles in satisfaction at his initial carved above her heart and bends forward to take a taste.

---------------------------------- This is part of the 31 Creepy Words Challenge - October 2016

Thanks to Amber (aramey ) for tagging me and also to rosaimee who has organised this challenge as a fun lead up to Halloween 👻 🎃

I would like to tag the following people, their work has made me shiver (sorry if already tagged - take it as a sign of awesomeness):

Dalleena - Soul Reaver- if you haven't already, enter the world of the Myers MayFreighter - Russian roulette - innocent Helena's twisted fate - now published Solipsist Breath under water - unconventional heroine battling vamps, rogue witches and herself Fairytale_Fabler - Winter's bite - think fairies are nice, well think again amberkbryant - Blood King - who could resist a Vampire with a soul? AmberLeeH13 - Under the skin - edgy take on werewolves mrjeanfiery - The Demon tracker - loved the first version, looking forward to the rewrite JessicaBFry - Blue Beard - takes you from laughter to eew in a chapter Vroomfondel42 - Carnival of feast - seriously chilling RKClose - Red Night - imagine a sadistic vamp on your tail...Now published