Hello everyone! I’m here as Holly Day today 👋 A few days ago Vampire’s Delight was released, and I thought I’d share a little about it. Have you read The Blood Witch? No? Well, let’s wait here until you do then! 😆 

Nah, but I really think you should read The Blood Witch before you read this one. When I started Holly back in 2021, I thought I’d write standalone novellas and short stories for crazy days, and that would be it. It was meant to be a fun side project alongside to Ofelia. 

This goes to show things don’t always go as you plan. Holly has taken over, and Ofelia is the side project these days. The stories have grown longer, and… I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I have now broken the first rule I set for myself – no series! 

Vampire’s Delight is the sequel to The Blood Witch, and while it’s about a new couple, Urien and Duncan, I believe you’d enjoy it a lot more if you’ve read Nick and Conri’s story first. Most of the characters are recurring, as are the places, so if you want to experience Norbridge from the beginning, start with The Blood Witch. 

The day we’re celebrating is Coffee with a Cop Day, so prepare for coffee and cops! 😆 

Vampire’s Delight

Vampires, blood witches, and murders! 

All Duncan Caddock wants is to make people believe he’s human, and for the most part, he succeeds. He’s working as a detective and is solving human crimes. But he’s not a human; he’s a blood witch. The life of a blood witch isn’t pleasant, though, and he refuses to live like one. It all works out great until he outs himself by using his powers on a vampire. 

Urien Sayer wants to hide in his house, but as second in command in the kingdom of supernaturals, he has to be seen. Then one night, he accidentally tries to take a bite out of the town’s new detective, only to realize the detective isn’t as human as he pretends to be. 

Blood witches are valuable, and Urien wants to keep Duncan in the kingdom and preferably in his bed. Duncan isn’t sure staying in Norbridge is a good idea, but when people are starting to get murdered, he gets dragged further into the world of the supernaturals than he’d ever planned on. And if he’s gonna solve murders on the supernatural side of society, who better to have by his side than the top vampire?  

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Excerpt:

Urien only hesitated for a second. The look on Caddock’s face… He was up to something or hiding something. Could he have killed the panther? Was he one of Callidora’s? Where had he come from? Maybe she’d hired him. Moved him into Norbridge to sabotage them.

It didn’t make sense, and Urien was too tired to think straight, but he followed Caddock anyway. He was barefoot and wore nothing but a T-shirt and worn jeans. The cold was biting, but he refused to let his teeth chatter. He moved in a bubble, the world something that happened outside of him. He flinched every time the light of a streetlamp touched his eyes. He needed to sleep, but he had to make sure Caddock wasn’t a spy.

When Caddock crossed the street, jogging to avoid being in the way of the cars, Urien hung back.

Caddock opened the door and went up the stairs of an apartment building. Urien could see him between the floors through the window facing the street. He hurried up first one stair, then another. When he didn’t appear when he should have for the third, Urien ran. He moved so fast people would have a hard time tracking him.

He yanked open the door, ran up the stairs, and reached Caddock’s floor right as his door shut. Fuck. Taking a deep breath, he walked up to the door and leaned against the wall next to it. He could hear steps moving around in there.

Had he locked the door? Urien wasn’t sure he’d locked the door. Maybe he could walk in there and demand Caddock tell him what the fuck he was up to.

He hadn’t more than finished the thought when the door opened again. Urien moved fast, grabbed Caddock’s throat, and slammed him against the wall. The shock was quickly replaced by fear. The hands slamming into his chest sent a shock wave through him, but then Caddock stilled, and there was only the heat of the touch. Urien had most likely imagined it. His wrists burned at the effort. Maybe his brain short-circuited and misinterpreted where the pain was.

“Urien?”

Urien looked into his eyes. What the hell should he say? He could make him forget, forget he’d been there, forget he’d touched him. As he focused his mind on Caddock, there were steps on the stairs. Moving fast.

Caddock forced his arms up between Urien’s, shoved them off him, stepped around him, and pressed him against the wall. Urien could have pushed him off, but he was too stunned to move.

Then Caddock was pressing against his back at the same time as a muted shot rang out. It sounded wrong, but it was a shot.

“Fuck.” The curse caressed Urien’s ear. Caddock covered him, almost a head taller than Urien and much broader.

He reached for the door handle. “Get in.” The nudge at his hip got Urien moving. Caddock was a constant shadow behind him, his hand never leaving Urien. Then he shut the door and pushed Urien away from it. “Stand by the wall.”

He crouched by a power outlet, fiddled with the leather strip around his neck, and a memory rose in Urien’s mind. He’d done the same when he’d found Urien cuffed to the chair. He got a key out, and Urien frowned as he unlocked the wall outlet and pulled out a gun.

Maybe he was dreaming. People didn’t have guns in their outlets, did they?

“Are they shooting at you or me?” Caddock pressed his back against the wall next to the door.

“I don’t know.”

“Human or not?”

When Urien didn’t answer, Caddock turned a questioning look his way.

“Didn’t see.” He hadn’t looked. What the hell was wrong with him?

“The speed was human, wasn’t it? Or maybe a little faster. They moved pretty quick.”

Urien had been too focused on Caddock to pay attention. “I think so.”

“Or they want us to believe they’re human.” He leaned forward and peered through the peephole. “I can’t see anyone.” Tension bled out of Caddock.

Urien watched him, not comprehending what was happening. After several long seconds, Caddock turned to him. “Are you okay?”

He nodded, not sure what else to reply, but when Caddock frowned, he suspected he’d given the wrong answer.

About Holly Day 

According to Holly Day, no day should go by uncelebrated and all of them deserve a story. If she’ll have the time to write them remains to be seen. She lives in rural Sweden with a husband, four children, more pets than most, and wouldn’t last a day without coffee.  

Holly gets up at the crack of dawn most days of the week to write gay romance stories. She believes in equality in fiction and in real life. Diversity matters. Representation matters. Visibility matters. We can change the world one story at the time.  

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