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    Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance
    Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance
    Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance
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    Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance

    By Rebecca Abbott

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    When a wealthy family arrives in a tiny village in South Ungerland, Dallin Upchurch is smitten with their beautiful daughter, Esther. Her gentle face and fiery red hair fill him with a longing he's never felt before. But he is a lowly wheelwright, and well below her station in life. 

    But Esther returns his affections, and theirs is a love that transcends all of society's rules. They plan to run away together, but are thwarted when Dallin is forced into service against the threat of vampires. When he is bitten and left for dead, his only thought is to get to his home, and his sweet Esther. 

    But can her love heal his wounds? And will he be able to resist the bloodthirst raging inside him and protect his one true love from harm; even if it's from himself?

    *** Standalone short story, no cliffhangers. ***

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFinest Shapeshifter Romance Club
    Release dateNov 12, 2018
    ISBN9781386542681
    Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance

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      Vampire’s Mate - Paranormal Vampire Shifter Romance - Rebecca Abbott

      Vampire’s Mate

      Chapter 1

      The air smelled of fresh wood and smoke, the sounds of the bustling village providing a soft background noise to his thoughts as Dallin worked to form a sturdy wagon wheel to match the one he’d just finished.  Already calloused from years of work at the tender age of 19, Dallin’s hands moved skillfully over the nearly finished piece, smoothing bumps and knots to make it perfect. 

      In the six years that he’d been his father’s apprentice, Dallin’s work was already being praised by the locals.  Cannon Upchurch was a patient teacher, but he never let Dallin cut corners or sell shoddy work.  Cannon’s standards were high and as a result he made more than a typical woodworker.  The father and son drew customers from neighboring villages as well, keeping them busy year-round.

      They still struggled, living in a single, wood shack with the rest of the lower class members of South Ungerland.  But they had everything they needed, and there was always food on the table.  In a time when many people struggled to find their next meal, Dallin was happy to have the life he had. 

      He continued working, thoughts drifting off as he did.  The shop was open on three sides, with the back being solid wood boards held tightly together with thick twine woven between the boards.  Dallin rolled his eyes every time he thought about the back wall and its construction.  He wanted to use nails, but his father was a miser.  With nails being relatively new to the villages outside of the more populated cities, Dallin had been frustrated when his dad balked at the price. 

      Father, why not use nails when they’re less than a single pence for one hundred?

      I have lived since 1620 and never needed a nail.  I do not intend to start now.

      Just like that, the discussion was closed and Dallin was dismissed.  He tried to argue with his father that he could do so many things that were otherwise quite difficult to manage, but his father was set in his ways.

      But Father, with nails I can produce so much more.

      Speedy is not equal to quality.  If it can be done without nails, we haven’t need to be wasteful.  His father turned back to his work, signaling that the discussion was over.  I’ll not suffer another moment wasted on the topic.

      And just like that, Dallin was left to follow his father’s lead as always.

      Unlike his father, whose woodworking talent leaned toward carpentry and cabinet-making, Dallin was a talented wheelwright.  With the popularity of phaetons rising, the demand for his wheels was increasing steadily.  Since a phaeton had four wheels, he made twice as many per customer than he would for a chaise, which only had two wheels. 

      Dallin was distracted from his musing by the sound of footsteps passing by in front of their stand.He watched the ground in front of him, listening to the two women as they came closer.  Dallin didn’t have to see them to know that it was Esther and her mother coming around the corner.

      He kept his eyes down, waiting until they’d nearly passed by to

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