Cool Miami Nights
A/N: I've been a vampire fan since I was a little girl, watching Dark Shadows…the original, so, yeah; I'm dating myself a bit. I'm not using any one vampire to create "my" Horatio. He's a bit of Bill Compton, from HBO's True Blood (I love those books!) a bit of Edward Cullen, and a bit of Barnabus Collins, from Dark Shadows. I'm also getting a lot of my information from the New Orleans Vampire Association. Since they aren't real, I was told that creative license would not be punishable by a stake to the heart or a silver bullet.
Can there be vampires in Miami? Calleigh used to think they were just tales she heard in Louisiana, but now there are two handsome vampires living in Miami, one in her very own crime lab.
Prologue
It was winter in Miami, and a sinister presence moved slowly though the streets, taking in the new environment. Even with the cooler than usual temperatures, it still felt warm to the two men stalking the street in search of their prey. South Beach would be perfect, lots of beautiful women leaving the clubs looking for a man to take them home. They had followed the same type of searching for victims when they lived in New York, so it wouldn't be hard to find two willing women to spend some time with. It didn't take long. They had waited until the cab line had gone and approached the club where two women were waiting for a ride.
"Do you need a ride home?" The younger of the two smiled at them, hoping to put them at ease.
The women looked at each other, and then back at the men. "Are you sure you don't mind? We live over on the other side of town."
"Actually, we're heading that direction; it's no problem at all." The handsome older man stepped out of the shadow, keeping his head low.
The women whispered to each other, deciding that both men were kind of cute and they might get lucky. The men exchanged quick glances. They were thinking the same thing, but a different kind of lucky. "Ok, sure, if you're sure it's not out of your way."
"No problem at all, ladies, our car is right across the street." He pointed to a black SUV with tinted windows. After they walked them across the street, the younger man got behind the wheel and the older man helped one of the women into the front seat, and then held the back door open for the other woman.
"I was hoping you'd sit with me." She looked into his deep blue eyes as he gently stroked her cheek.
"I was hoping you'd want to sit back her with me." He glanced into the rear view mirror at his brother, who moved the mirror out of view of the back seat. "It will give us a chance to get to know each other." His eyes remained on hers while he gently moved his hands along her face and neck. He moved in and gently kissed her, and was relieved when she responded. She was ready, and he was past ready. He began to move his mouth over her neck, listening to her gentle moans of pleasure, the slowly and gently sank his teeth into her neck. As he began to draw her blood from the open wound, she moved her head to one side to give him better access. To anyone looking on, it would simply look like foreplay, but the driver knew that this was the main course, and he was ready for his taste.
"They sound like they're havin' fun back there." He glanced over at his passenger, who moved closer to him.
"I know a good spot to pull over…turn left at the next corner." The driver did as was requested. This was just too easy. He'd been worried that moving to a new town was going to create problems finding suitable willing subjects. He stopped the SUV at the end of a dark alley and turned off the engine. He immediately pulled his passenger to him and began to kiss her deeply. When he pulled back, he looked into her eyes and began preparing her for what was to come.
"You are so beautiful." He stroked her face and neck, his eyes never leaving hers until he was sure she was ready. He saw her eyes glaze over and then close as she leaned back into him. His hunger was so great he didn't take the time to be gentle. He sank his teeth roughly into her and began to feed hungrily.
His brother looked up and saw the way his brother was taking the girl. "Easy, Brother, we can always get another one, leave her enough to live on." His hunger sated for the time being, he gently licked her wound closed. "Ray, it's time to go, this one will be coming around soon, let's get them home."
"Check her purse and get an address." Ray checked the front passenger's address. They were roommates, which made in very convenient. They got the girls home, undressed them and put them into bed before they regained consciousness. "Do we have time to…?"
"Raymond, that's not how we work, you know that, and you've found a girlfriend already."
"That reminds me, when are you going to find one?" He locked the front door and headed out to the SUV.
"I've found one; she just doesn't know it yet. I saw her when I was coming in the other night, she was just leaving."
"You're taking a CSI? I'd pay good money to see that. Let's see, there's a quiet mousy one, one that'll kick your ass, and one that'll shoot you, so which one are you going for?
"Calleigh Duquesne, and trust me Ray, she will NOT shoot me." He smiled and ran his hand through his red hair. "Calleigh Duquesne will be mine very soon."