Paranormal Excerpt of the Day
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valarltdThis is from "Hunger for the Edge," collected in Into Dark Waters and available from The Literary Underworld
Adrien sniffed audibly. "You're bleeding."
"Am I?"
"You are, I can smell it. It's just a small cut. Are you all right?" Adrien sounded very worried. "Did you catch yourself on the car?"
"I'm fine. Do you like the smell?" Zach put his plan into action.
Adrien drew back a little, eyebrows furrowed over sightless eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm on to you." Diplomacy, to Zach, had always been a mealy mouthed way of avoiding the truth.
"I did intend to have you on me tonight, yes." Adrien tried to change the subject.
"I intend far more."
"Indeed?"
"I stayed awake all last night putting this together: empty condom, eternal boner, too good sense of smell. Mysterious feeding habits."
"You know the other senses overcompensate," Adrien said.
"Not to this extent," Zach countered.
"And surely not so mysterious. You've had lovers refuse to eat with you before, I'm sure. Special diets make other people uncomfortable."
"I know what you are," Zach persisted.
"Other than a blind creole who gives amazing head?" Adrien licked his lips hoping to move into safer topics.
"Vampire."
Adrien laughed. He laughed until the car rang with it, until he was clutching his sides, gasping for breath, the tears running from his eyes. "Have you the first idea how ridiculous that sounds? This is the twenty-first century."
Zach shrugged. "And there are stranger things out there."
"Vampires are the silly superstitions of medieval peasants to account for plagues and natural decay processes."
"It destroyed your sight, didn't it?"
"What? Are you still claiming I'm a vampire?" He hadn't stopped laughing and was clutching the hanging strap over the door to steady himself.
"And you're going to give it to me."
"There are no such things. Do you hang your windows with wolfsbane as well?" Adrien wrapped his arms around his ribs, aching from the laughter.
"I'm bored. I want it. And you can be honest with me."
"I thought dying was not part of your grand plan." Adrien flashed his fangs at Zach. "If you are bored living as a mortal, how much more bored will you be dying eternally?"
Adrien sniffed audibly. "You're bleeding."
"Am I?"
"You are, I can smell it. It's just a small cut. Are you all right?" Adrien sounded very worried. "Did you catch yourself on the car?"
"I'm fine. Do you like the smell?" Zach put his plan into action.
Adrien drew back a little, eyebrows furrowed over sightless eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm on to you." Diplomacy, to Zach, had always been a mealy mouthed way of avoiding the truth.
"I did intend to have you on me tonight, yes." Adrien tried to change the subject.
"I intend far more."
"Indeed?"
"I stayed awake all last night putting this together: empty condom, eternal boner, too good sense of smell. Mysterious feeding habits."
"You know the other senses overcompensate," Adrien said.
"Not to this extent," Zach countered.
"And surely not so mysterious. You've had lovers refuse to eat with you before, I'm sure. Special diets make other people uncomfortable."
"I know what you are," Zach persisted.
"Other than a blind creole who gives amazing head?" Adrien licked his lips hoping to move into safer topics.
"Vampire."
Adrien laughed. He laughed until the car rang with it, until he was clutching his sides, gasping for breath, the tears running from his eyes. "Have you the first idea how ridiculous that sounds? This is the twenty-first century."
Zach shrugged. "And there are stranger things out there."
"Vampires are the silly superstitions of medieval peasants to account for plagues and natural decay processes."
"It destroyed your sight, didn't it?"
"What? Are you still claiming I'm a vampire?" He hadn't stopped laughing and was clutching the hanging strap over the door to steady himself.
"And you're going to give it to me."
"There are no such things. Do you hang your windows with wolfsbane as well?" Adrien wrapped his arms around his ribs, aching from the laughter.
"I'm bored. I want it. And you can be honest with me."
"I thought dying was not part of your grand plan." Adrien flashed his fangs at Zach. "If you are bored living as a mortal, how much more bored will you be dying eternally?"
