Liam starred at her face. He knew it was rude but she was asleep, so he didn’t really care at all. Besides, it was nearly 10 centuries ago his mother taught him about how to behave; most important how not to. He wondered if angels like her had the same needs as humans, such as sleep or food. Maybe she was just pretending to be dreaming and was looking right back at him through her long, beautiful, black lashes? There was only one way to find out, he thought to himself and reached out his small hand.
The first night they had met on playground, he had promised her that he would not touch her without her permission. He really wanted to keep that promise, but she had let him touch her all night, so what was the different now? Hopefully, the contract with the “Yes Liam, you may” in it hadn’t expired just yet.
Firstly, he waved gently his hand right in front of her pale face. No reaction. How far could he go? He waved a little harder, letting a gentle wind stroke against her hair and put his face next to hers. She was asleep and the feeling of pride rose up inside him. She dared to sleep in his company. She dared to close her eyes with him lying right next to her.
“You must not be afraid,” he had commanded her that night they met.
- “I’m not afraid and that’s what scares me.”
Liam knew why she wasn’t afraid. A few minutes before he had spoken those words she had drank his blood. Not much, but enough to heal the swollen part of her cheek and to make him, seem a bit more attractive to her. A sneaky trick he used with the ones he wanted; the precious ones. The ones who laughed when he told jokes, jokes he had practiced for a long time just to give response to all the things that didn’t really mattered to him, but was important to humans and the assimilated creatures. The very few, who wanted to assimilate. Most vamps didn’t dare to assimilate, it was way too dangerous.
Anthony, his maker, never liked the vampires, who wanted to live among humans.
“They do not deserve to call themselves pure blooded” he always said. Anthony lived in Logement, which was really bizarre since it was where all the poor people lived. Old vampires like him were always seen living in big mansions with at least three Corvettes parked on the drive and with a bunch peacocks scattered around the ground. But he preferred to live in an odd house with paintings all over it. This was the only thing he did for ‘living’, barely anything else such as hunting or sex, which was what most vampires spent their nights doing – in their fancy mansions or penthouses, not in a lousy rat nest.
He was a good teacher for Liam, no doubt about that. Taught him about everything Liam would need to know about everything; about how to communicate properly, how to hunt, how to control people and break into their minds and how to realize, that he was on top of the food chain, master of the world’s ecosystem. He even taught him seven out of the sixteen languages he knew, which became very useful during the First and Second World War. He had been living in southern Germany for several years until his Jewish look had him forced out, banished from the new world. He never liked the idea of a new world anyways. And defiantly not the new one after the vamps burst out of their graves in the late 70’ies, after then, both good and bad stories had been told. If ever one vampire lost his temper and slaughtered a human with his divine strength, they started to think of all vampires as insane murders though it never had crossed their reptile-brains and blindfolded eyes that through thousands of years they had slaughtered each other in meaningless wars leading to victory for a few men and endless sorrow and misery to the rest of the world, the new world.
He looked at Ophelia and she looked right back at him.
“Blimey!” he gasped and sat straight up.
- “What’s time?” She looked at him with a sleepy face and followed his example. Liam never cared about time since he had plenty of it. He rarely slept in his coffin during the day because of the solar proof bedroom he had, unfortunately it was only this one room and not the entire house.
“Seven past twelve,” he said and grabbed a bit of duvet to cover his naked lower parts.
-“Night-time?”
“Day-time.”
- “Shouldn’t you be staying in a creepy tomb by now then?”
“This...“ He looked around. “- is my coffin. No sunlight can get through here but it will still weaken me a bit, which is why my ears also bleed.”
-“Your ears are bleeding?”
To answer her question he turned his head a bit so that she could see the red stream of blood that floated from his ears. It was another strange vampire-thing that he could not explain. It was just how it was. To explain such things about humans, you may think that you just had to understand the mechanics behind these happenings but that didn’t make it any less than a miracle, which was just another word for magic. Vampires’ magic was just a little different from theirs.
“Would you mind me tasting?” Her question made Liam smile. It was very polite of her to ask like that. Most people wouldn’t even have done that; they would just have strangled him up with silver-chains and drained him for blood. It was like a drug to those people. The older the blood was the better, which is why Liam had to be extra careful with the toys he brought to his house at night. The precious blood could heal everything from small wounds to broken bones, all depending on the amount and age; no vampires would be left on earth if hospitals knew that. The drinkers’ senses would also get much sharper and the muscles stronger.
“Now now, let’s not be greedy,” he said, idly tracing Ophelia’s bare flank with a feather. Oh, and the best part – if the drinker were in perfect shape, it would make gradual increase of lust for having sex. “Besides, you’ll get all messed up and... I’m tired.” Tired? When his own words crumbled their way into his ear canal he realised how silly it must have sounded. Something about what he had said made her blush.
-“For how long can you..?” She wiggled her hair with a finger.
“Six hours.” Live with it, his words whispered.
-“You have timed it?!”
“All men do!” he claimed and got a bit disappointed about her poor reaction. He would have sworn that he had heard at least two ribs break in her try of holding back a massive, Russian laugh. His hands slowly stroke the length of her arms, which he, because of her amazingly smooth skin, could continue stroking hypnotizing all day and all night. It was like pale eel skin. Slowly, tenderly and expressive, a touch only she deserved. She deserved only the best of what he could give.
Firstly, he waved gently his hand right in front of her pale face. No reaction. How far could he go? He waved a little harder, letting a gentle wind stroke against her hair and put his face next to hers. She was asleep and the feeling of pride rose up inside him. She dared to sleep in his company. She dared to close her eyes with him lying right next to her.
“You must not be afraid,” he had commanded her that night they met.
- “I’m not afraid and that’s what scares me.”
Liam knew why she wasn’t afraid. A few minutes before he had spoken those words she had drank his blood. Not much, but enough to heal the swollen part of her cheek and to make him, seem a bit more attractive to her. A sneaky trick he used with the ones he wanted; the precious ones. The ones who laughed when he told jokes, jokes he had practiced for a long time just to give response to all the things that didn’t really mattered to him, but was important to humans and the assimilated creatures. The very few, who wanted to assimilate. Most vamps didn’t dare to assimilate, it was way too dangerous.
Anthony, his maker, never liked the vampires, who wanted to live among humans.
“They do not deserve to call themselves pure blooded” he always said. Anthony lived in Logement, which was really bizarre since it was where all the poor people lived. Old vampires like him were always seen living in big mansions with at least three Corvettes parked on the drive and with a bunch peacocks scattered around the ground. But he preferred to live in an odd house with paintings all over it. This was the only thing he did for ‘living’, barely anything else such as hunting or sex, which was what most vampires spent their nights doing – in their fancy mansions or penthouses, not in a lousy rat nest.
He was a good teacher for Liam, no doubt about that. Taught him about everything Liam would need to know about everything; about how to communicate properly, how to hunt, how to control people and break into their minds and how to realize, that he was on top of the food chain, master of the world’s ecosystem. He even taught him seven out of the sixteen languages he knew, which became very useful during the First and Second World War. He had been living in southern Germany for several years until his Jewish look had him forced out, banished from the new world. He never liked the idea of a new world anyways. And defiantly not the new one after the vamps burst out of their graves in the late 70’ies, after then, both good and bad stories had been told. If ever one vampire lost his temper and slaughtered a human with his divine strength, they started to think of all vampires as insane murders though it never had crossed their reptile-brains and blindfolded eyes that through thousands of years they had slaughtered each other in meaningless wars leading to victory for a few men and endless sorrow and misery to the rest of the world, the new world.
He looked at Ophelia and she looked right back at him.
“Blimey!” he gasped and sat straight up.
- “What’s time?” She looked at him with a sleepy face and followed his example. Liam never cared about time since he had plenty of it. He rarely slept in his coffin during the day because of the solar proof bedroom he had, unfortunately it was only this one room and not the entire house.
“Seven past twelve,” he said and grabbed a bit of duvet to cover his naked lower parts.
-“Night-time?”
“Day-time.”
- “Shouldn’t you be staying in a creepy tomb by now then?”
“This...“ He looked around. “- is my coffin. No sunlight can get through here but it will still weaken me a bit, which is why my ears also bleed.”
-“Your ears are bleeding?”
To answer her question he turned his head a bit so that she could see the red stream of blood that floated from his ears. It was another strange vampire-thing that he could not explain. It was just how it was. To explain such things about humans, you may think that you just had to understand the mechanics behind these happenings but that didn’t make it any less than a miracle, which was just another word for magic. Vampires’ magic was just a little different from theirs.
“Would you mind me tasting?” Her question made Liam smile. It was very polite of her to ask like that. Most people wouldn’t even have done that; they would just have strangled him up with silver-chains and drained him for blood. It was like a drug to those people. The older the blood was the better, which is why Liam had to be extra careful with the toys he brought to his house at night. The precious blood could heal everything from small wounds to broken bones, all depending on the amount and age; no vampires would be left on earth if hospitals knew that. The drinkers’ senses would also get much sharper and the muscles stronger.
“Now now, let’s not be greedy,” he said, idly tracing Ophelia’s bare flank with a feather. Oh, and the best part – if the drinker were in perfect shape, it would make gradual increase of lust for having sex. “Besides, you’ll get all messed up and... I’m tired.” Tired? When his own words crumbled their way into his ear canal he realised how silly it must have sounded. Something about what he had said made her blush.
-“For how long can you..?” She wiggled her hair with a finger.
“Six hours.” Live with it, his words whispered.
-“You have timed it?!”
“All men do!” he claimed and got a bit disappointed about her poor reaction. He would have sworn that he had heard at least two ribs break in her try of holding back a massive, Russian laugh. His hands slowly stroke the length of her arms, which he, because of her amazingly smooth skin, could continue stroking hypnotizing all day and all night. It was like pale eel skin. Slowly, tenderly and expressive, a touch only she deserved. She deserved only the best of what he could give.