my home,
“I like your home, Rent.”
“Thanks, hey are you hungry?” She shook her head as she held out her arm, I could see the blue liquid running through her veins. I cursed inwardly for what he had done.
“He said that I would get plenty of nourishment from this.”
“It will also make you ill. Let’s get some real food in you.” She nodded quickly as I parked the car and got out.
I found her sitting on the porch staring into the backyard. She was wrapped in a black cashmere blanket from the master bedroom. I stood beside her as she wiped her face. I kneeled beside her as she reached out and took my hand into her own. Her skin was like ice, I looked down and noticed she was barefoot. I pulled her into my arms as I carried her back into the house.
“What made you go out there? Its really cold…” I could feel the weather and was sometimes guilty of walking out in the wrong clothing at times. I feigned that the air had been cold outside. She stared into my face as she looked down at the plastic gold ring on her hand.
“I feel like I’m not mourning him. Do you think he was that awful of a person?” I shook my head as I reached down and took her hand. I brought her fingers to my mouth as I took her ringer finger and slide my tongue over it. I pulled at the ring and removed it from her hand. She watched me as I took it from my mouth and tossed it across the room.
“Why did you do that?” I shook my head as I covered her mouth with mine. I held her in my arms as I pushed her back onto the sofa. She pushed at me as she turned her head away from me.
“Don’t do that again!” Her face was flushed as she backed away from me. I shook my head as I said,
“Then stop feeling sorry for him. He’s gone, I’m here.”
“I don’t even know you,” she cried out as she got off the sofa and headed for the stairs. I stared down at the cashmere blanket on the sofa then looked up to her as she climbed the steps slowly. I grabbed the blanket and headed for her again. She raised her hand as I shook my head and picked her up. I carried her up to the bedroom where I lay her on the bed and covered her with the heavy duvet cover. As I moved away she shook her head and took my hand. She pulled me until I was sitting beside her. Her arms held onto my waist as I lay beside her. I stared down into her face as she fell asleep. What mystery lay within her?
I cheated. I couldn’t be close to her without knowing who she was. I had leaned over when she was deep in sleep and kissed her throat. She had turned away from me as my teeth grazed her skin. I ran my hands over her arms; she was still very cold. I gripped her wrists as I applied pressure. I opened my mouth and without a second thought bit down on her flesh. Her eyes had flown open as she let out a cry. I felt her body jerk underneath me as I held her down. I felt her legs kick beneath me as I drank now. Already I could taste her every thought and dream. I could see her as a child running along the water laughing, the shadows of her family in the distance but most of all I learned her name.
“Aerin! Come back from the water, I don’t want you to fall in!” The woman would me her mother. I could see her as a child smiling into the sun. Before me I watched as she grew into a young girl curious of the world around her. I pulled back just as the images of the night I found her flashed before me. I cursed, I had taken too much. I stared down into her face as she lay silently. Her mouth was moving now, she was saying a prayer. I turned her to face me as I whispered,
“Aerin, I have something I can give you.” She mouthed the words “gift” as I nodded slowly. Her eyes drifted off onto something in the room as I replied,
“I will make you strong again.” Already her skin was going gray before me, I knew there was little time to spare. I bit down on my own wrist as I brought it to her lips. She didn’t fight me as she drank the blood I gave her. Her eyes were
“I like your home, Rent.”
“Thanks, hey are you hungry?” She shook her head as she held out her arm, I could see the blue liquid running through her veins. I cursed inwardly for what he had done.
“He said that I would get plenty of nourishment from this.”
“It will also make you ill. Let’s get some real food in you.” She nodded quickly as I parked the car and got out.
I found her sitting on the porch staring into the backyard. She was wrapped in a black cashmere blanket from the master bedroom. I stood beside her as she wiped her face. I kneeled beside her as she reached out and took my hand into her own. Her skin was like ice, I looked down and noticed she was barefoot. I pulled her into my arms as I carried her back into the house.
“What made you go out there? Its really cold…” I could feel the weather and was sometimes guilty of walking out in the wrong clothing at times. I feigned that the air had been cold outside. She stared into my face as she looked down at the plastic gold ring on her hand.
“I feel like I’m not mourning him. Do you think he was that awful of a person?” I shook my head as I reached down and took her hand. I brought her fingers to my mouth as I took her ringer finger and slide my tongue over it. I pulled at the ring and removed it from her hand. She watched me as I took it from my mouth and tossed it across the room.
“Why did you do that?” I shook my head as I covered her mouth with mine. I held her in my arms as I pushed her back onto the sofa. She pushed at me as she turned her head away from me.
“Don’t do that again!” Her face was flushed as she backed away from me. I shook my head as I said,
“Then stop feeling sorry for him. He’s gone, I’m here.”
“I don’t even know you,” she cried out as she got off the sofa and headed for the stairs. I stared down at the cashmere blanket on the sofa then looked up to her as she climbed the steps slowly. I grabbed the blanket and headed for her again. She raised her hand as I shook my head and picked her up. I carried her up to the bedroom where I lay her on the bed and covered her with the heavy duvet cover. As I moved away she shook her head and took my hand. She pulled me until I was sitting beside her. Her arms held onto my waist as I lay beside her. I stared down into her face as she fell asleep. What mystery lay within her?
I cheated. I couldn’t be close to her without knowing who she was. I had leaned over when she was deep in sleep and kissed her throat. She had turned away from me as my teeth grazed her skin. I ran my hands over her arms; she was still very cold. I gripped her wrists as I applied pressure. I opened my mouth and without a second thought bit down on her flesh. Her eyes had flown open as she let out a cry. I felt her body jerk underneath me as I held her down. I felt her legs kick beneath me as I drank now. Already I could taste her every thought and dream. I could see her as a child running along the water laughing, the shadows of her family in the distance but most of all I learned her name.
“Aerin! Come back from the water, I don’t want you to fall in!” The woman would me her mother. I could see her as a child smiling into the sun. Before me I watched as she grew into a young girl curious of the world around her. I pulled back just as the images of the night I found her flashed before me. I cursed, I had taken too much. I stared down into her face as she lay silently. Her mouth was moving now, she was saying a prayer. I turned her to face me as I whispered,
“Aerin, I have something I can give you.” She mouthed the words “gift” as I nodded slowly. Her eyes drifted off onto something in the room as I replied,
“I will make you strong again.” Already her skin was going gray before me, I knew there was little time to spare. I bit down on my own wrist as I brought it to her lips. She didn’t fight me as she drank the blood I gave her. Her eyes were
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