husband’s side. After a while her fear subsided, she was the only family member who made sure that the incense mixture burned day and night, and as Mrs. Dalia Jackson, she became the most gracious and useful advisor to her supernatural clientele.
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It wasn’t that she hadn’t picked up the aroma of the dove’s blood and Heather incense concoction. She had without a doubt, but the scent of the young human girl had been far more appealing to her vampire nature. However, once through the portal Lia intended to follow her nose, and investigate where the strange, but beckoning smell was coming from. She took a left turn and quickly came to the little antique shop. Lia peered through the glass window and felt a little odd, because she knew that even as a vampire she could enter without invitation. So she opened the door and went in, and saw Abe and Dalia Jackson standing shoulder to shoulder behind a wooden counter. The couple look older than her own Mother and Father. She knew instantly that they were younger, they were obviously human. They were both in their early forties and were wearing strange clothes like Elena had been. Their clothes were different from hers in colour, style and texture, more for people of their years, less frivolous. They both wore pants in a different fabric than the ones she had hidden under her floorboards. They were also wearing thick woollen tops. The reason for this was that the shop was freezing cold, they always refrained from heating it, to accommodate their customers. Dalia said it was important to make them feel welcome.
“Hello dear, can we help you?”
The woman had a kind maternal voice. She appeared confident and knowing.
“Is it alright if I take a look around?”
“Yes of course it is my dear, you go right ahead.”
Dalia could see that this beautiful young girl was a vampire. She had been in the business for over twenty years now, the girl had that look about her. Dalia sharp senses could tell that Lia had breeding. The way she carried herself could only result from being the offspring of aristocracy. Both she and her husband knew that they would not get any trouble from their new customer. They also noted that by the look of her, she would bring them some wonderful rare pieces from her time. It was going to be financially rewarding for all concerned. Lia walked slowly around the small and cluttered antique shop. There were paintings, vases, furniture and jewellery from different eras. At the back of the shop there was a full length mirror, very similar to the ones that her parents kept locked in the attic at home. Vampires had no need at all for such things, because they couldn’t see their own reflection. Nonetheless, Lia walked over to it to take a closer look, because she found its golden guilt-edged frame really quite elegant. She was completely taken aback however, when she saw her beautiful face for the first time in her life. The full length antique mirror, priced at ten thousand dollars, revealed to the young vampire the image that her parents and sister saw, what the proprietors of this shop saw, and what all her victims saw, just before she ended their days. Lia had assumed that she looked very similar to Kathrin, also very beautiful, but with darker hair. They were really quite different to look at after all. Lia emerald green eyes were a different shape to Kathrin hazel ones, and Lia had been blessed with her Mother’s high cheekbones. Daddy had often said that Kathrin resembled his Mother when she was young. As she continued to gaze at herself she wondered why she could see herself in this particular mirror. What was so special about it? She could not see even a hint of her reflection in the mirrors at home. Lia’s eyes travel downwards to the swell of her full breasts and she saw Elena’s handkerchief stuffed between them. It suddenly dawned
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It wasn’t that she hadn’t picked up the aroma of the dove’s blood and Heather incense concoction. She had without a doubt, but the scent of the young human girl had been far more appealing to her vampire nature. However, once through the portal Lia intended to follow her nose, and investigate where the strange, but beckoning smell was coming from. She took a left turn and quickly came to the little antique shop. Lia peered through the glass window and felt a little odd, because she knew that even as a vampire she could enter without invitation. So she opened the door and went in, and saw Abe and Dalia Jackson standing shoulder to shoulder behind a wooden counter. The couple look older than her own Mother and Father. She knew instantly that they were younger, they were obviously human. They were both in their early forties and were wearing strange clothes like Elena had been. Their clothes were different from hers in colour, style and texture, more for people of their years, less frivolous. They both wore pants in a different fabric than the ones she had hidden under her floorboards. They were also wearing thick woollen tops. The reason for this was that the shop was freezing cold, they always refrained from heating it, to accommodate their customers. Dalia said it was important to make them feel welcome.
“Hello dear, can we help you?”
The woman had a kind maternal voice. She appeared confident and knowing.
“Is it alright if I take a look around?”
“Yes of course it is my dear, you go right ahead.”
Dalia could see that this beautiful young girl was a vampire. She had been in the business for over twenty years now, the girl had that look about her. Dalia sharp senses could tell that Lia had breeding. The way she carried herself could only result from being the offspring of aristocracy. Both she and her husband knew that they would not get any trouble from their new customer. They also noted that by the look of her, she would bring them some wonderful rare pieces from her time. It was going to be financially rewarding for all concerned. Lia walked slowly around the small and cluttered antique shop. There were paintings, vases, furniture and jewellery from different eras. At the back of the shop there was a full length mirror, very similar to the ones that her parents kept locked in the attic at home. Vampires had no need at all for such things, because they couldn’t see their own reflection. Nonetheless, Lia walked over to it to take a closer look, because she found its golden guilt-edged frame really quite elegant. She was completely taken aback however, when she saw her beautiful face for the first time in her life. The full length antique mirror, priced at ten thousand dollars, revealed to the young vampire the image that her parents and sister saw, what the proprietors of this shop saw, and what all her victims saw, just before she ended their days. Lia had assumed that she looked very similar to Kathrin, also very beautiful, but with darker hair. They were really quite different to look at after all. Lia emerald green eyes were a different shape to Kathrin hazel ones, and Lia had been blessed with her Mother’s high cheekbones. Daddy had often said that Kathrin resembled his Mother when she was young. As she continued to gaze at herself she wondered why she could see herself in this particular mirror. What was so special about it? She could not see even a hint of her reflection in the mirrors at home. Lia’s eyes travel downwards to the swell of her full breasts and she saw Elena’s handkerchief stuffed between them. It suddenly dawned
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