I wasn’t waiting around for her to deal me any cards.
I quickly made an excuse to my self-absorbed admirer and made my way across the ballroom to find the female vampire. I walked quietly down a dimly lit hallway trying to breath deeply, center myself and regulate my pulse. I reached down and pulled the dirk from my boot, hoping I wouldn’t have to use it and yet feeling a thrill go through me at the thought of wielding it. The dirk felt right in my hand and I once again marveled at the connectedness I felt with it.
I dropped my hand to my side hoping if I came upon a stray partygoer my skirts would hide it. I paused outside several doors to see if I could sense anything from within, I didn’t want to give away the element of surprise. I walked a bit quicker hoping I wouldn’t be too late to stop the vampire’s midnight snack. I heard a shuffling sound a few feet away around a bend in the hallway. I held my breath and tightened my grip on my dirk as I rounded the corner. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest in anticipation. A door leading outside stood slightly ajar. I swallowed my fear before it could choke me and made my feet move forward so I could gently push the door open.
The full moon shined down on a scene straight out of someone’s nightmares, maybe even my own. Like a cruel lover, the vampire had the man in a sadistic embrace, holding him tightly against the house’s brick wall, and her fangs dug into his neck. The blood pouring out of his wound contrasted starkly with the bright white of his shirt. The vampire made guttural sounds of pleasure deep in her throat as she took his blood and his life. The animalistic sounds snapped me out of my shock and I cried out in fury as I lunged for her.
Lesson number one: A vampire in the middle of dinner probably won’t appreciate being interrupted.
My anguished cry gave me away as I lunged and thrust my dirk toward her chest, my heart nearly stopped when I was swatted away like nothing more than a pesky fly. I scrambled off the ground only to be back handed back down again. I shook off the feeling of déjà vu and tried to tap into my newly acquired inner power, surely all those combat classes weren’t for nothing.
I sure as hell wasn’t going down without a fight, and if I could, I’d make the parasitic blood sucker paid for what she’d done. I felt a calm settle over me more intensely than I’d ever felt before as I slowly adjusted my grip on the sgian dubh. My whole body felt alive as an intense vibration hummed through my veins. I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and called on my powers just enough to be standing directly in front of the vampire before she could blink. The look on her face was priceless, her pupils completely dilated, and the red ring around her irises almost swallowed the color of her eyes whole.
I took advantage of her bewilderment and head butted her directly on the bridge of her nose, I felt a glow of satisfaction when I heard the crunching sound. By the look on the vampire’s face and the blood pouring from her nose I gathered she wasn’t in her happy place. She kicked me in the stomach with such force that it was nothing short of a miracle that I still had my spine intact as I went flying across the lawn.
“Who are you?” the vampire demanded. “What are you?” she amended in a hiss, her eyes narrowed dangerously at me as I slowly got to my feet and plastered a sneer on my face.
“Wouldn’t you like to know, leech,” I spat.
With the promise of murder in her eyes, the vampire bared her fangs and lunged just as I warped forward, with my dirk ready. I hurtled to the right at the last possible nanosecond and put all my forward momentum, strength, and Warper energy into a single swing of my dirk. I landed a few feet away and swung around just in time to see the vampire’s head land at her feet. The vampire’s body fell next to her head almost as an after thought. I
I quickly made an excuse to my self-absorbed admirer and made my way across the ballroom to find the female vampire. I walked quietly down a dimly lit hallway trying to breath deeply, center myself and regulate my pulse. I reached down and pulled the dirk from my boot, hoping I wouldn’t have to use it and yet feeling a thrill go through me at the thought of wielding it. The dirk felt right in my hand and I once again marveled at the connectedness I felt with it.
I dropped my hand to my side hoping if I came upon a stray partygoer my skirts would hide it. I paused outside several doors to see if I could sense anything from within, I didn’t want to give away the element of surprise. I walked a bit quicker hoping I wouldn’t be too late to stop the vampire’s midnight snack. I heard a shuffling sound a few feet away around a bend in the hallway. I held my breath and tightened my grip on my dirk as I rounded the corner. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest in anticipation. A door leading outside stood slightly ajar. I swallowed my fear before it could choke me and made my feet move forward so I could gently push the door open.
The full moon shined down on a scene straight out of someone’s nightmares, maybe even my own. Like a cruel lover, the vampire had the man in a sadistic embrace, holding him tightly against the house’s brick wall, and her fangs dug into his neck. The blood pouring out of his wound contrasted starkly with the bright white of his shirt. The vampire made guttural sounds of pleasure deep in her throat as she took his blood and his life. The animalistic sounds snapped me out of my shock and I cried out in fury as I lunged for her.
Lesson number one: A vampire in the middle of dinner probably won’t appreciate being interrupted.
My anguished cry gave me away as I lunged and thrust my dirk toward her chest, my heart nearly stopped when I was swatted away like nothing more than a pesky fly. I scrambled off the ground only to be back handed back down again. I shook off the feeling of déjà vu and tried to tap into my newly acquired inner power, surely all those combat classes weren’t for nothing.
I sure as hell wasn’t going down without a fight, and if I could, I’d make the parasitic blood sucker paid for what she’d done. I felt a calm settle over me more intensely than I’d ever felt before as I slowly adjusted my grip on the sgian dubh. My whole body felt alive as an intense vibration hummed through my veins. I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and called on my powers just enough to be standing directly in front of the vampire before she could blink. The look on her face was priceless, her pupils completely dilated, and the red ring around her irises almost swallowed the color of her eyes whole.
I took advantage of her bewilderment and head butted her directly on the bridge of her nose, I felt a glow of satisfaction when I heard the crunching sound. By the look on the vampire’s face and the blood pouring from her nose I gathered she wasn’t in her happy place. She kicked me in the stomach with such force that it was nothing short of a miracle that I still had my spine intact as I went flying across the lawn.
“Who are you?” the vampire demanded. “What are you?” she amended in a hiss, her eyes narrowed dangerously at me as I slowly got to my feet and plastered a sneer on my face.
“Wouldn’t you like to know, leech,” I spat.
With the promise of murder in her eyes, the vampire bared her fangs and lunged just as I warped forward, with my dirk ready. I hurtled to the right at the last possible nanosecond and put all my forward momentum, strength, and Warper energy into a single swing of my dirk. I landed a few feet away and swung around just in time to see the vampire’s head land at her feet. The vampire’s body fell next to her head almost as an after thought. I
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