Dark Craving: a Watchers Novella
“The vampire Hugo De Rosas Alcántara stared at me over steepled fingers. His face was unmarred by age, features smoothed by that utter stillness borne of immortality. To him, I was merely a man. Worse, a young man. And he was trying to make me squirm.
He leaned closer, peering at me. Leather the color of ox’s blood creaked beneath him. The office decor, like his posturing, meant to menace. Alcántara was ancient, but more than that, he was a ruler. A creature of power among the most powerful.
“Is... this impatience I read on your face?” he asked finally.
Just let me get on with it, I thought. I despised my job and wanted it done. It was a godforsaken place, this Eyja næturinnar. This Isle of Night. Nothing but gray cliffs, bleak skies, hostile seas. And vampires.
“You young humans.” His lips pursed with contempt. “Always so anxious, racing to your own deaths.”
Young, he called me. An irony seeing as Alcántara looked no older than my nineteen years. To him, I was weak. A bit of mortal ephemera.MoreLess
He leaned closer, peering at me. Leather the color of ox’s blood creaked beneath him. The office decor, like his posturing, meant to menace. Alcántara was ancient, but more than that, he was a ruler. A creature of power among the most powerful.
“Is... this impatience I read on your face?” he asked finally.
Just let me get on with it, I thought. I despised my job and wanted it done. It was a godforsaken place, this Eyja næturinnar. This Isle of Night. Nothing but gray cliffs, bleak skies, hostile seas. And vampires.
“You young humans.” His lips pursed with contempt. “Always so anxious, racing to your own deaths.”
Young, he called me. An irony seeing as Alcántara looked no older than my nineteen years. To him, I was weak. A bit of mortal ephemera.MoreLess
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