Eternal (2009)
Eternal
“I’m tired, though. Servants of the undead keep a hellacious schedule. We sleep from sunrise to noon and then do our best to handle the daylight errands of our employers. It’s a lifestyle built on fear, ambition, caffeine, and five-star cuisine.
I’ve been making myself useful in mundane ways. The handyman is apparently AWOL (news I’m not eager to pass on), so I oversaw the complete reboot of Miranda’s office.
Now, midafternoon, I’m playing sous-chef in the castle’s industrial kitchen.
Okay, sous...-chef may be overstating it. I’m chopping spuds for Nora’s hamburger gravy — commonly referred to by old-school military as “SOS” — over potatoes and toast. It’s for the prisoners. Nora claims she gives them meat to keep their iron up.
They’re fed like livestock. We’re fed like treasured pets.
“Have you heard from Miranda tonight?” I ask.
She stayed in the wine cellar last night. And she’s usually out and about by now. She’s clearly freaking out over what Drac will think of her “performance”MoreLess
I’ve been making myself useful in mundane ways. The handyman is apparently AWOL (news I’m not eager to pass on), so I oversaw the complete reboot of Miranda’s office.
Now, midafternoon, I’m playing sous-chef in the castle’s industrial kitchen.
Okay, sous...-chef may be overstating it. I’m chopping spuds for Nora’s hamburger gravy — commonly referred to by old-school military as “SOS” — over potatoes and toast. It’s for the prisoners. Nora claims she gives them meat to keep their iron up.
They’re fed like livestock. We’re fed like treasured pets.
“Have you heard from Miranda tonight?” I ask.
She stayed in the wine cellar last night. And she’s usually out and about by now. She’s clearly freaking out over what Drac will think of her “performance”MoreLess
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