Lilith’s Dream: a Tale of the Vampire Life
“She cut into it and watched the blood come out in runnels, then spread in intricate rivers across the bright white china plate. She touched one of them, then brought the tips of her fingers to her lips. Memory.She threw herself back on the couch, touched her temples, massaged them, then pushed hard, feeling the flutter of her own veins. She pressed until it hurt, blocking some of the deeper pain, the torment as if a brutal leather garrote were being tightened around her neck.“You want something...?” His tone was carefully pleasant. He did not care what she wanted or didn’t. She was a job.“I’m fine,” she replied, wishing that she could keep the ugly snap out of her voice. Indifference would be less revealing. She was far from “fine,” but it was also none of his damned business. She lit a cigarette, took a long, miserable drag.“Should we do that?”“Tell me when I smoke,” she’d said, “remind me.” She wished to hell she hadn’t. “I’m stopping tomorrow. Remind me then.”“You’re stopping tomorrow.MoreLess
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