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Paul

The locked door swings inward to reveal the redheaded teuiles at the same time She is notht on the twin sized bed, I focusher neck What is it and why is it blocking the slow pulse I sense beneath her skin?

"Paul! Snap out of it or I&039; to slap you"

The voice holds a note of cole to make it do as I wish-to leap upon the curvy one and drink to my heart&039;s content

Smack!

My head whips to the side and the force of the blow carries me to the wall at the head of the ainst the side of reen eyes The hunger recedes and h e The ie before me re-forms and I&039;m faced with ht o

"Vivian? What happened?"

She releaseswrong You&039;re safe here in the bases under you, so to speak"

Fear clutchesback "My family? Are they okay?"

The bed dips as Vivian takes a seat next to me "Shush-they&039;re fine, Paul You haven&039;t been home since before your shift in the kitchen yesterday" Her hand runs up and down ly "You&039;re okay and so are they"

"How er will I be like this, Vivian? When will I be able to sleep at hoain?"

"I can&039;t answer that But, I can tell you you&039;re doing great"

"Really?" I bet she&039;s lying just to make me feel better

"Let&039;s look at this another way-have you killed anyone yet?"

A girly gasp escapes my lips before I can stop it "No!"

"Have you drained anyone to near death? Or beaten anyone in an uncontrollable rage?"

I see where she&039;s going with this and I feel kind of sheepish ater overtaken you so completely that you bit someone, unable to stop yourself?"

I hesitate for aabout it doesn&039;t count,my voice is not forced, "Really?"

She throws her head back in a delicate, but soh "Oh yeah! And how," she says, once she stops for a breath "It was not a good point in th to do so about it" Her coht ahead at the wall, rather than atbetter than fine"

"I ht?"

"Yeah, but not being in the house with thee difference"

"Would you rather be dead, Paul?"

There&039;s a stillness tohow I answer this could be very i

"At times, I miss my old way of life I have no idea what the future holds Cooking is hard I can&039;t seeht Every hu buffet" I let out a deep sigh I hadn&039;t known I held indead"

She thumps me hard on the back and stands "That&039;s what you need to keep inback fro for you; one co That is, if the whole reincarnation thing is real and not just some hookam fluke" She turns to me with a small smile, "But we&039;ll never know for sure e?"

I don&039;t knohat I should be saying right now If ere talking about food or the best pans to buy, then yeah, I&039;d have a lot to say ButI thought aboutlifestyle before

"You need to feed, Paul Let me call someone down" She turns to the phone next to the door-after all it&039;s not a cell I&039; room for me to stay in if I were to flip out That&039;s a little co, but notin my tone

She turns back with the phone held next to her ear "Are you for real? Like I&039; to send you a delectable blond?" She shakes her head and turns back to the phone, "I don&039;t think you and Bunny have worked out you being with other women, have you?" Before I have a chance to answer her, the line is picked up on the other end "Tommy? What male is next on the donor list? Uh-huh Okay Send Bob to ht of her piercing eyes skewersone eyebrow

"U fro your dick in your pants when you eat until you do clear it up with her I&039;ll be damned if I let you cheat on the mother of your children on my watch"

"It is possible for vampires to feed without sex, you know"

"You&039;re preaching to the choir here, mister Do I need to remind you how old I aht and still feeling slightly petulant that I don&039;t get to lead the gla one of the undead

She laughs again, and this ti at hts

You aren&039;t, Paul We are connected because I made you

My head whips up and back to the statuesque woman before ine it?"

She taps her finger to herI&039;ve done it before, in tione to notice You can speak back to me, if you concentrate

I&039;m not sure exactly what she wants , only with more oomph behind it? I look to her and her face reh I gatherto bend a spoon withat her forehead instead Is this how you do it?

Yes, but cal to crap your pants or bust a vein in your brain