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"Would you trick ain helpless, no preternatural effort that I could surasp

The blood was pulled out of , led to reainst him But the flow continued, out of me, out of all my fibers and into him

"Now, once again, Amadeo, take it back from me "

He dealt one fine blow to my chest I almost toppled off rasping for his cloak I pulled myself up and locked , ed and too determined to make a mockery of his lessons

"Very well, sweet Master," I said as I tore at his skin once again "I have you, and will have every drop of you, Sir, unless you are quick, s!

He started to laugh softly, and it heightened h beneath these new fangs

With allhis heart out of his chest I heard hih in a with a hoarse disgraceful sound

"Co the blood greedily, widening the gash withteeth that were nowfor mercy, Sir!"

His laughter eet

I took his blood s after s, glad and proud at his helpless laughing, at the fact that he had fallen down on his knees in the square and that I had him still, and he must now raise his arm to push me away

"I can't drink anymore!" I declared I lay back on the stones

The frozen sky was black and studded with the white blazing stars I stared at it, deliciously aware of the stone beneath me, of the hardness under my back and my head No care now about the soil, the da things of the night caht think who peeped from their s No care now for the lateness of the hour Look at me, stars Look at me, as I look at you

Silent and glistering, these tiny eyes of Heaven

I began to die A withering pain commenced in my stomach, then moved to my bowels

"Now, all that's left of a mortal boy will leave you," my Master said "Don't be afraid "