We turn into that animal when we need or want to. Apparently, my animal
is a chimp, and seeing as I needed to scale a tree that is what I became. He
neglected to mention this part when he was force feeding me blood. Of course,
he also neglected to mention that I would be turned into a half
vampire..."
"So
it was you at my bedroom the night before I left!"
"Not
just me. He turned into a bat and flew up a moment after. You made it easy for
us. You have those giant bow windows protruding from your room and a sizable
ledge just underneath them. And you didn't close them. It was like the fates
were with us."
"Yeah,"
Elizabeth sighed. "I almost never close the windows during the summer. My
room collects a lot of heat during the day. I like to let the cold air in at
night. I don't shut the curtains either, because I like to wake up with the sun
shining in on me. It must have been quite a leap from the tree and through the
window. It’s not that close."
"It
was easy in chimp form. Even in half vampire form, climbing the tree and
breaking in should have been easy, because my body is like a super hero's now.
Aaron tells me it's psychological (me being afraid of falling from the tree)
and I’ll get a lot more powerful once I adapt to the way my body works
now."
"So
what was the point of invading my room?"
"When
Aaron flew in, he turned back into a person and whispered, '"I want her
knives. Go in there and get them for me. Otherwise, you're dead."' I
remembered you saying your throwing knives would be left on the nightstand, so
I scurried in there, still in chimp form, and went to the nightstand. I went
back to the balcony and handed him the knives. He filed down the blades with
his fangs. It didn't take much more than a minute of vigorous rubbing on each
blade to dull them. Then he put them back on the nightstand and knelt by your
bed. Whatever he did, he woke you up. Then he went running so fast that no
human eye could see him. I could see him with half vampire eyes but just
barely. He grabbed me and threw me into the tree. Then he turned into a bat and
flew in there with me. We watched you go to the window and then leave. He then
turned into a human and told me to climb down. I climbed back down and
spontaneously turned back into a human. He flew down as a bat, became human
once he hit the ground, and then we took off back to his place."
"My
God Arthur. He bit me. I still have the bite marks!"
She
showed him the two large bite marks on her right wrist. He looked sorrowful.
"Will
I become a vampire?"
"No,"
he said firmly. "You would have to ingest his blood, a lot of it, in order
for that to happen."
"Is
that why you gave me that beautiful cross? You hoped it would protect me from
him?" she asked.
"Yes.
I tried to use it when he first attacked me, but he said it only works if you
believe in it. I have no idea if that's
true, but I've never been superstitious."
Elizabeth
sighed and replied, "Me neither." After a long pause, she asked,
"What happens next?"
"Lunch,"
Arthur replied. "Aaron has made it very clear that I have a job here. That
job is taking care of you and waiting on you hand and foot. I already made
something for you.'
Arthur
asked Elizabeth to take a seat. Elizabeth did as he asked, and Arthur departed for
the kitchen. In about ten minutes, he came back with food. Arthur had worked at
this. He had prepared a quiche, made a side salad, and had rice pilaf fresh off
the stove. She was not expecting the way he served her. He set the table
himself. He even folded a cloth napkin into a stylish design. And then he
served the food that he had prepared. He gave her a generous slice of quiche,
scooped some rice, and gave her a small bowl of the salad. Ranch dressing was
already added to the salad. She wondered
how he could even know she liked Ranch dressing. But then she remembered the
food she had packed for the movers to haul to the island for her. She had
several packets of rice pilaf, packages of salad mix,
is a chimp, and seeing as I needed to scale a tree that is what I became. He
neglected to mention this part when he was force feeding me blood. Of course,
he also neglected to mention that I would be turned into a half
vampire..."
"So
it was you at my bedroom the night before I left!"
"Not
just me. He turned into a bat and flew up a moment after. You made it easy for
us. You have those giant bow windows protruding from your room and a sizable
ledge just underneath them. And you didn't close them. It was like the fates
were with us."
"Yeah,"
Elizabeth sighed. "I almost never close the windows during the summer. My
room collects a lot of heat during the day. I like to let the cold air in at
night. I don't shut the curtains either, because I like to wake up with the sun
shining in on me. It must have been quite a leap from the tree and through the
window. It’s not that close."
"It
was easy in chimp form. Even in half vampire form, climbing the tree and
breaking in should have been easy, because my body is like a super hero's now.
Aaron tells me it's psychological (me being afraid of falling from the tree)
and I’ll get a lot more powerful once I adapt to the way my body works
now."
"So
what was the point of invading my room?"
"When
Aaron flew in, he turned back into a person and whispered, '"I want her
knives. Go in there and get them for me. Otherwise, you're dead."' I
remembered you saying your throwing knives would be left on the nightstand, so
I scurried in there, still in chimp form, and went to the nightstand. I went
back to the balcony and handed him the knives. He filed down the blades with
his fangs. It didn't take much more than a minute of vigorous rubbing on each
blade to dull them. Then he put them back on the nightstand and knelt by your
bed. Whatever he did, he woke you up. Then he went running so fast that no
human eye could see him. I could see him with half vampire eyes but just
barely. He grabbed me and threw me into the tree. Then he turned into a bat and
flew in there with me. We watched you go to the window and then leave. He then
turned into a human and told me to climb down. I climbed back down and
spontaneously turned back into a human. He flew down as a bat, became human
once he hit the ground, and then we took off back to his place."
"My
God Arthur. He bit me. I still have the bite marks!"
She
showed him the two large bite marks on her right wrist. He looked sorrowful.
"Will
I become a vampire?"
"No,"
he said firmly. "You would have to ingest his blood, a lot of it, in order
for that to happen."
"Is
that why you gave me that beautiful cross? You hoped it would protect me from
him?" she asked.
"Yes.
I tried to use it when he first attacked me, but he said it only works if you
believe in it. I have no idea if that's
true, but I've never been superstitious."
Elizabeth
sighed and replied, "Me neither." After a long pause, she asked,
"What happens next?"
"Lunch,"
Arthur replied. "Aaron has made it very clear that I have a job here. That
job is taking care of you and waiting on you hand and foot. I already made
something for you.'
Arthur
asked Elizabeth to take a seat. Elizabeth did as he asked, and Arthur departed for
the kitchen. In about ten minutes, he came back with food. Arthur had worked at
this. He had prepared a quiche, made a side salad, and had rice pilaf fresh off
the stove. She was not expecting the way he served her. He set the table
himself. He even folded a cloth napkin into a stylish design. And then he
served the food that he had prepared. He gave her a generous slice of quiche,
scooped some rice, and gave her a small bowl of the salad. Ranch dressing was
already added to the salad. She wondered
how he could even know she liked Ranch dressing. But then she remembered the
food she had packed for the movers to haul to the island for her. She had
several packets of rice pilaf, packages of salad mix,
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