T-shirt with red dripping words: Caution: I bite . He also wore skinny black jeans and red high-top sneakers. His necklace was a key with devil wings. I thought he looked cute.
Darius took a sip of tea ever so elegantly. “Of course.”
Sang gleefully sat beside me and thanked Darius.
The older vamp took another sip of tea and sighed heavily. “I haven’t told you this yet, my dear, so I will tell you now. Each vampire has a different ‘bite’ effect. Take Sang. When he bites you, you feel pleasure, am I correct?”
I really hoped that my cheeks didn’t betray my feelings. “Well, um…yeah, I guess.”
“Other vampire bites inflict pain. Some inflict a narcotic effect. Most vampires can only induce one of these feelings when they bite, and some, very few, can control two. I, however, can control all three; for what reason I do not know.”
I swallowed hard and became tingly just remembering it. The night Darius changed me I had experienced an indescribable pleasure and a lot of pain. I’d also felt as if I were drugged and couldn’t move.
Darius said, “Lily, that night I also manipulated your mind, beside the bite.”
I really wanted to punch him. It was then I noticed Sang’s leg shaking, and his hands sweating.
I let the anger go.
“So, NEXUS can mimic all three of the vampires’ bites?” Sang suggested.
“Yes,” Darius answered while setting his cup on the table.
I asked, “So what are we supposed to do about it? What’s so bad about NEXUS?”
Darius flicked his eyes to Sang, then me. “You both look very personable in those clothes.”
Sang smiled and said, “Thank you.”
Darius continued. “NEXUS is dangerous because of the humans taking it. It’s an injectable drug and very, very addictive. The longer the humans partake in injecting the drug, the closer they are to dying. The vampire virus wants to attack and turn the human, but the other counter organisms in the drug won’t let the vampirism take place, so the human’s cells basically fight each other until the human becomes very sick and eventually dies.”
I intertwined my fingers. Both of Sang’s legs were still shaking. “And you’re telling us this why…?”
Darius combed a hand through his thick hair. “You two, and a shifter I am familiar with, will investigate the factory where the drug is being produced. While you are doing that, I shall further investigate the issue and tend to my other problems .”
“Why can’t you go, too?” I was becoming furious, but I didn’t physically show it.
“I am busy enough as it is,” he replied coolly. “Now, my dear, I must ask you to wait by the entrance as I speak to Sang for a bit.”
I grumbled, “Fine.”
As I stepped to the door, Darius said one last thing to me. “I am pleased that you have decided to control your anger more efficiently.” He grinned.
I shut the door and went to wait by the main entrance. Whatever he was talking to Sang about, I had a feeling it wasn’t good.
* * * *
When Sang finished speaking to Darius, Sang walked out and came to me. “Hey, Lily, let’s…” He paused and quickly said, “Wait here for a minute! I forgot something!” He started for the steps, ascended the staircase, and then disappeared.
He came running toward me and handed me a heavy pink trench coat. I put it on and buttoned up.
Sang told me, “You have to wear that, Lily. Vampires have a tendency to freeze in the cold, and newborns have an even greater tendency. I won’t, because I’m used to it. Darius gave me some blood, and you just took some of mine.”
“Why do you do things for him?” I asked. “I’m not staying with him because of my own will.”
He stared at his boots. “He saved my life, so I feel that I’m indebted to serve him. I’ve already pledged my loyalty to him in blood.”
I couldn’t see Darius saving anyone, but I believed Sang’s story.
Sang placed his pair of shades on and opened the double doors. The sunlight flooded
Darius took a sip of tea ever so elegantly. “Of course.”
Sang gleefully sat beside me and thanked Darius.
The older vamp took another sip of tea and sighed heavily. “I haven’t told you this yet, my dear, so I will tell you now. Each vampire has a different ‘bite’ effect. Take Sang. When he bites you, you feel pleasure, am I correct?”
I really hoped that my cheeks didn’t betray my feelings. “Well, um…yeah, I guess.”
“Other vampire bites inflict pain. Some inflict a narcotic effect. Most vampires can only induce one of these feelings when they bite, and some, very few, can control two. I, however, can control all three; for what reason I do not know.”
I swallowed hard and became tingly just remembering it. The night Darius changed me I had experienced an indescribable pleasure and a lot of pain. I’d also felt as if I were drugged and couldn’t move.
Darius said, “Lily, that night I also manipulated your mind, beside the bite.”
I really wanted to punch him. It was then I noticed Sang’s leg shaking, and his hands sweating.
I let the anger go.
“So, NEXUS can mimic all three of the vampires’ bites?” Sang suggested.
“Yes,” Darius answered while setting his cup on the table.
I asked, “So what are we supposed to do about it? What’s so bad about NEXUS?”
Darius flicked his eyes to Sang, then me. “You both look very personable in those clothes.”
Sang smiled and said, “Thank you.”
Darius continued. “NEXUS is dangerous because of the humans taking it. It’s an injectable drug and very, very addictive. The longer the humans partake in injecting the drug, the closer they are to dying. The vampire virus wants to attack and turn the human, but the other counter organisms in the drug won’t let the vampirism take place, so the human’s cells basically fight each other until the human becomes very sick and eventually dies.”
I intertwined my fingers. Both of Sang’s legs were still shaking. “And you’re telling us this why…?”
Darius combed a hand through his thick hair. “You two, and a shifter I am familiar with, will investigate the factory where the drug is being produced. While you are doing that, I shall further investigate the issue and tend to my other problems .”
“Why can’t you go, too?” I was becoming furious, but I didn’t physically show it.
“I am busy enough as it is,” he replied coolly. “Now, my dear, I must ask you to wait by the entrance as I speak to Sang for a bit.”
I grumbled, “Fine.”
As I stepped to the door, Darius said one last thing to me. “I am pleased that you have decided to control your anger more efficiently.” He grinned.
I shut the door and went to wait by the main entrance. Whatever he was talking to Sang about, I had a feeling it wasn’t good.
* * * *
When Sang finished speaking to Darius, Sang walked out and came to me. “Hey, Lily, let’s…” He paused and quickly said, “Wait here for a minute! I forgot something!” He started for the steps, ascended the staircase, and then disappeared.
He came running toward me and handed me a heavy pink trench coat. I put it on and buttoned up.
Sang told me, “You have to wear that, Lily. Vampires have a tendency to freeze in the cold, and newborns have an even greater tendency. I won’t, because I’m used to it. Darius gave me some blood, and you just took some of mine.”
“Why do you do things for him?” I asked. “I’m not staying with him because of my own will.”
He stared at his boots. “He saved my life, so I feel that I’m indebted to serve him. I’ve already pledged my loyalty to him in blood.”
I couldn’t see Darius saving anyone, but I believed Sang’s story.
Sang placed his pair of shades on and opened the double doors. The sunlight flooded
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