Four drinks in and the man sitting beside him is no longer a stranger. The middle aged man offers to drive them back to his motel and offers Luke a place to stay the night. The young vampire takes him up on the offer, against what would have been his better judgment as a human. But he reasons he’s drunk, homeless and dead, at this point what is the worst that can happen to him?
It’s sometime in the night and Luke is standing …show more content…
The lust for blood is strong and the trail of victims is long. Pity flees and ambitions fade with each body added to the count. Sometimes humanity comes creeping back in, but each time he feeds he loses himself all over again. He was never warned of just how dark life is without humanity and he starts to hate Michael for that. But then he doesn’t. Because hatred means emotions, and emotions come from humanity.
He’s in another motel room, this time in Adelaide. Of course, he’s not alone. He hasn’t spent a night alone since he turned his emotions off. One thing he has learned about himself through the past three months, is that he really doesn’t do well when he is alone with his thoughts. And he’s always so hungry. So he finds a new distraction to snack on every night.
Luke finds himself staring into a mirror again, this time blood splattered on his clothes and his lips stained crimson. It reminds him of the evening where he let the darkness in, but this time the soulless look in his eyes even catches him off guard. But yet he does not regret anything and that’s when he realizes he’s become what he always feared, a …show more content…
At first, Michael struggled in his search for Luke. But soon the rumors of animal attacks and spike in obituaries for young adults stating natural causes, the clear sign of a cover up done by an extension of the clave, lead him to Luke again. He was just glad he found him, before a higher up decided to intervene.
Now,the younger vampire’s feet are propped on a table with a book in his hands. Michael notes the change in Luke, his clothes are in darker shades than before, he looks like he has aged several years older (but Michael knows that is impossible), most startling of all there are no emotions on his face. It all reminds him of himself before he meet Luke and for the first time Michael truly regrets what he has done.
Luke does not look up from his book, but the slight tense of his muscles alerts Michael to the fact he is aware of his presence. “Luke,” Michael says. His voice is tired, sad, relieved, nervous and so many things Luke wonders if he would have been able to notice before. Now he hears it all and he can’t cut it off; he hates