Thirty-Five
As usual, when darkness descends, the city comes to life. Clusters of carriages travel Rue Saint Louis. Many are headed to Antoine’s or other fine restaurants, some, like ours, maybe leaving the city. Seeing Boudreaux waiting for me in front of Antoine’s caused other feeling to stir… what am I doing- why am I running away. Do I truly want to do this? Do I? Indecision could be the death of me. As if he could read my mind, and maybe he could, Myles took my hand and gazed into my eyes; I felt him trying to mesmerize me. Quickly, I turned away from him to gaze out the window; he was not going to do to me what I did to Louis! If I am to escape, I need to be able to outwit him; I need to pay attention to where we are going!
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You are too beautiful to die. One day you will find a woman like yourself that you can love… and, you and I can still be together occasionally- who knows, maybe one day I will change my mind.”
“Yes, maybe- no, Chéri, you still do not understand. We bloodsuckers only feel human emotions when we are physically connected with people who are still alive. I was being selfish; I wanted you to remain as you are now, for all eternity… I want you all to myself. If I feed from you again, it will change you, transform you to one of us. The sex will not matter as it does now - for even though we will both be supreme beings, there will be no enjoyment for either of us. For it to be truly enjoyable, a supreme being must mate with a human.”
The carriage slowed and turned onto a wide driveway. As we neared the river, the fog became heavier. I realized that while we were talking I had not paid attention to where we were going. The fog was so dense that I could not see very far on either side.
About a hundred feet from the main road, I see a small fence enclosed graveyard on the right of the driveway; it contains one single, tall, obelisk shaped headstone in the center of it. Myles was looking that way,
As usual, when darkness descends, the city comes to life. Clusters of carriages travel Rue Saint Louis. Many are headed to Antoine’s or other fine restaurants, some, like ours, maybe leaving the city. Seeing Boudreaux waiting for me in front of Antoine’s caused other feeling to stir… what am I doing- why am I running away. Do I truly want to do this? Do I? Indecision could be the death of me. As if he could read my mind, and maybe he could, Myles took my hand and gazed into my eyes; I felt him trying to mesmerize me. Quickly, I turned away from him to gaze out the window; he was not going to do to me what I did to Louis! If I am to escape, I need to be able to outwit him; I need to pay attention to where we are going!
The …show more content…
You are too beautiful to die. One day you will find a woman like yourself that you can love… and, you and I can still be together occasionally- who knows, maybe one day I will change my mind.”
“Yes, maybe- no, Chéri, you still do not understand. We bloodsuckers only feel human emotions when we are physically connected with people who are still alive. I was being selfish; I wanted you to remain as you are now, for all eternity… I want you all to myself. If I feed from you again, it will change you, transform you to one of us. The sex will not matter as it does now - for even though we will both be supreme beings, there will be no enjoyment for either of us. For it to be truly enjoyable, a supreme being must mate with a human.”
The carriage slowed and turned onto a wide driveway. As we neared the river, the fog became heavier. I realized that while we were talking I had not paid attention to where we were going. The fog was so dense that I could not see very far on either side.
About a hundred feet from the main road, I see a small fence enclosed graveyard on the right of the driveway; it contains one single, tall, obelisk shaped headstone in the center of it. Myles was looking that way,