Gabriel drank down the last of his goblet, staring now at the monster opposite. All the light in the room seemed to coalesce in the dark pools of its eyes, shining like stars. His skin prickled as he thought back on those long, slow nights of blood and fire and sin. Smooth curves beneath his roaming hands. Thumping pulse beneath his flickering tongue. He sat forward, elbows to knees. Beckoning Jean-François with one finger. The vampire stared a long and breathless moment, silence thick in the air, finally leaning close. Gabriel smoothed back a golden curl from the monster’s ear as he
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