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October 24 - October 31, 2025
“Listen to me, Samara. You can tell yourself I killed him because I’m an evil vampire. Or because I found his voice irritating and the wine he gave you smelled suspicious, or simply because I didn’t care for the way he looked for any excuse to put his hands on you. It matters not. He’s dead, and you still have to travel with me. As long as you’re in my care, you’re mine. No one else’s.”
Noted
“Patience, dove.”
Ok
Prince Marcel
“Is that the type of boy you like? Not a nice village one, but a royal one?”
Haha
“You killed the nice village one, remember?”
Ha!
King Vaughn.
“Sylvester Norag, you are not welcome in the Great Library.”
Oh snap!
“Samara Koisemi.”
“Go north, to the marshes, to the abandoned temple of Anagenni. The Black Grimoire was entombed there seven hundred and seventy-seven years ago. It is locked away behind a statue of the patron goddess, guarded by traps even we do not know, so only the worthy may take possession of the book.”
“Worried for me, dove?”
Maybe
“Because you remind me of a little bird, between the rapid flutter of your heart and clear desire to spread your wings.”
Awww
“I’m Slyne, a devotee of Lixa.”
“I was considering the goddess Anagenni.”
“Oh, she’s a goddess my mother was fond of,”
“Devoin is this Monastery’s head priest. Our leader,”
“Remove your shirt.”
Uhhhhhhh....what?!!!
“Again.”
1
“Again.”
2
“Again.”
3
“Again.”
4
How many had it been? Ten strokes? Twenty?
Lord
“Again,”
5
Then again. And again. I beat myself over and over at his command.
Damn
“You must accept that pain is the will of the gods.
NO
“On the table. Now, be still, lest you undo all my hard work.”
Awww
“Drink. It will heal you.”
Do it
it was your fellow humans who beat you like an animal.”
Point proven
The salve stung when he applied it, and a hiss escaped me. But despite that, his touch was… gentle.
Awww
“They beat you like a blood-damned animal.”
Omg
“It was my father’s. It’s the only thing he ever gave me.”
Awww
Anagenni is the goddess of death.
“I didn’t say she’s a vampire goddess.
“Little dove,”
*blushes*
“You can turn into a bat?”
“Samara. Slow your heart.”
Awww. Bless her
Cedar, spice, and something more dangerous
“As much as I enjoy having a woman on top of me,
Haha
First, as I opened the book, the magic soured. What had been lively and joyful turned dark, as if it were disgusted with me. Second, I was knocked to the ground, the book falling from my grip. Third, Raphael cried out as a whoosh cut through the air. The book gone, I glanced up in time to see arrows spring from every side of the room. Right toward the spot I’d been standing. Raphael had shielded me and absorbed the blows.
Damn
“You’ll heal, right?”
“It’s cursed copper.”
“But you’re a vampire. You’ll heal. Right?”
Omg
“Feed on me.”
OMG!! YESS
“You’re bleeding out. I’m pretty godsdamned sure!”
Haha
He bent his head, red eyes glowing in the dark. Lithe fingers brushed my hair away, tickling my shoulder blades. His breath burned hot against my skin.
OMG
His hands gripped my shoulder for stability. I was grateful for the brace, because if he didn’t hold me in place I might bolt before allowing him to do this.
OMG
He lowered his mouth to my neck. And I let the vampire bite me.
OMG
A gasp flew from my mouth when his fangs pressed into my neck, twin points digging into my flesh. I’d expected pain. I’d braced for it as stoically as I could manage. And maybe there was some, the slightest pinprick. But it was erased as a tide of heat rose inside me at the contact. His fingers clenched my arms tighter, as though to hold me in place, but I couldn’t have moved away if I wanted to.
OMG
I arched in his grip, urging him to drink me deeper.
OMG
“Your taste… you’re without parallel.”
Nice
I let a vampire feed on me.
Yes you did!
