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February 5 - February 8, 2020
They mean gentleman in the true, old-fashioned sense.
I open doors for ladies and stand when they rise from the table. I keep my word, pay my debts, and believe in being polite to others, even when they don’t deserve it.
a gentleman always makes a woman feel special no matter her appearance.
If I give her my blood and she lives, we will be bonded.
If it fails and she dies, she will become like me.
Romance is for fools, and love is for the ignorant. I’m a vampire. We live, we take, we exist.
I will forever worry for this woman more than I care for myself. This is not good.
She looks away, and I see her blonde hair is matted on one side.
Dear God, kill me, but I want to brush it. This bond thing is a nightmare.
I wonder if I will ever be able to leave her, given my need to keep her safe. Always and forever.
All this means that the stronger you are, the more you can get away with.
The idea of justice is simply a façade meant to lull the masses and keep the peace.
You must always remember that you not only have the strength to destroy a person’s body, but their spirit as well.
Always be kind and gentle, Michael. Always.
Save the viciousness for those who trul...
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“Yes, well, my mother used to say that if it doesn’t kill us—” “It makes us stronger,” she offers.
“No—then we should be more careful because life is fleeting and someday we might not be so lucky, and dying really hurts.”
I think that sometimes dreams are meant to give us momentum or direction, but your true calling happens along the way.”
“You are a complete and utter pain in the ass. What’s not to love?”
Only the needy and weak “fell” in love, thus the term. One did not rise to love. One did not aspire to it. A man simply fell—to disgrace, to weakness, to ridicule because it meant he did not have control over his life. The woman did.
“Remember when I said that I reject all forms of attachments derived from materialism? Forget that. I’d gold dig the hell out of you for this many books. I have a complete book boner.”
No one touches my family. And no one messes with my librarian.
Profession #1: game hunter and fur trapper in the 1600s.
Profession #6: barber in the mid-1800s.
Remember when I said that three hundred years ago, the vampires who resisted our new laws were hunted down and executed? Meet the retired executioner.
Profession #2: assassin.
Profession #7: detective’s assistant, late 1900s. Skills acquired include surveillance, disguises, and hiding in plain sight. Especially around vampires. The belligerent cowboy was my all-time best costume.
“You are never too old for self-improvement.”
“Nice cannot.” All right. And we are also now referring to him in the third person. As I said, he defies all definitions of weird.
Though the dust and clutter offend my OCD vampire senses, I believe it may help me return to her.
“Can you believe diss woman!” Nice yells, suddenly appearing at my side. “Another cliffhanger. I will find diss writer woman and compel her to finish di damn story!”
“Look at di note! It says the next part doesn’t come until next year! The writer must be turned so I can command her to write faster.”
“I found Aspen.” “Not nearly as interesting,” Nice says blandly. “But I suppose I must occupy my endless existence with something.”
“That the coldest, deadliest, most unfeeling vampire to ever walk the earth has a crush on…a librarian!”
“Vampires have nightmares about you, Vanderhorsssthst.
If our kind had children, they would tell them stories of choo to keep them in line.”
“I am so pleased you are feeling like your usual, hypercritical self,” I say, handing her a bottle of orange Gatorade. Yes, it comes in quite handy when one has been severely depleted of electrolytes—vampire or otherwise.
lower my face into my palms and begin to cry for the first time in three hundred and eighty-one years.
Not only do I need to mourn Clive, but I realize I’ve never mourned my own death.
I miss you, Clive. And thank you f...
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“Enjoy your youth, Michael. Enjoy your freedom. Because sooner or later, your destiny will choose you.”
go. I’ve finally reached a point in my existence where I am ready to begin facing my past and who I truly am. I am in mourning and need time to heal. I want to be the leader of nothing.
“I must go now. I am told di soldiers have located diss Mimi Jean person.” “Mimi who?” “Di writer, stupid. Di writer! I weel force her to make more Fanged Loves. Goodbye.”
“I know who I am.” For the first time in my life, I say the words and they are true.
it isn’t the challenge that defines a man, but how he faces it.
I am Michael Vanderhorst. I choose to live and be happy, and that means coming out of the shadows and letting others in.
Every journey starts with one step in the right direction.
there is nothing more enticing to a vampire than a good mystery.
Profession #9: Librarian’s vampire assistant.
