I know the consequences, Manon,” Ilyse conceded. “I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life.
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: freedom courage paris defiance iron-will ilyse-charpentier melika-dannese-lux city-of-lights manon-larue
A lot of things should have been, Zigmund, but they aren’t. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you can?
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: life fate decisions determination philosophical choices toughness either-or take-a-stand corcitura zigmund-fertig madelaine-bradburry unchanging-situations what-s-it-to-be
With Stefan, the line between good and evil, right and wrong, becomes increasingly blurred.
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: temptation choices vampires good-and-evil
I had lied to myself from the very beginning, deceived myself into believing that I was being fanciful and overly imaginative. Surely such monstrosities only existed in nightmares? Yet I had lived through a nightmare these past months, and that was no dream at all.
I was still fighting against the awful truth, not wanting to give in, searching my mind for a logical explanation—but there was none. And the most horrible realization of all was that I had known, somewhere deep inside, ever since the day I first set eyes on Vladec Salei.
Plague carrier.
Living death.
Drainer of life.
The phrasing did not matter. No euphemism could strike fear into the hearts of men the way that single word could.
Vampire.
And for me, the uninitiated, that single word meant death.
Stichwörter: fear horror vampires supernatural nightmares realization corcitura hybrid-vampires vladec-salei vrykolakas stefan-belododia stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux being-hunted blood-drinkers drainer-of-life living-death plague-carrier upyr
And I swore it to myself the night Maurice ran away,” Ilyse screamed, terror and fury coursing through her veins, “and I’ll swear it again; no matter what you do, you will never conquer me.
Melika Dannese HickBecause, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what to see and not see. And now that I have become whole again, I can never go back. All these things he has given me. Better than my supposed mother and father ever could. For that, I owe him my life and allegiance.
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: secrets vampires venice secret-knowledge revelations corcitura hybrid-vampires stefan-belododia stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry shocking-secrets vampires-in-venice
I used to ask myself, ‘Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?’ and thanks to the club, I spend it on both and am called a patron of the arts.
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: humor paris patronage patron-of-the-arts 1894 cabarets dancehall fin-de-siecle ilyse-charpentier paris-patronage parisian-club sergei-rakmanovich witty-wisdom
How does one go on after doing such unspeakable things? It's
all rather simple, really," he continued, speaking in someone else's voice. "Say to yourself, 'What things?' And it becomes clear...you are blameless. They brought it on themselves. What have they ever done for you except control your life? They tore you away from your sister; they ripped you from your home. Did you ask to be saved? No! Forget them and start over...with us, your true family, my Corcitura, my own.
Stichwörter: vampires menace power-struggle corcitura hybrid-vampires interior-struggle vladec-salei
Not all vampires are created equal, you know.
Melika Dannese HickStichwörter: vampires luc corcitura hybrid-vampires vampiric-equality vampiric-logic
Death stalked toward us on padded feet.
And it was not alone.
Stichwörter: death werewolves corcitura hybrid-vampires vladec-salei leonora-bianchetti showdown vrykolakas zigmund-fertig
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