I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground.

“Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me f…”

“I never changed after that. I sought for nothing in the one great source of cha…”

“But I still did not realize how mad she was, and how accustomed to dreaming; an…”

“What a risk, Reuben thought. I could easily hit him over the head and rob the c…”