Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés hypocrisy logic character reputation corcitura eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux sorina-boroi
I’ve read about this in books, imagined it in my mind countless times since I’ve been here, but to actually witness it is something entirely different. I thought I was prepared, but nothing—no amount of book learning or supposed life experience or bravado—can make you invulnerable to the sight of a vampire drinking blood.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés reality vampires blood revelations corcitura stefan-belododia true-nature madelaine-bradburry the-ways-of-vampires vampiric-nature
There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés cynicism trust understanding resignation recognition realization weariness soulmate world-weariness partners kindred-spirits zigmund-fertig olga-belododia
Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés friendship decisions choices betrayal brotherhood corcitura stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry
Maybe I had been making a greater monster of him than he really was, or maybe I was still under his influence, for I was certain that he wanted me to believe he was no more than a harmless man who happened to use vampirism to get what he desired. Some remnant of his mesmerism was still upon me. I had never been able to shake the feeling that he was tucked away in a corner of my mind, that he could read my thoughts, know what I was thinking. He had done something to me, but what that was, I had never been able to discover. All I knew was that the feeling had been with me since the morning I woke up and found myself in Venice.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés disillusionment marked vampires vampirism venice mesmerism corcitura vladec-salei eric-bradburry fears-for-sanity
I’m not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to have a little fun with you before they took you away.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés vampires corcitura vampiric-logic eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux sorina-boroi vampiric-laws
A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life.
To date, I had made three.
Mots clés stupidity danger hindsight vampires regrets werewolves corcitura hybrid-vampires vrykolakas stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry upyr bad-decisions
Tell me, Eric,” he said, licking a droplet from the corner of his mouth. “Have you ever tasted blood?”
My mouth was so dry I could barely find the voice to answer him. “What an odd question...”
“But a valid one. Well, have you?”
“I’ve cut my lip before, so yes, I suppose I have tasted blood, but...”
“Not your own, you foolish boy.” He let out a short, derisive laugh and leaned in so that he was only a few inches from my face. “I mean the blood of another.”
“Good God, Stefan, of course not!”
“Pity...
Mots clés horror vampires supernatural shock revelations vampiric corcitura hybrid-vampires vampiric-logic vrykolakas stefan-belododia stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux vampiric-eating-habits upyr vampires-in-venice blood-drinking drinking-blood sangue-di-vita vampiric-diet
He was mocking me. I could see his mouth beginning to lift in a maddening smirk, a smile that was half sardonic and half secretive, as if the fate of the world depended on the answer to a riddle only he knew and would never share.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés secrets vampires betrayal mocking corcitura hybrid-vampires vrykolakas stefan-belododia stefan-ratliff eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux upyr vampires-in-venice smirking new-adult-lit smirk
I’ve always felt comfortable amongst the horrors. I married your uncle Gerard, after all.
Melika Dannese HickMots clés humor love marriage corcitura eric-bradburry melika-dannese-lux aunt-robbie gilded-age-new-york roberta-b-ives
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