Dark World, Prologue
By Lady Saffir
Series rating: PG/PG-13/R
Disclaimer: If they're from GW, I don't own them. Everything else is mine.
"I never knew so young a body with so old a head." - Shakespeare
Human nature is a very selfish thing. As individuals, humans focus on their needs and wants primarily.
Love. Food. Shelter. Friendship.
The same thing applies to my people. And what are my people, you ask?
Vampire.
The creature of myth and legend. A being both sensual and deadly, intriguing yet terrifying.
We feel. If pricked, we bleed - although we'd rather be doing the pricking.
We are a selfish people. We collect items across the centuries and guard them carefully. Most of all though, we are selfish about our lusts. By nature we enjoy the pleasures of the body. Heightened senses allow for heightened pleasure, an advantage well enjoyed.
And once in a while our sight settles on a human being. Nothing extraordinary necessarily catches our eye. In fact, it is usually the simplicity and normalcy of their life that makes us stop and notice.
I am the king of my people. The strongest, the most cunning. I beckon and someone answers. In some cases, I beckon and someone dies.
Yet a simple mortal woman has caught my eye. Of face and form she is beautiful, but that beauty is more than skin deep. Oh, she isn't entirely pure and altruistic, but her desire to achieve that has made me stop and take note.
So I have decided that I want this woman.
And what I want, I get.
