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Chapter 3
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It's not like you didn't know that,
I said I love you and I swear I still do.
It must have been so bad.
Cos living here must have damn near killed you.
And this is how you remind me,
This is how you remind me of what I really am.
This is how you remind me of what I really am.
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After his feeding, Kani felt almost sorry for the man, whose blood he and the woman had drained. But unlike himself, the man wasn't going to come back. No, all his blood had been drained, and there was no chance of there being any left, as the woman had been on his neck for about 5 minutes, sucking as to get the last drop out.
"Are you feeling ok, Kani?" Asked the woman, as she strided into his chamber, which had been reserved for him, almost like they knew he was coming. After all, most of the others had to sleep with at least two other people. Why had he been given his own room?
"Yeah, just a bit strange in the head. Who are you?" Kani asked the mysterious woman, who'd been there for his first feeding.
"Just one of the lord of this manor's subjects." She replied.
"Yes, but have you got a name?"
"I never had one. I was just another woman for hunting more humans."
"Can I give you one?" Kani asked, sympathectically.
"I don't mind. It would make me better than number five." She said, almost with a tear in her eye.
"How does Ryskana sound?" Kani put, to the woman, who was patiently awaiting his reply.
"It sounds beautiful." The newly named Ryskana said, a look of delight in her eye, as she was trying not to cry at finally getting a name.
"Does having a name mean so much to you?" Kani asked, unaware of Ryskana's situation as a provider.
"Yes." She replied, as she broke down in tears and cried into Kani's shoulder.
After Ryskana had been crying into his shoulder for nearly 10 minutes, Kani finally said to her.
"It must have nearly killed you not having a name for so long."
[Side Note: I managed to get an injury on my cousin's skates at this point, damn new bearings!. So sorry if the story gets worse, but I was kinda concentrating on blocking out the pain of a relatively big flesh wound. But a really painful one too!]
She pulled her head away from Kani's shoulder.
"Yes, but we're all in this together. I did think of driving a sword through my chest, but I couldn't let the others down. We just had to feed, and nothing would stop us!" Ryskana explained, to the still unaware Kani, who was at the large wet patch on his clothing, where the tears had settled.
"So this is how you remind the others that we all need each other, and we can't go round as a single person, away from everyone else."
"Yes, I think might be ready to meet our lord."
As they left Kani's chamber, they looked down a corridor, and Kani saw another person being dragged into another room. But this person wasn't a man, but a woman, being dragged to her death. And she knew it, because she was screaming, in the smallest hope that someone might hear her, and come to her rescue.
"Another meal?" Kani asked, as the woman was struck across the face, knocking her unconscious.
"No, she's going to be another one of us. Lord Vorador instructed to get her, as she has the skills of a hunter." Ryskana said back, trying to get around Kani's feelings that the woman was doomed.
"Does she know that?" Kani tried.
"No, everyone who comes here knows that they don't leave here alive."
"So this is how you live then?" Asked Kani.
"No, this is what we are." Ryskana replied.
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(There's a chorus here, but I couldn't think of anything to write for it a second time.)
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Chapter 3
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**********
It's not like you didn't know that,
I said I love you and I swear I still do.
It must have been so bad.
Cos living here must have damn near killed you.
And this is how you remind me,
This is how you remind me of what I really am.
This is how you remind me of what I really am.
**********
After his feeding, Kani felt almost sorry for the man, whose blood he and the woman had drained. But unlike himself, the man wasn't going to come back. No, all his blood had been drained, and there was no chance of there being any left, as the woman had been on his neck for about 5 minutes, sucking as to get the last drop out.
"Are you feeling ok, Kani?" Asked the woman, as she strided into his chamber, which had been reserved for him, almost like they knew he was coming. After all, most of the others had to sleep with at least two other people. Why had he been given his own room?
"Yeah, just a bit strange in the head. Who are you?" Kani asked the mysterious woman, who'd been there for his first feeding.
"Just one of the lord of this manor's subjects." She replied.
"Yes, but have you got a name?"
"I never had one. I was just another woman for hunting more humans."
"Can I give you one?" Kani asked, sympathectically.
"I don't mind. It would make me better than number five." She said, almost with a tear in her eye.
"How does Ryskana sound?" Kani put, to the woman, who was patiently awaiting his reply.
"It sounds beautiful." The newly named Ryskana said, a look of delight in her eye, as she was trying not to cry at finally getting a name.
"Does having a name mean so much to you?" Kani asked, unaware of Ryskana's situation as a provider.
"Yes." She replied, as she broke down in tears and cried into Kani's shoulder.
After Ryskana had been crying into his shoulder for nearly 10 minutes, Kani finally said to her.
"It must have nearly killed you not having a name for so long."
[Side Note: I managed to get an injury on my cousin's skates at this point, damn new bearings!. So sorry if the story gets worse, but I was kinda concentrating on blocking out the pain of a relatively big flesh wound. But a really painful one too!]
She pulled her head away from Kani's shoulder.
"Yes, but we're all in this together. I did think of driving a sword through my chest, but I couldn't let the others down. We just had to feed, and nothing would stop us!" Ryskana explained, to the still unaware Kani, who was at the large wet patch on his clothing, where the tears had settled.
"So this is how you remind the others that we all need each other, and we can't go round as a single person, away from everyone else."
"Yes, I think might be ready to meet our lord."
As they left Kani's chamber, they looked down a corridor, and Kani saw another person being dragged into another room. But this person wasn't a man, but a woman, being dragged to her death. And she knew it, because she was screaming, in the smallest hope that someone might hear her, and come to her rescue.
"Another meal?" Kani asked, as the woman was struck across the face, knocking her unconscious.
"No, she's going to be another one of us. Lord Vorador instructed to get her, as she has the skills of a hunter." Ryskana said back, trying to get around Kani's feelings that the woman was doomed.
"Does she know that?" Kani tried.
"No, everyone who comes here knows that they don't leave here alive."
"So this is how you live then?" Asked Kani.
"No, this is what we are." Ryskana replied.
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(There's a chorus here, but I couldn't think of anything to write for it a second time.)
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