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He felt so warm and it was a comfort upon her icy skin whose temperature was akin to that of a CORPSE, her mind getting lost in the sensation of his careful hand gliding up her thigh in a way that was almost snake-like.

For a brief moment she entertained the notion of allowing him to continue in his exploration of her body as though she were a lifeless doll completely at the mercy of his every whim, but her sense of DIGNITY interfered with such a shameless idea.

It was almost impossible to make good on her original plan and stop him, his touch sending a quiver in to the base of her spine; it was as if he KNEW her body and perhaps he did... perhaps he had touched her before on his previous journeys here?

Even though she could open her eyes at any moment she liked, she took a moment to entertain her notion of what he looked like: was he handsome, rugged, and dark like her all-time love had been once?  What color were his eyes?  Was he clean shaven or stubbly?

He smelt good, his fragrance the only familiar thing about him since it had been the one thing he had so often left of himself here.

Her eyelids slowly fluttered open like butterfly wings and focused on his face in the dim light around them, observing his features with a calm expression written over her face; she didn’t panic or pull away the way she thought she might, rather she was content to simple stare at him in curiosity.

This one felt all aglow like FIRE and Elizabeth wasn’t so arrogant that she would overlook the fact that she was faced with someone STRONGER than she.

Not many were given her actual name and fewer still cared to hear it; in fact she had previously given Tobias her self-made epithet of THE COUNTESS... but since he had proven to be an amusing drunk thus far, she relented in her usual behavior.

“How much did you drink exactly?” she asked before sighing and waving a hand dismissively, the answer of no importance.  “It’s Elizabeth.”

She stood now and approached him, her nose wrinkling as she halted.

“You smell like a brewery... it clashes with your cologne, my dear; but since alcohol kills brain cells I expect this is of little matter to you, hmm?”

“You might think I’m insane or perhaps something from a paranormal realm; but you’re wrong on both counts,” she murmured gently as she quenched her cigarette in the tray between them on the table, her wrist twisting like a dancer as the flame was extinguished.

She’d heard such accusations before in the early days of her life as a supreme hunter, back when MISTAKES were carelessly made - who knew that slitting a throat was such a finicky task, that the carotid could be so easily missed?  Well when one was so consumed by lust and hunger, one doesn’t really THINK too clearly.

Dying victims had claimed her to be the devil, a demon, or crazy with whatever breath they had left over their gurgling and jerking, wide eyes so akin to a terrified animal’s never leaving her until the shock set in.

In those days MESS was made from the struggle and if not for her beloved Ruddy, she would never have learned to perfect the kill with finesse.  Of course she was still learning, as only the most dedicated hunters do, and in this sparkling day and age she had learned how to be even more covert.

She had taken to calling her ‘trick’ “THE LITTLE DRINK”, having recently read a novel in which such an act was mentioned by the vampiric narrator, and it came in very handy when hunting among the pasty-faced disco-goers who were either far too drunk or stoned to know any better.

She spotted a young woman who was lying down in one of the booths, her friends abandoning her for the call of the dance floor, and while it was impossible to know if she was inebriated or high Elizabeth decided that this girl, her skin flushed and sweaty, was THE ONE.

She gave a final look to Otis, her eyes telling him to remain watching her if he wished to witness just what she had been eluding to, and then casually made her way to the girl with a sway in her hips.

Sitting down beside her chosen victim, some small-talk began while Elizabeth stroked at the girl’s thigh; something changed then as the two stared at each other, no longer talking now, and suddenly the girl looked even more pliable than she had been before: Elizabeth promptly crawled on to the girl with a grin, reaching down to caress her neck and her young breasts before she took hold of the arm that glided up to play with her hair.

With a flick of her hand, a small blade erupted from the index finger on Elizabeth’s sequined glove and it was rapidly pressed to the girl’s exposed wrist where a vein was securely opened just enough that blood spurted, its flow hastened by the alcohol it carried.

The act was so quick that it would be missed if Otis even blinked, and it was promptly followed with Elizabeth’s hips grinding and her open mouth fastening itself to the wound, lapping up THE PRIZE as beneath her the girl’s eyes closed with a groan.

Although the alcohol-spiked blood was delicious and turned Elizabeth on the only way blood could, she reigned in the urge to do more harm and shortly made her way back to Otis, leaving the girl to potentially bleed out in a blissful frenzy.

“’My kind’?” she echoed.

CURIOUS...

“Oh my poor sweet thing...” she said icily then with a tilt of her head, her thin hand reaching out to stroke his cheek.  “It isn’t anything to do with being dead... we are after all almost similar in that retrospect,” she began, feeling as though she weren’t so different from the ghosts that roamed the Cortez, as they and she both preyed upon the living in a world no longer familiar.

Her wicked finger lingered as there came a semblance of a smile to her lips.

“I haven’t the time to spare for you because, honey, I have better things to do.”

She whipped her finger back from him at that cruel remark but still she decided to entertain his notion.

Instead she settled with a more Human response and glared at him, refusing to even SMACK him one lest he find that STIMULATING.

“I don’t suppose you’d appreciate it if I offered such a bargain to you, that I’d share something with you in exchange for a peek at your cock?”

And now the REAL Countess was showing - sexually-minded, lewd, and almost like vitriol.

“Can I have a clue?”

“That’s... an unusual name...” she slowly commented, not knowing what else would be appropriate to say in response; for perhaps the first time in an awfully long time she felt somewhat bewildered and stunned.

These emotions felt alien to her and it made it so she felt suddenly unsure of herself but it wouldn’t do to reveal this to HIM, whatever the hell he was up to.

Seeing as he had introduced himself, manners dictated she do the same even though this predicament was by far the most outrageous she had witnessed.

“The Countess,” she introduced herself with a nod, using her self-christened title the way she always did with strangers; on occasion some even believed she was of a noble birth based upon the way she conducted herself and the way she enunciated well her words.

Her confused eyes looked to his bag then, a mild curiosity flaring inside her.

“Lay a trap, catch a rat,” Elizabeth said to herself as she sat comfortably upon her lavish bed in a silk designer camisole, patiently awaiting her UNWELCOME VISITOR.

The past while she’d become painfully aware of an intruder within her penthouse suite; whether she had been out for the night or simple sleeping her deep unearthly sleep, she would soon find upon returning or awaking signs of an intrusion.

There would be a scent caught in the air, a cologne mixed with Human smells, and on occasion there would be found little gifts left for her, such as blood red roses and teddy bears.

While Elizabeth welcomed attention, she did not welcome unknown visitors in her room while she was unaware nor did she appreciate the teddy bears as in her opinion, they make for poor sentinels for nightmare-ridden children.

No one could explain to her what all this was about nor could they tell her who this person was - of course Elizabeth put this particular disappointment down to Iris and Liz being LAZY when sitting at reception.

So tonight she had stayed home and remained wakeful, hoping to catch her secret admirer and discover what their intentions were once and for all; she had purposefully left the main room devoid of light and left the door locked as this person didn’t seem to have a problem with picking the lock.