#creaturemade

the welshman simply raised an eyebrow. years ago, when he had first come to london, he might have balked at the idea of courting any sort of scandal, but after his tenth, he had grown rather used to the whole nonsense. no one ever got anywhere in this city, particularly in the medical circles, without having (and loudly expressing) strong opinions. “ i am well aware of that, sir. i should be sorry to hear that i had not. ”

“what was that?”

      “Then   you’re   not   as   stupid   as   I   would   have   assumed.”   As   bitter   as   they   sounded,   one   could   only   imagine   how   those   words   would   have   tasted   to   the   sharp   tongue   of   the   vampire.   Mary’s   fingers   curled   against   the   hem   of   her   sleeve,   the   smallest   of   fidgets   a   signal   that   perhaps,   there   is   a   glimmer   of   humanity   left   within   those   ageless   bones.