Do not ruin this moment, please. Why are you doing this to me, right now?
If he thought that I would deconcentrate my brain again, and on the same day, I could take his
raincoat He had already restocked and would not be able to keep his feet on that mission.
"Richard, have not I understood myself yet?" Are you obtuse? I love you, "I said. -
And I accepted it the way you are: a vampire. Now think with me: if for a simple thing, as if
food, is already hiding from me, what will happen when it comes to a really relevant subject? Would you like
participate in my daily life and exclude me from yours? Is that your model of happiness? Has just
confess right now that you had the best night of your life ... Do you think it was not mine either? Because
you can be sure that it was. He could never suppose that there was anything of this magnitude. I gave a slight
pause, remembering. "Still, I do not want you alone, I want more." I want
share everything with me, including bad things, things you do not like. I want someone who
delivered in full, not in half. And as long as you do not realize this on your part, I will not be able to
deliver too.
Richard closed his eyes for a few seconds, probably thinking of everything that had just
hear.
"All right," he agreed with a low, annoyed grunt.
That is, he accepted, although he did not move from place to place.
- I am waiting...
- Waiting what? He asked again, losing his temper.
"Richard, do I look retarded?" Get the blood now! I ordered.
- But I already drank! "He answered like a child when he makes tantrums.
"Ah, you can drink a little more ... You will not get fat in this little body
Perfect! I said sarcastically and stood waiting, stamping my foot.
"You're a little annoyed, are not you?" Make any vampire look like a bat on your side! -
she muttered.
"I just did a great internship with a certain doctor, in a hospital nearby ..."
Richard just stared at me out of the corner of his eyes, crossed his arms and turned around
tied to fetch her food. He then returned with a bag containing O + type blood,
placing it on the table.
- Is it your favorite? I asked.
"Yes," he said, his face boring.
I had to force myself to hold back the laughter. He remembered Juninho when he fought not to eat
vegetables. But the difference between them was around 150 years!
"Is taste better?" I mean, sweeter or salty, I do not know ... - I exemplified, trying to distract him.
"It tastes better," he said, seeming to give a small hint of relaxation.
- Drink ice cream? Do not you need to warm up?
- Heated at 36 degrees is ideal, as in the human body. Since I'm always in a hurry, I drink.
same ice cream.
Do vampires also follow the cruel rhythm of modern life? This is good!
"And now you're in a hurry about what?"
"To put an end to it," he said, revealing his displeasure.
"Do you think it's a coincidence that my blood is just your favorite type?"
"I do not know if I can call it a coincidence, but surely you are my preference in
all the senses, "he declared, squinting at me without lifting his head.
"And what blood type do you least like?" I continued, focusing on my goal.
- B negative. I do not know why, but I do not like it that much.
- This one is contaminated?
"This, by any chance, do not ... Wait, how do you know I've got contaminated blood stored?" -
suspicious, frightened.
Oh, what a mess! Time to reverse the picture, I thought.
"Am I forbidden to walk through the house where I live?" - counterattack.
- No, of course not. "He appeared to have been embarrassed. "Just try not to touch him."
- recommended.
- Keep calm. I'm a nurse, remember?
"I remember, only you're human and you're at risk of contamination." I get ... nervous just thinking.
I noticed a genuine concern for the way he turned his eyes from side to side.
"How does the blood penetrate you?" - I changed the course of the conversation. "You do not swallow like us, no.
It is?
"I swallow when the throat gets very dry, but the normal process happens through my
teeth, which have thin holes through which the blood passes. You can not see it from afar.
- And close? "I came forward.
"Did you decide to look at my teeth now?"
The situation was suffering for him, definitely. He looked more like a convicted prisoner going to meet
from the gallows.
- Leave it, will you? I asked in a soft voice, the kind of weapon that disassembles any man. - But,
First, I wanted to see you drink a little ...
I suspected, after his gaze, that this battle I had already won.
He rubbed his head, somewhat reluctantly, and set his teeth on one side of the bag. I saw the liquid
viscous fading, little by little, until not a single drop remains. When he finished, he kept watching me.
in a wary way, still waiting for some repulsive reaction from me. I arrived more
close and held his face, staring with devotion at those blue eyes that stayed with the iris
reddish. I began by gently kissing the corners of her mouth, where there was still a
blood, and then I ended up in the center of the lips, almost biting them.
Richard stood there, blinking his eyes non-stop, his mouth slightly open, unresponsive.
- Hey, did it hurt? I asked sarcastically.
- Wow! He exclaimed, looking slightly confused. "If I had known of this outcome ..."
thirst like this is too good!
- I thought so as well. If you want to behave properly, I am seriously thinking of making this act a
habit in your next meal, which I make myself warm.
He stretched out his right hand and gently stroked my cheek.
- Do you want to take care of me? He hardly seemed to believe what he heard.
- And why not? Is not this how couples who love each other do? They take care of each other?
"Did I say you make me happy?" He asked, finally displaying that sweeping smile.
"Not that I remember, but you can testify now." I do not care, "I teased.
- You do not exist. It definitely does not exist. I must be dreaming awake, it can only be! -
he laughed, exultant. "As far as I know, it's not over yet." Were not you going to look at my teeth? - Yours
Malice had returned.
"You'll have to wait until later if you want me to be meticulous." Now I have to finish
fix this mess!
"I can not wait," he said, heading for a special bin to throw the empty blood bag.
Chapter 19
In the middle of the night, after we packed everything up and took a shower, we took
know our stories. There was much to share. I wanted to know him first since
I considered my life until its arrival a very dull thing. In addition, from humans it
I knew better, it had once been.
- What's up? How did you become a vampire? I asked curiously.
"It's not something you'd like to remember," he expressed discomfort as he spoke,
continued. "I was born in Dublin, Ireland, and I was twenty-six in 1872, when it happened.
- Are you Irish? - I mumbled. "Funny ... By your features, I would never imagine. The impression
that it was that everyone would be blond, red-faced ...
He temporarily undid that little air at will to give way to a small
relaxation.
"I have this dark black hair because of my mother, who was Span
ish. My father met her.
at a time of many wars and eventually took her to Ireland. She had long hair like
his, only thicker and more curly. How curious ... I have not had any memories of the
childhood, but it reminded me of something ... "Richard stared into infinity, leaving his mind
wander "I never understood why my father was so angry when she cut her hair in
shoulders. It seemed such a silly thing! I have come to the conclusion now that my preference in this sense alone
may be of genetic origin. He smiled, analyzing the length of my wires. "You still want to know how
Has the transformation happened?
- Of course! Continues...
"Well, I just graduated in medicine. He was engaged, too, "he interrupted,
worried about my reaction. - It was a few weeks before my marriage, when I went to
I was approached by a mysterious man who offered me a job for a very inviting salary for the
time. You know, this thing of responsibility was already a striking feature in me. I've always been
very worried about that and my marriage was coming ... Actually, I even worked in a
hospital, but she still did not have enough income to offer the life she thought she deserved, after all,
my fiancee was the daughter of an influential farmer in the area.
And she must be beautiful too, I supposed. Beautiful and rich.
"Besides," he went on, "it was not easy to get professionally
history. Because there was no other doctor in the family, I was the first to do this.
adventure of getting a diploma. So I accepted the proposal without blinking and went to meet this
the person who made the invitation to sign the contract, although he was somewhat surprised by the place he had marked.
Arriving at the place, I discovered that it was a trap. He and others would suck my blood.
"Irresistible" - imitated the voice of his tormentor in anger - and throw what was left of my body in a
Any wasteland. I even tried to escape, but besides being three, it is practically impossible to escape from
a vampire because of his speed. I prayed several times, asking God for mercy, and I believe that
He picked me up. Not the way I asked, but ...
I stared at him, imagining the absurdity of such a situation.
- After being bitten in all ways and still not dead, the partner of a
of those vampires tried to convince them that I might be useful to their species, as a kind of bait
for humans, especially for women. I do not know what she saw that was different in me,
I just suspect you thought I'd be able to bow to this damn condition and that I'd "love"
to be part of that bunch of vampires, as if you could enjoy such a thing! Disgusting!
He growled, remembering.
Richard did not know what the vampire saw in him? Apparently, I was not the only one who
needed more intimacy with mirrors ...
"Actually, I do not know what this was for," he went on. "I only know that I was transformed by her and
As soon as the surveillance subsided, at the first opportunity I had, I fled. The transformation took a
little, it took several hours. I did not feel pain, but it was rather strange to realize that my heart had
stopped beating, the skin turned pale, hard and ... cold.
He began to describe his initial sensations making a face of disgust and after a pause
reformulated his thoughts:
"I was hidden for a while, and so I was sure I could control thirst and
instincts, I looked for my bride. She noticed the change immediately. My eyes were still
dark and canines grew easily, something that has not happened for more than a hundred years. Did another
pause, as if thinking of choosing words. Juliet was afraid. Of course she judged me.
a ... freak, a despicable, deplorable being! His voice failed at that hour. And I ended up being
hunted and forced to spend the next few years hiding, watching her get married, having children, grandchildren ... Until
she finally died. He sighed. "It was not less painful to see my parents in pain,
thinking that they had lost their only child. But what could I do? If society knew
that I was still alive, would surely burn our house, even with them inside. At that
cover a creature considered to be evil was a crime for the death penalty. - Your hands
they gestured nervously in agony.
I felt his pain almost immediately because of osmosis.
This self-contempt was ancient. Rejection and suffering were striking facts in his life.
On the other hand, in a selfish way, I was even grateful to Juliet. After all, if she did not
refused, I would not be with him at that moment.
That unfortunate woman did not know what she had lost ...
"Stephanie, I'm not going to lie to you, saying I've never fed on a victim's blood."
I had to do this several times out of necessity, especially when I was newly transformed,
but he never went so far as to kill them. I hypnotized people and harvested as little as possible
to be able to endure this damned thirst. In fact, I have always repressed my thirst so that I can
content with very little to date. Even so, I was feeling so bad afterwards that
I tried to fight for a more decent way to quench it. The animals were a provisional solution, still
that it would be something like taking jiló soup every day, if you understand me ... The taste is bitter! -
He grimaced. "It all got a lot easier after the medicine came along. From that point on,
keep the diet only with donated blood.
He seemed to want to apologize for something he could not avoid.
"Do not bitter." This is part of the past - I console him, trying to get him out of that sudden
affliction. "So, what happened next?"
- After that, I left Dublin and began my pilgrimage through the countries of Europe, starting with
London. I spent decades devoting myself to my studies. Many years ago, there was also a person who
scored a lot. Not as a girlfriend or anything, but someone who needed too much help. She
there was no one in life. He was a person practically excluded from society, like me. I found the
creature thrown in the midst of a mass of mutilated soldiers, in an inhumane and totally
forgotten. They did the biggest barbarities with her. The feeling she felt for this young woman was,
perhaps, like that of a father or a brother. She had not even reached the age of majority! For several times
he begged, crying, begging her to heal her. The poor woman was very sick and no matter how hard she studied at night
and day, I could not save her. He seemed to have acquired a type of resistant bacteria, yet there was no cure.
I did not know how to do what I do today. No one ever needed me so much and I failed ... "
he began to report as if he were to blame for his death.
"You're a doctor, not God, Richard," I said. "You can not blame yourself that way.
Although he nodded in agreement with what I said, inwardly he did not seem to be
to conform.
- I spent a lot of time embittered and since I learned to differentiate the blood elements with
clarity, and draining them away from the contaminated part, I decided that I would dedicate my life only to healing the
my patients, that I would never lose anyone under my responsibility, "he amended.
"And how did you end up here in Sao Paulo?"
- I set foot in Brazil for the first time in 1980, when I heard about the extraordinary case of a
vampire who died while acquiring the blood of a patient in a hospital of the time. I had never seen one
case li
ke this before ... The old lady had a rare, undiagnosed, blood disease of evolution
quick and evil, "he said. - There was also the suspicion that the disease had a
hereditary, since the patient herself reported the death of at least one of her descendants from the same
form.
"How can human blood be capable of this?" I asked, impressed by what I had heard.
- Do not know. Some abnormal element in her blood composition
stranger of this vampire. It seemed that the anomalous cells attacked the genetic makeup of our
species. I can only be sure that it was because of that lady's blood, for the simple fact that
after he had swallowed it in large quantities, he did not feed himself. It was a very strange thing ... O
His body was creating voids, as if he were disappearing. And that's what happened after a
time. And you will not believe it ... Do you know how I discovered this?
- I have no idea.
"I was in Washington attending a congress, waiting for the lecture of a colleague
our class, when, without further ado, it was canceled. It's because? He asked again,
creating suspense in the air. "Because our illustrious colleague was hospitalized, stating
categorically that he "dealt" with a vampire here in Brazil and that he was dying in a hiding place
sure ... At first I even found it amusing, but I realized from the descriptions that the other doctors
reported on the case, that there was some truth in this story. So I bought a ticket and
I flew straight to Sao Paulo. After a few months, Ava decided to come too, although I had not
courage to tell her my true intentions.
"Intentions?" As well? Did not you come to Brazil to study the "disease" of the vampire?
"Actually, I came here willing to look for both: he to study it, although practically
there was not much left over from his body. And she, because she wanted to get some of that
blood. I was no longer willing to live ...
"Are you telling me you came to São Paulo to try to kill yourself?" I asked, horrified at the
possibility.
"I would have done it sooner if there was a way to commit the act alone." I had no more reasons
to live for a long time ... So far, "he corrected with an irresistible smile.
"And you managed to find such a lady?"
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