Dracula's Demeter by Doug Lamoreux

Author:Doug Lamoreux [Lamoreux, Doug]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2012-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

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You said you wanted to talk with me, Dr. Seward. But you don't. This is not conversation. It is pontification; a lecture for your captive audience. Or should I say… your captive. What have you done with the birds, you ask. But you do not wait for a response. You don't want a response because this is not a conversation.

Again, the stare. The doctor did what he could to control a shiver, and hoped it hadn't been too obvious. Still Renfield's icy stare. No reason to drag this out, Seward thought. He'd made his point. He administered an opiate, which the patient took without trouble. Heavily but necessarily medicated, he would leave Renfield to sleep. Or, at least, to lie quiet for the night.

As he started for the door, Seward picked up the small notebook which Renfield made such a habit of scribbling in and slipped it into his pocket. It was more than curiosity. He was the man's doctor. “Good night, Renfield,” he said. There was no answer.

The psychiatrist could feel Renfield's eyes, drooping slits from medication, against his back, watching him depart. Worse, and this made no sense, he swore he could feel a second pair of eyes as well, all the way out the door. Someone else watching. The doctor admonished himself for being foolish. Of course, no such thing had happened. Renfield may have been a rare case but he had the standard set of two eyes; no more. Be that as it may, he felt a wave of genuine relief when Martin turned the key, securing the fly-eater in his room for the night.

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