The Vampire Next Door by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Pretending to eat proved to be easier than expected. Rudi was an excellent cook. Obviously, he had graduated at the top of his cooking class. Tori imagined a group of his female classmates swooning over his latest mouth-watering offering and ground her teeth.

A couple of glasses of wine and Sheila ceased to notice anything beside the exquisitely-cooked steak and Rudi's sparkling conversation, most of which Tori noted with another gnashing of her jaws, was directed at her mother. Her mother, Tori realized, was probably closer to Rudi's age. This wasn't at all how the fantasy went. Sure, she wanted Rudi to like her mom, but in a friendly, mother-in-law sort of way. Her fantasy crumbling around her, the best she could hope for was a merciful end to the evening.

One that didn't involve a proposal of marriage to her mother.

"So," Rudi said as Sheila's cab pulled away from the curb. "Shall we investigate the footsteps around my lair?"

Tori carried the last of the dinner plates into the kitchen and stared skeptically at the pile of dirty dishes in the sink. "I can't tonight, Rudi. This Michael's guy really has it in for me at work. I've got to prepare for tomorrow's presentation. It's got to be slick or this guy's going to have my job!"

She squirted pink dish washing liquid into the sink. Splattered across the white dishes it reminded her of blood. Tori noticed Rudi glance at it and look away. He hadn't fed, she realized, except for a mouthful of very rare steak.

That disturbing line of thought was interrupted by the sound of squishy footsteps against wet grass, followed by a heavy thud and a curse. She ducked down beneath the kitchen window and pulled Rudi down beside her.

"Someone is sneaking around your house!"

Crimson glittered in Rudi's eyes. He strode purposefully toward the door. "Someone has violated my Lair!"

"Wait a minute!" Tori hauled him backward, earning herself a vicious look and the gleam of a white fang. Hastily, she let him go. Rudi recovered himself and donned a kinder expression.

Tori swallowed hard. "You can't just go rushing out there. You'll scare them away. Remember we want to catch them in the act."

Rudi drew himself up to his full height. "I am Vampire, Lord of the Darkness. No one escapes from my clutches!"

His words echoed ominously through the kitchen. Against her pride, Tori took another step backward. If there was a prowler skulking around Rudi's house, she reasoned, they'd have alerted him by now. So much for the invincible Lord of the Darkness. One glance at Rudi made her reconsider that thought. "I still think stealth is our best option," she managed to croak out. "It could just be a burglar after your stereo equipment."

At the thought of someone meddling with his stereo equipment, the crimson in Rudi's eyes deepened to scarlet. That seemed to bother him more than someone tampering with the sanctity of his Lair. Then his gaze softened. "Perhaps you're right," he said at last.

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