Vampirates 4: Black Heart by Justin Somper

Author:Justin Somper
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Brothers and sisters, Vampires, Action & Adventure, Mothers, Juvenile Fiction, Seafaring life, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, Parenting, Horror & Ghost Stories, Twins, General, Motherhood, Horror, Family & Relationships, Pirates
ISBN: 9780316020879
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Published: 2009-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

"Thank you, my love," he said. He would never tire of her compliments. "So," he asked, "how did you enjoy our little outing tonight?"

Lola smiled as she thought back to their earlier adventures. It was not her usual practice to hunt blood prey for herself. Usually she relied on her very able crew and then drank, at her leisure, from one of her elegant Venetian glasses. Even with John Kuo, she had had his body drained before taking more than a taste of his blood. This, she knew, was not Sidorio's way. Though he humored her by drinking from her antique goblets, he much preferred to take blood directly from the source.

So it seemed only fair that as he had deigned to try things her way, so she should step into his shoes and experience his world.

"It was rather exhilarating," she said, her face a little flushed. "Not something I'd necessarily want to do every night, but once in a while -- especially with you." She paused. "It was wonderful to see you in action, Sid. You were utterly merciless, my darling. I'll never forget the way you punctured that thorax!"

He blushed, clearly embarrassed by her flattery.

She turned and found a decanter and two glasses on a table at her side. Once more, she gazed at Sidorio in wonder.

He shrugged. "I just thought you might be thirsty again when you woke."

She shook her head. "You really do think of everything. Can I pour you a glass?"

"Why not?" he said.

She thought how fragile the thirteenth-century glass looked in Sidorio's beefy fingers. He was far older even than the glass, but he was so strong, so vital. Any moment now he would surely snap the glass in two. But no. He held it carefully there in his hands, the same hands she had observed in their full brutality a few hours earlier. She noted with pleasure how he had learned to swirl the liquid in the glass so as to release the finer subtleties of its "nose," and to sip at it rather than to down the contents in one gulp.

"You know," she said, "I think you and I are rubbing off on each other." She sipped her own drink contentedly, then noticed he was watching her very closely. "What is it, my darling?" she asked.

"Nothing," he said. "Sometimes I just like looking at you."

"Oh, Sid, come over here and sit beside me. It'll be a squeeze -- you're such a brute of a thing -- but I want to be close to you." She made room for him to sit on the chaise longue. She set her wine glass down on the deck. "Comfy?"

"Yes," he said, planting a kiss on her head.

"You've not had very much affection in your life, my darling, have you?" Lady Lockwood said. "As great as you are, as preeminent in your world -- in our world -- I think you've been a little starved for close company and companionship. Am I right?"

Sidorio shrugged and drank from his glass.

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