When Darkness Comes by Wilbanks G. Allen

Author:Wilbanks, G. Allen [Wilbanks, G. Allen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror | Vampires
Publisher: Deep Dark Thoughts Publications LLC
Published: 2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

And then I was lying on my cot in the storm cellar with Andi standing over me. She was wrapped in a heavy white bathrobe with her wet hair pulled back and wrapped into a hastily tied bun. When she noticed that I was awake, she held something out to me.

My vision blurred and I had to squint to make out the red, square object in her hand. It was blood. It was one of the bags of pig’s blood from the little refrigerator in the cellar. I reached for it, missed, and let my hand drop back to the cot. I was so weak, so tired, I could not control my body. Not even enough to take the offered blood.

Andi sighed loudly, then sat at the edge of the cot beside me. The wooden frame creaked alarmingly under her weight and for a moment I worried it would collapse under us. Against all reason, the flimsy construction of cloth and sticks held. Andi bit the corner from the blood bag she held in her right hand and used her other hand to help me raise my head. She brought the bag to my mouth. I felt like an infant being bottle fed by its mother. It was humiliating, but there was little I could do about it. I had all the strength of an infant at that moment, and I desperately needed the blood. Putting my pride aside I let Andi do all the work, and I drank.

When the first bag was empty, Andi helped me with the second. Then the third. When the blood was all gone, she tossed the last drained bag onto the ground and stood up to leave. Before she left however, she paused to pick up the pillow that had fallen to the floor and place it under my head. She unfolded a rough woolen blanket – I didn’t see where it came from – and draped it over my helpless form. Kneeling down next to the cot, she brushed her hand through my hair with a surprisingly tender touch, and kissed my forehead. The gesture left me more conflicted than ever. Was I cattle to her, just a source of food, or something more? Did her act of kindness indicate she had feelings for me, or was she merely comforting a favored pet? There were no answers for my questions. Even if I could have spoken them aloud, Andi would most likely not bother to respond.

With these thoughts swirling in my mind, my consciousness fled.

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