The Vampire's Angel by Damian Serbu

Author:Damian Serbu [Serbu, Damian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Gay, Fiction
ISBN: 9781935053224
Publisher: Quest
Published: 2013-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Thomas: Love Potion

17 July 1791

DESPITE HIS CONSTERNATION, Thomas grinned when he saw Xavier on the porch, smiling like a damsel who had just spotted her knight. Xavier was so charming in those peasant clothes that he fixed to look neat and tidy. Despite his anger and intention to scold the abbé for what had happened that day, Thomas melted as he neared the Saint-Laurent home. Yet he still must reprimand Xavier. That was his first thought upon wakening and seeing the note from Anne Hébert.

Thomas had almost forgotten to worry constantly about Xavier because he had grown accustomed to the rioting, but today he woke with dread in his heart. He threw the lid off of his trunk too hard, shattering it into pieces, and dressed hurriedly. Something alarmed him terribly about Xavier’s safety. He paused momentarily before sprinting out the door to leave a note for his servants to fetch his back-up trunk, when he saw the note from Anne and ripped it open: “Thomas, before you go anywhere tonight, I must speak with you at my place. Anne.”

He threw it into the trash and raced out the door, arriving at Anne’s place in seconds. He knocked frantically on her door until she called for him to enter.

“Well, such manners, banging on my door like that. We may be friends now, but I think your behavior needs improving.”

“What is it? Why did you send me that note?”

“Are you going to apologize for the entry?”

“I hardly think that this is the time for decorum.”

She erupted with laughter, making him even angrier. “He’s just fine. No need to lose your temper.”

“Then why did you want to see me?”

“We need to discuss something, but he’s safe. Were you surprised I sent you something?” she asked, crafty.

“How did you know where I lived?”

“I’ve my methods,” she said.

“Tell me. How did you discover where I sleep?”

“Because you just told me.” She cackled even harder. “I only figured out how to get you a letter, I had no idea you slept there. Now, you know I’ve my ways of acquiring such information, and you know I’m not about to share them with you. But, if it makes you feel better, it was very difficult to come by. Your place is safer than you think.”

“But if you discovered it, could Marcel?”

“Well, I hadn’t thought about that. Do you sleep in the same place every night?”

“I have been,” he answered.

“Then maybe you should move about more.”

“So he has the power to locate me?”

She smiled, a sly, protective grin. “Actually, no. It doesn’t seem that he has firm control over the magic. He’s an amateur. It’s obvious that he has learned from someone dumb enough to give him the black magic. But I don’t think that they told him all the secrets, only what they wanted him to know. Otherwise things would have been much worse by now. I suppose that he could find you, but it seems highly unlikely that he could figure it out. And it doesn’t happen quickly.

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