That was a good thing. That smell. You want that blood. Right. Now.
My eyes closed for a moment, and when I thought about it, I didn't see any complications with taking her. Katy was strong, she could fight through it. Besides, I had gathered enough self control over my sixty three years on this earth to stop myself before I killed her. So what was the problem with just taking a little taste?
GET her GET her you idiot KILL her I MUST have her BLOOD. "Mmmmm," I murmured in a pitch so low I was sure our victim couldn't hear it. But I could hear her. I could hear her every move, breath, I could even hear the soft swish of her eyelashes when she blinked. Her heartbeat was loud and clear, fast and inviting. The whole world seemed to move with every pulsation.
I chuckled. More blood dripped down from my mouth and splattered over my chin. I heard a sharp breath and then a rapid sequence of heartbeats, making the little heart pump delicious blood faster through the girl. . . Whoever she might be. . . It didn't matter, though, no matter how much the question gnawed away at my conscience. I was more than ready to rip her apart slowly with this smile on my face. My hands clenched. My head tilted down. Come on, buddy. We've got prey to catch, I whispered to my better half. He snarled in victory and came charging forth.
As soon as he started pushing his way to the surface, I regretted my decision. I always did. I had to grit my teeth to keep from crying out in anguish. My head felt like it was being put through an atom smasher, and simultaneously being pushed back into a concrete wall. That could only mean that my predatory instincts were coming through. My canine teeth were pulled down to touch my bottom lip with such force, the sensation was only comparable to having a body-builder dentist try to rip them out with his bare hands. My fingers aggrandized themselves to gradually end in long, curved, razor-sharp points, useful for piercing hearts to give the pitiful humans a quick death. Or a painfully slow one. My pupils darkened and elongated into thin slits, for enhanced vision. The irises faded to a piercing, emotionless, silver-like