Rome ( Read more... )

The tears burned my eyes as I tried to hold them back. I couldn’t let him see me lose my composure like this.

Christ stared back accusingly from the ancient wood panel. Time had faded the once brilliant colours and the jewels which had lined His halo were long gone, but otherwise the ikon was exactly as I remembered it. In one of my most selfish ( Read more... )

My Dearest Lestat ( Read more... )

If you think that I'm going to let you get away with that, you're wrong. This is not over, Lestat.

My head is spinning. My entire body tingles and if charged by a powerful electrical current. I feel as if I could take on the world and win. I am omnipotent. I drink my fill again and again, but still I want more. I can't get enough. His blood is like a drug and I am hopelessly addicted. I don't care who knows it ( Read more... )

The package arrived just an hour ago.

I could sense the object inside before I even opened the little velvet box. Power radiated from it. Even now, as I hold the amulet in the palm of my hand, I can feel the energy of it as if it is a living thing. It's beautiful, of course. You've always had exquisite taste. The delicate filigree that surrounds ( Read more... )

The night was May 4. The country was Iran.

Everything was hurried; rushing from one place to the next. Nights are short at this time of year and crossng time zones at speeds surpassing Mach 0.925 can make them feel even shorter. I won't share all of the hasty and somewhat clumsy details here, but I will share one ( Read more... )

"I want you," he breathed as strong arms pressed me back against the bed ( Read more... )

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

He was like a ghost when he arrived at my villa on that cool evening in late Autumn. A graceful phantom of a creature lurking near the fountain just outside my main doors, too uncomfortable with the feelings that were eating away at him to actually announce his presence or make himself known. He didn't need to. I had sensed him the moment he ( Read more... )