Tong was restless. He was waiting impatiently for hours to pass by.
'Dusk, come in. I want to touch and smell Ava!' he whispered to himself.
The vampiress had a bony body. She was very thin. Her smell was like dead rat and, maybe, she did not wash at all!
When Ava had put her babies to sleep, she would rattle the rock imperceptibly. Tong had been watching that rock all day so he noticed its slight movement.
"Ava?" he whispered eagerly.
"Yes, I'm here!" A white and slender hand went out of the hole.
The first she touched his face voluntarily, he had almost fainted.
"Oh, Tong! I want to escape! How can you help me?" It was a nightly grievance. They had been having this communication for about a month.
"I have thought of a way, Ava!" This time, his answer was positive. "But you may
