The sound, the laughter, the wickedness behind it, broke the hold that Theodore had on his Vampire.
The muscles of his torso, his arms, and legs, became fuller. His fangs shot down from his gums. The howl of his Vampires outrage shook the crystal chandelier dangling from the ceiling.
The sound had Zeenia's red eyes go wide with shock.
Theodore wasn't so far gone that he didn't recognize that even in the confusion of her emerging Vampire, Zeenia appeared to recognize a big and bad beast.
She scurried backward to her corner of the wall and watched him with big red eyes, as he stalked towards her.
His voice was a volcanic rumble in his chest. "Get down off the wall. Zeenia. Now!"
Time stood still, as for a relentlessly drawn-out moment, she simply stared at him.
Then incredibly she pou
