CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 1 1

JULIANUS

A bad decision

IT WAS MADNESS, and it could only end in disaster.

I don't know why I had approached her; was the memory that strong? Was I that starved for companionship?

I had been satisfied with my life. The fleeting trysts with humans, especially those from the college, had been enough to answer my needs for years. Often I could go weeks with only one, taking a small drink each night. Just enough to satisfy my thirst. Unfortunately, I had gotten careless with the latest. Perhaps it was seeing her again that had sharpened my appetite. At any rate, I would have to find a new source.

One thing was for certain. I would not, under any circumstances, visit my hunger on her. I had to stay away, but…

The way her pulse had quickened in my presence was intoxicating .

Myra.

So much like her . As it always did, every thought of that one ended in regret. There were not enough years in eternity to forgive what I had done. Why would I want to revisit that pain?

And yet, here she was again, as if reborn. The same innocence. The same wonder in her eyes, and I was just as helpless to resist it.

Madness.