Jealousy is not becoming of celestial beings. [A slight frown crosses her features.] Why did you stop?
[A pause and then a slow nod.]
Compulsion we call it. Not entirely common among our kind but... Useful. [Victoria looked away, leaving his space.] I don't like using it unless I must.
[His compliment brought a soft brush of heat to her cheeks, which was a surprise unto itself. ] Haven't been called beautiful in a long time.
[Looking back at him, the vampire studies his features with as much thought as he regarded hers. ]
I can't say. Maybe it's because we're both strangers in a strange land. Maybe something else, Michael.
[There could be something. She hasn't felt so comfortable next to someone that wasn't her daughter in years.]
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Jealousy is not becoming of celestial beings. [A slight frown crosses her features.] Why did you stop?
[A pause and then a slow nod.]
Compulsion we call it. Not entirely common among our kind but... Useful. [Victoria looked away, leaving his space.] I don't like using it unless I must.
[His compliment brought a soft brush of heat to her cheeks, which was a surprise unto itself. ] Haven't been called beautiful in a long time.
[Looking back at him, the vampire studies his features with as much thought as he regarded hers. ]
I can't say. Maybe it's because we're both strangers in a strange land. Maybe something else, Michael.
[There could be something. She hasn't felt so comfortable next to someone that wasn't her daughter in years.]