You Are A Vampire

Shrugging, I followed her back to the thrones. When she sat, so did I.

"This is the entrance to the orchards," she said, pointing. "Beyond the apple trees are peaches, plums, and pears. All of them are grown and cultivated to our specific tastes." She nodded, and I knew she referred to the blood.

Somehow it was fused within the fruit.

"Sometimes it's nice to eat solid food," she continued. "A liquid diet can get boring after a few hundred years." She snapped her fingers, and we were in a forest.

Giant trees shaded the fern and mossy floor.

A babbling brook rushed along next to us.

Three deer drank from its edge, unaware of us.

She put a finger to her lips.

I bobbed my head, indicating I understood and watched her move without sound toward them.

I fought down the knot forming in my stomach.

What did she intend to do?

When she snapped the neck of the largest deer, I shuddered.

"Why?" I asked, stunned.

The other two deer bolted.

The queen pulled a knife from a sheath I hadn't n