She could smell him. Despite the dance floor packed with
sweaty college age patrons and the multiple alcohol stains across the floors,
his stench found its way into her nostrils.
Narrowly
avoiding the grinding figures, she made her way to the bar area, where at least
she could sit and not draw too much attention, though she could feel the eyes
of many men watching her as she trod past. She could see herself through their
eyes: a tall curvy blonde with legs that seemed to go on forever.
She smiled to herself, and felt
their admiration growing as she let her hips sway to the music. They didn’t see
her well concealed eye teeth.
She could smell the bastard, now she just had
to wait and see where he was. And she had plenty of time to wait. When you live
forever, all you have is time.
She had
followed him across state borders, just ahead of the cops. She could stand to
wait a few more hours. His MO was always the same. He would go to a packed
college bar, find the girl who was hiding in the corner and flatter and flirt
his way into her heart. The unsuspecting female, who usually had had one too
many, would follow him out like a little lamb to the slaughter.
A
gentle cough interrupted her inner monologue. Looking to her right she noticed
the interrupters were a group of college age boys. All clapping the smallest on
the shoulder as he looked sheepishly up at her.
Despite the strobing lights, her eyes managed to register that he had
innocent blue eyes and sandy brown hair.
The
bigger boys jostled him back and forth and then pushed him back towards her.
“C-can I buy you a drink?” he managed to stammer out before he turned too shy.
She
couldn’t help but smile, he was so young, and had no idea that he was just
going to be a pawn for the others for the rest of the night. She looked over at
the others. Every single one of them; apes, she thought bitterly.
“Of
course you can, anything you’ll drink is fine with me.” Her voice was melodious
and he seemed entrapped in it for a brief second before turning to the
bartender. Shutting her ears to what he was ordering for them, she scanned the
crowd, trying to catch sight of what she had smelled so prominently upon
entering the building. She felt the
young boy turn back to her, one drink offered out to her. She had to be careful
with him; she could easily mask his mind without meaning to.
“H-here
you go.” He raised his glass as he handed her hers.
“Sláinte.”
She raised her glass in response and watched his eyes open wide at her accent
while speaking. The drink tasted like muddy water to her non human taste buds,
but she managed to get most of it down in one gulp. She supposed it was
something fruity because there was a strawberry on the rim of her martini
glass.
She
looked at him candidly, “So did you complete the dare they set you on?” and
gestured casually with her head towards the group.
“Well,
I suppose so…” he trailed off looking suspiciously back at them. She placed a
hand lightly on his arm. She could psychically convince him to leave without
touching him, but masking a humans mind worked better and had less of a chance
that she would overwhelm his feeble human mind if she was in physical contact
with him.
“You
have had your fun for the night.” She watched as his eyes went wide, and then
seemed to stare at nothing in particular.
“You
are going to go back to your house, dorm or apartment and forget about
tonight.” She glanced back at the crowd of boys who were turning their
attention to the many girls dancing around suggestively. “And you are not going
to go along with these boys again.”
He
nodded weakly and headed for the door. She watched as one of the others saw him
leave and tried to go after him. But the crowd of people pushed him back,
protecting the smaller boy as he left. She smiled to herself; at least she
could protect him from tonight. Her mask wouldn’t last as long as she wished,
but that was the mortal way. They had to learn the hard way, especially the
men.
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