The waves break as the sky grows dark.
She stands silently watching the shadows
grow deeper. A flapping and hollow cry
sounds through the night air and a tired child
looks up with curiosity. The moon's
light reflects a subtle glow

off the water. The subtle, soft glow
however, cannot brighten the dark
as the clouds and fog threaten to hide the moon.
She steps out, keeping to the shadows
as she walks. She is still a child
in this world. She remembers how she cried

when she was turned. Sometimes she still cries,
but not as often. She pauses as the red glow
of a cigarette catches her attention. 'Poor child'
she thinks. 'Treasure your life before it goes dark.'
The smoker puts out the cigarette and the shadows
once again swallow his form. The moon

continues to shine. A cloud moves and the moon
slips behind it. The ghostly white owl cries
out once again, then flies back into the shadows.
She's walked this path each night since the embrace. The candle's glow
reminds her that he's waiting as he always does when the sky grows dark.
She hears his whisper loud in her mind. 'Come to me my Childe.'

She does as he says. He is her sire and she's merely a child
to him. She comments on how perfect he looks in the moon's
pale light and how beautifully his eyes stand out, dark
against his pale skin. She catches his bored look and tries not to cry.
All she wants is to please him. His eyes reflect the candle's glow
and she knows what to do. She moves closer, their shadows

join, becoming one. As the night goes on they, like their shadows,
also become one. A nightly ritual between Sire and Childe.
Each night their blood bond is renewed, strengthened, until the glow
of the candle dims and the pale light of the moon
is all that remains. At the end of each night, she cries
a single tear, and each night it goes unseen in the darkness.

She leaves without a goodbye and stands under the moons subtle soft glow
for a moment. In the distance she hears the faint cry of a waking child
and she walks home in the shadows, once again swallowed in darkness.


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