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...Suddenly he was awake, and saw that he was in an opulent room, lavishly furnished. A large window was open and it was morning. Birds sat singing in a large tree outside. He peered about and saw the woman who had brought him there. She sat stone-still, looking at him with the most beautiful and exquisite gray eyes. They were wide-set and like he remembered, she had a creamy complexion with a hint of pinkness in her cheeks. Her lips were a delicate shade of pink, curving sensually in a very slight pout. Her hair was a light shade of honey, wavy with golden highlights, and hung gracefully framing her beautiful face. Polished ivory would best describe her skin, with a glow about it if that was possible.
He croaked "Did you really...bring me here?"
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"You were attacked.".............
....."How did you bring me here?" I thought we were flying...I must have been out of my mind...that beast bit me."
She laughed then, a husky laugh with an exotic musical quality. "You were weak, but not out of your mind, Ian."
"You...really...carried...me here, Cosette?"
"Yes."
"How did you do that? I mean where we are now?"
"It is easy for us, Ian. We are some thirty-five miles from where you were attacked."
"But how...you said it is easy for us? Who else helped you? I only remember you, Cosette."
"It is easy for my kind, Ian."
"Your kind, Cosette? What do you mean?"
She sat silent for a moment,her beautiful eyes fixed on his. Finally she said "I am a vampire, Ian."
At that Ian sat as still as Cosette, staring at her. Neither spoke for an interminable time. Ian became conscious of a clock ticking somewhere in the house, and he could hear sounds outside both near and some farther away. Finally he said "There are no such things, Cosette."
"There are, Ian. I am one as is Madame Lafayette. Now you are one too, mon ami."