Over at WBUR I opine about two of my favorite shows: Justified and Better Call Saul
Another bullet of prose from BLOOD CRIMES:
Vanessa was taking a pint from
one of the livestock. She nodded at Metcalf as he approached, he nodded back.
She had been a prostitute before he infected her. Originally he had picked her
up to be a replacement for one of the dead livestock, but he liked the way she
looked—long red hair that fell halfway down her back, sultry lips,
almond-shaped green eyes and a thin waist with near perfect legs. Her breasts
were smaller than what he typically liked—no bigger than what would fit in a
champagne glass, but they had a perky quality to them so he decided to overlook
that flaw, and besides, the infection would shrink them anyway. The infection
had since bleached out her hair and had shrunk her tits to the size of small
apples, but she dyed her hair the same reddish color as before and even with
the changes to her body that the infection caused, he still liked the way she
looked. There was something else about her that he found himself instantly
attracted to. It took him a while to figure out what it was, but he eventually
understood it. In her own way she was as ruthless as he was, even reminding him
a bit of Serena, although she wasn’t nearly as cunning or as crazy. Since the
other vampires were complaining about how overworked they were—and because of
his immediate attraction to her—he infected her and added her to the staff. He
was glad he did. Unlike the others, she accepted her situation and never showed
any self-pity. As far as her competency, well, she never really developed a
touch for drawing blood and was rough with the livestock, but it didn’t much
matter. She’d get a pint out of them regardless of how many times she had to
poke them searching for a vein. And it was not as if any of them were going to
complain. All in all, Metcalf was glad he chose to infect her instead of making
her one of the livestock.
Monday, April 6, 2015
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