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Arturo de Rosa was born in the year 965, Cordoba, Spain. He currently resides in Potes, Spain, but is visiting Boston on the urging of his human blood prostitute, Stephen. In this scene he’s walking the street of the vampire community’s leader, envisioning Alec Marshall, whom he knew in those early years in Cordoba.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Arturo strummed the cool wrought-iron rails, and sniffed at the row of potted flowers that sat stiff and brown. The lamplight blurred in the descending fog. He paused, closed his eyes, then looked up at the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlexandros,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n

His vision broke at the sound of footsteps.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for Alec Marshall, he\u2019s at the State House gala tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arturo remained staring at the house. \u201cNot at all. I\u2019m looking for something sweet to suit my fastidious palette. Not one human \u2026 not one has walked this street tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vampire stepped forward. \u201cNo. You see \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

As Arturo turned, the vampire stopped, marking a distance between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimple hunger,\u201d Arturo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes \u2026 you see \u2026 Le Cauchemar isn\u2019t far. You\u2019ll find bank blood there. Or livebloods.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLivebloods? Ah, blood prostitutes, you mean. But I have one already.\u201d<\/p>\n

This vampire was young, his skin still somewhat porous, not the white sheen that he and Alexandros now had, and his heart beat with erratic weakness. Four humans with torches could overpower and easily kill these community fledglings.<\/p>\n

Still, he seemed to be making an attempt here, this staunch community supporter. And in that he resembled Alexandros. \u201cAt some of the clubs, you\u2019ll find humans who give blood freely,” the vampire continued, “or for a price, but the bank blood is available \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Ignoring him, Arturo stroked the iron rail and gazed back at Alec Marshall\u2019s redbrick home.<\/p>\n

\u201cSir, if you haven\u2019t registered at the department \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The fence was built with perfectly spaced iron spears, the tips wet but gritty to Arturo’s touch. \u201cComprende, I sculpt with subtle, sloping lines, nothing as sharp as he\u2019s chosen. Nor anything as refined as the symmetry his house commands.\u201d Arturo sighed dramatically and finally turned to the vampire. \u201cIt has made me pause to consider.\u201d He then brushed his hands down his coat. \u201cBut mostly, I\u2019m famished. There are humans here, no? In this fine habitat you made?\u201d<\/p>\n

The vampire backed up farther. \u201cYou\u2019ll need to register. You\u2019ll need to \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Laughing, Arturo pulled off his long coat, and draped it over the railing before Alec\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

\u201cNine hundred years. That\u2019s how long I\u2019ve battled your careful and conscientious Alexandros Mersecal. I know his many names. Is he still as beautiful?\u201d Smiling, Arturo held up his hand. \u201cShhh\u2026. Say nothing. My imagination conjures better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then leaving the coat, Arturo disregarded the vampire and headed back down Bethany Street under thin lamplight, a pale yellow gauze that roused his taste for skin.<\/p>\n

At the corner, he turned back. \u201cSouth, would you say? Will I find your humans if I go, say \u2026 this way?\u201d<\/p>\n

The young vampire turned and, quickening his pace, headed back where he\u2019d come from.<\/p>\n

Arturo watched bemused. \u201cCity of proselytes, Marshall belongs only to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

— from\u00a0Beside the Darker Shore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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