A more accurate description would be 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 bloodthirsty, but yes. He is a 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆, after all.

Well, while that is nice to know, it’s also 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔. It’s only the heat that 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 hurts.

A 𝒍𝒐𝒕 of them, yes. It’s quite 𝒐𝒅𝒅, really. Indeed.

It 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔, yes, but it still isn’t particularly 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. After all.. 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆.

Go ahead. Just make sure she isn’t 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 by his accent. He moved here a 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 time ago.

Yes, 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒚. He is a 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆, after all.

She 𝒊𝒔? He has absolutely 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓. Be 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅.

The realisation of a 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 makes his mouth 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. He only sees her as 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕. ❛ Well, 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. ❜ His british accent is heavy, even after 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 away from his country. He isn’t turning around because his 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒔 are out.

Not if he can find 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅.

Hopefully, he 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 be. Valerian isn’t particularly 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔, despite how 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 he might seem.

I 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 think that 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒖𝒑 is a particularly 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 idea. He’d better 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘.

He 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 going to 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. Valerian doesn’t have the 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚. He’s hasn’t 𝒇𝒆𝒅 in a few 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 and it’s taking its 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒍.

Oh, he 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆. Vampires aren’t particularly 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒚. Especially when they’re 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚.

That’s still 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 than 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 to death. At least it is in 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏, anyway. So is 𝒉𝒆. Being 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 is quite 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, really. It’s been a 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 few 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 years and he 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅.

It could be 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, actually. Val’s 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 of time. He’s got a 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 of 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆﹔maybe Ryker could 𝒖𝒔𝒆 some 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 ?

He’s resorted to 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 and it tastes like 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕. It’s absolutely 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

Finally. Some 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕. @artfulreveries seems like an 𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 target, especially 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 the fact that he 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 had a decent 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍 in 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔. He’s 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈.

That it 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕. He doesn’t exactly 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 her, but something 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 seem 𝒐𝒅𝒅. ❛ It’s a little 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 to be walking home 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, don’t you think? ❜ The 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 in his voice is 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏.

There’s a 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 hum. ❛ Ah. I 𝒔𝒆𝒆. ❜ The man 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 for a second, almost 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 her. ❛ Could you do me a 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 ? ❜