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dressed in a skintight black sheath, fishnet stockings, and way too much makeup. The woman's psychosis covers her face like the caul found on a newborn infant, pulsing indentations marking her eyes, nose, and mouth.

    Judd closes his eyes and sighs. 'Kitty, look, it's over! Get a life of your own and let go of mine, all right?'

    'Oh, is that how you see it? Funny, I remember you saying something different! Like how you'd always love me! Guess I was stupid to believe that, huh?'

    Kitty's rage turns the caul covering her face an interesting shade of magenta, swirling and pulsing like a lava lamp.

    'You're not getting away that easy, asshole! And who's this - your new slut?'

    Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) Kitty slaps the flat of her hand against my shoulder as if to push me away from judd. I grab Kitty's wrist, being careful not to break it in front of Judd.

    C'mon, snap the crazy bitch's arm off, purrs the Other. She deserves it!

    'Don't touch me.' My voice is flat and blunt, like the side of a sword.

    Kitty tries to yank herself free of my grip. 'I'll fucking touch you anytime I want! Just you stay away from my boyfriend, bitch!
    Now, let me go!' She tries to rake my face with her free hand, only to have that one grabbed as well, forcing her to look directly into my face. Kitty's features grow pale and she stops struggling. I know the other woman is seeing me - truly seeing me - for what I am. Only three kinds of human can perceive the Real World and the things that dwell within it: psychics, drunken poets, and lunatics. And Kitty definitely qualifies for the last category.

    I release the girl, who massages her wrists, her gaze still fixed on me. She opens her mouth as if to say something, then turns and hurries away, nearly tripping over her own high heels as she flees.

    Judd looks uncomfortable. 'I'm sorry you had to see that Kitty's a weird girl. We lived together for a few months, but she was incredibly jealous. It got to the point where I couldn't take any more of it so I moved out She's been dogging my tracks ever since. She scared off my last two girlfriends.'

    I shrug. 'I don't scare easy.'

    He isn't afraid of me. Nor do I detect the self-destructive tendencies that usually attract humans to my kind, judd is not an entranced moth drawn to my dark flame, nor is he a renfield in search of a master. He is simply a good-natured young man who finds me physically attractive. The novelty of his normalcy intrigues me.

    He buys me several drinks, all of which I down without any effect But I do feel giddy, almost light-headed, while in his company. To be mistaken for a desirable, human woman is actually quite flattering. Especially since I stopped thinking of myself in those terms some time back.

    We end up dancing, adding our bodies to the surging crowd that fills the mosh pit. At one point I am amazed to find myself laughing, genuinely laughing, one arm wrapped about judd's waist And then Judd leans in and kisses me.

    I barely have time to retract my fangs before his tongue finds mine. I slide my other arm around his waist and pull him into me, grinding myself against him. He responds eagerly, his erection rubbing against my hip like a friendly tomcat And I find myself

    Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer ( http://www.novapdf.com ) wondering how his blood will taste.
    I push him away so hard he staggers backward a couple of steps, almost falling on his ass. I shake my head as if trying to dislodge something in my ear, a guttural moan rising from my chest.

    'Sonja?' There is a confused, hurt look on his face.
    I can see his blood, beckoning to me beneath the surface of his skin: the veins traced in blue, the arteries pulsing purple. I turn my back on him and run from the bar, my head lowered.
    I shoulder my way through a knot of dancers, sending them flying like duckpins. Some of the bar's patrons hurl insults in my