"What the hell was that?!" Julia exclaimed, waking up in the middle of the night from yet another dream. Julia sat up in her bed and looked around. Her sheets had been tangled around her ankles, the comforter kicked to her cold, hardwood floor. She reached over her bed table to grab the glass of water she had put out hours earlier. Taking a sip, she realized just how dry her throat was. "That was intense," she thought to herself after getting situated back into her bed.
When Julia put her head back down to her pillow, it felt wet; warm, but wet. Turning her light on, she saw her pillow had blood on it. This wasn't old blood either, this was fresh. Confused, and very tired, Julia pulled the pillow case from her pillow and tossed it on the floor. Rolling to her side, Julia decided she would go back to sleep.
A few hours later, a decent morning hour, Julia awoke and walked into the kitchen. Her roommate, Lindy was already awake and madly cooking breakfast.
"Jules was someone in the apartment last night with you by any chance?" Lindy asked, knowing what Jules answer would be. "No," Julia replied, "Why do you ask?"
"It seems as though there was an awful lot of noise coming from your room." Lindy responded. Julia just shrugged her shoulders, grabbed a piece of toast and stumbled back into her room, still confused as to exactly what happened to her in the night. Her eyes widened when she noticed the blood stained pillow case on the floor. She quickly hid it under a pile of clothes in her room and finished her toast.
The next night, Julia walked into the bathroom to begin her nightly routine wearing only her thigh length, silk nightie. Brushing her teeth, washing her face, combing out her hair, inspecting her skin; the usual of any 20 year old. While performing the last bit of her routine, Julia came across two unfamiliar spots on the side of her neck. Not only were they sore to the touch, but they looked like two small poke holes. She smoothed the tips of her fingers over each hole, confused but yet somehow mesmerized by the find.
While trying to remember the dream from the night before, Julia got a sudden rush through her body. Starting from her toes, up her calves, to her thighs, right in between her legs. Her eyes snapped closed, her body trembling. In the distance of her mind she could see a figure. A tall man, slender but strong looking. With raven coloured hair and pale skin, this man seemed familiar to her. He motioned for Julia to come towards him, unaware of her state of mind she took a slow step towards him. Unable to see his face Julia kept walking towards him. As soon as she reached him, the mysterious man lifted his face to reveal piercing yellow eyes.
Julia gasped and collapsed forward, her hands slamming down on the bathroom counter. Looking around somewhat confused, she turned the light off in the bathroom and made her way into her bedroom. She climbed into bed, wiped the bead of sweat from her brow, turned out the light and rolled over to sleep.
Being exhausted from the previous night, Julia instantly fell asleep.
The man approached Julia, in her dream state she was still wearing her silk nightie. Entranced by mystery, she walked towards him, approaching the man right to his face. "Your skin, so soft," the man started, "your soul, so pure...your blood, so sweet."