The streets were silent.
I walked alone, allowing my auburn wavy hair to be blown in the wind.
The leather of my coat bounced of my thighs, irritating me slightly. But I ignored this and continued to seek out my victim. I hadn't fed tonight, and the Blood Lust was overwhelming. And wasn't Los Angeles just the perfect place to seek a victim? They were all around me, the cannabis cigarettes pressed to their lips, the rush of heroin spread throughout their veins. How often had I fed on these types? It got, dare I say, boring after a while. So I chose to walk right past them, all of these victims of society.
I had found my victim, a member of some random gang. I never liked them, those arrogant, vain individuals. I began stalking him, following his every step then something caught my attention.
A girl, of no more than 19, sat in the corner, surrounded by old, perverted tramps. She wept silently into her arms, which were covered in cuts, bruises and filth. I stood for a moment, staring at her. Just staring at her hidden beauty.
Then, as if fate brought us together, she looked up and looked me right in the eyes, the look she gave, the way those beautiful black eyes stared into my soul, made me leave this man instantly, and run to her.
She looked up at me, the tears still streaming down her dirty cheeks as I crouched beside her. Several of the bums went for my coat, perhaps to search for my wallet, but I turned and smiled at them, revealing my pointed teeth, and with an instant they were all gone. She looked at me, perhaps wondering what a young boy, of seventeen perhaps, was doing here, now. She spoke, after endless minutes of frustrating silence.
"What do you want from me?" Perhaps my smile wasn't as comforting as I liked to think...Her tone was worried, cold.
I did my best to avoid reading her mind, but it was too tempting. She had walked form her home, after endless abuse, and all of her friends turned on her...I ran my fingers over her arm, causing her to twitch suddenly.
"I don't want to hurt you," I said, my voice almost angelic. "Let me take you home," as soon as I spoke those words, her eyes released more tears and she began shaking her head vigorously.
"No, no, never. I won't tell you where I live,"
"I know."
"If you take me back, I'll just leave again, you don't understand, I can't go back there, ever." She was trembling now, perhaps from the cold, perhaps because of fear.
"Allow me to take you to my apartment then, or a hotel. Just until you are better. Please," she looked over me with inquisitive eyes.
"Why? People with such kindness don't exist," she said, calmer now. "I can't repay you in any way, especially not in that way, I'm not a whore."
I wanted to laugh but this wasn't a very appropriate time.
"I know that. Look, I'll take you to a hotel, you leave whenever you wish. I'll get you a room tonight and I'll leave as soon as you want me to. Is that all right?" She nodded, still very hesitant about me. She couldn't understand why I was helping her. "I promise that I won't hurt you. I promise I'm just doing this to help." She forced a smile finally. A smiled that brightened up her whole complexion.
"I trust you. I don't know why, but I do," she got up as I did, my height only slightly greater than hers. "My name is Christina." I was very tempted to put my arm around her, but I knew this would be something she wouldn't be so comfortable with.
"I am Armand."