The Godsend Backfire: The Beginning by Harold Straugh (best e reader for academics TXT) 📗

There stood a small man, skinny and short, but had warming eyes and smile as well.  His eye were a soft grey, he had no hair and large scar and dent on the side of his head.

“Thank you!” I said and went into his hut, he stayed out and let me get dressed in peace. I walked back out in and Noemi was there with her horse, and Sabor came up to me and nudged me with his head.  I scratched his head and he shook it, sending some ash and dust in the air.

I smelled food cooking and the man with the dent in head led Noemi and I to a common hall.  He informed us that they built the common hall after the vampires took over the temple.

“What is your name?” I asked.

“Levente,” he said, but he spoke slowly.

“What happened to your head?” I asked only to get smacked in the arm by Noemi.

He chuckled, “It’s okay, I get asked that a lot. My father took a rock to the side of my head, then my mother took an axe to his.  I’ve been slow ever since, but I’m alive.”

I almost felt bad for him, I couldn’t imagine if Lucifer tried to kill me.  We followed Levente and we finally came to the common hall, which was small, compared to the temple.  There were great smells coming from the there, and I was actually wanting to eat more, with my blood lust starting up.

Levente opened a set of double doors and we walked in.  There was no main table that no leader sat at, there was a main table that housed the food.  People sat at round tables and would walk to large rectangular table and would get what they wanted.  We followed Levente and it was then I noticed they were using something different than rough cut, wooden plates, they were using large leaves.  They were long and broad; I didn’t know the area well enough to know if they were grown local or brought in.

“The meats are lamb, chicken, goats and cow, you have fruits and vegetables over there,” he pointed to the other side of the table, “My favorite is the lamb.”

I walked up to the table and the room grew quiet, I looked up and people were looking at me, then they started cheering.  Music was coming from somewhere, but the people quit eating and started dancing so I couldn’t see.  I heard a flute play and it was magic to my ears.  I loved the way it sounded, the person playing was good.

In the corner of the common hall was a large fireplace, it was there they cooked the meats on a slanted, vertical spit set up with wooden gears. It was interesting to see the meats rotating by one man turning them instead of three separate men turning them. It was a long time before I saw that again.

I loaded up on meats, and some root vegetables they had there. I went and sat down and a table closest to the main table. The dancing was still going on, but I was too busy stuffing my face to pay attention to anyone dancing. It was after I was done, that I notice Noemi was gone.  I went into instant alert and started scanning the room.  I used my ears and heard an audible moan and then someone say, “shhh!”

I briskly walked outside and listened again, I heard the moans again and circled the building, I  turned the corner to go around the back of the building when spotted Noemi, going down on another woman behind the building.  I startled them and they startled me.  The brown-haired woman threw her dress down and took off, Noemi gave me a look, wiped her mouth and smiled.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t see you and…..”

“It’s okay, I got what I wanted’,” she laughed and got up off her knees, “Where you worried about me?”

“Yes, I was, in fact,” I said.

“Awe! That’s sweet of you,” she said and gave me hug.

She followed me back inside, where she started dancing instead of eating, I went back to eating. I liked the textures and tastes, but I was craving vampire blood.  It was the only substance that affected me, and I enjoyed it.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and when I looked over there stood a woman about five-foot-three, she was a little heavy set for her height, but she still looked beautiful to me.  Her eyes were a deep brown and she had a few strands of hair woven down the side of her face and tucked behind her ears.  She had full lips and plump little cheeks, she smiled at me.

“Would you like to dance?” she asked and put her hands out, I was hesitant at first then took her hand.  The flute music slowed down everyone started dancing with each other instead of themselves.  She led me to the center of the room where she put her head against the to of my stomach and simply just swayed, it was nothing special, no twist or turns, just simply swaying. After awhile the flute music turned more, I guess party-like would be the answer.  That’s when the person I was dancing with, switched pace.  She planted her hand on my backside pulled me forwards, she thrust her crotch upon my thigh.  I was baffled, I looked around for Noemi, who was laughing at me while leaning up against the wall.  She thrusts a few more times, before I felt uncomfortable. I pulled away and told her I was feeling famished and needed to rest. I was still healing from earlier. All which were lies, but her forcefulness reminded me of Lilith.

As I was walking away, she grabbed my hand and spun me around and attempted to straddle me again, “Please stop, I don’t want to dance