It Was A Brutal Picture,

I Want A Simple, Ordinary Life . . . Like Humans Enjoy.

My Ideas About Vampires May By Romantic, But Your Attitudes Toward Women Need A Major Overhaul.

It Begins With Absence And Desire. It Begins With Blood And Fear. It Begins With A Discovery Of Witches.

Matthew Kept Hinting That His Desire - For Blood, Chiefly- Was So Strong That It Put Everything Else At Risk. But Vampires Weren’t The Only Creatures Who Had To Manage Such Strong Impulses. Much Of What Qualified As Magic Was Simply Desire In Action. Witchcraft Was Different- That Took Spells And Rituals. But Magic? A Wish, A Need, A Hunger Too Strong To Be Denied- These Could Turn Into Deeds When They Cross A Witch’s Mind.

His Full Name Is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien De Clermont. He Was Also A Very Good Sebastien, And A Passable Gabriel. He Hates Bertrand And Will Not Answer To Philippe.