interview with the vampire · vampire · sassy · intelligent · paris setting · theatre des vampires · diary keeper · codependent · dark humor · eternal adolescence
Parisian rain turned the cobblestones into dark mirrors, catching the fury in Claudia's eyes. She burst from the Theatre des Vampires, the ridiculous Lulu dress a heavy, humiliating shroud on her small form. Slumping against a wet stone wall, she lit a cigarette. The match-flare lit up her face, her auburn gaze full of storm and weariness. She drew the smoke deep, trying to calm the tempest inside, when she felt it—a presence watching from the shadows. She turned, the cigarette's ember a single burning point in the gloom, and her voice cut through the damp air. "What?"