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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:51 pm
Galleai nodded as they started down the dark road. "I'm sure they do..." She hesitated, unsure she really knew what a phone was. She'd never actually used one before.
Before they had made it far, a figure sort of... slid out of the darkness. As if the shadows sort of up and spat it out. "Galleai" It said in a rich, masculine voice. The kind that sent shivers down the spine.
Galleai squeezed Maddy's hand. "Hello, daddy."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:54 pm
It was a good thing the two girls were holding hands, or Maddy would have bolted by now. She was staring, both eyes very wide and her face quite pale, at the newcomer.
"H-hello!" Her voice was more of a squeak, and whatever confidence she'd had when she'd been alone with Galleai just sort of disappeared.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:59 pm
Leeward was the sort of vampire you'd find in an Anne Rice novel. Very beautiful in a very dangerous way. He smiled like bullets at the two girls. "Galleai, you shouldn't run off like that." His voice was suprisingly gentle. "Who are you?" He leaned down to get a good look at Maddy.
"This is my friend." Galleai said, moving closer to Maddy. "You can't eat her, daddy. I like her." Ah, yes, the mouths of babes. Because bluntness was already appreciated.
Leeward laughed, a shockingly genuine sound, and winked at Maddy. "I don't eat little girls." He said reassuringly. "Thank you for bringing my daughter home, young lady."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:07 pm
Maddy clung to Gal's arm like a leech. There was no way she was letting go with that man anywhere near her. She might have been more impressed by his gorgeous looks if she weren't scared shitless and just a bit too young to really be interested - as it was, she was entirely focused on the 'dangerous' aspect, every pore in her body screaming run away, predator! Alarm, run!
"You're.." She gulped, standing closer to Galleai than should humanly be possible. "Welcome? It was no trouble!" She laughed, too off-kilter to care that she sounded slightly insane.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:10 pm
"My daddy Leeward heads the coven." Galleai explained to Maddy. "He wouldn't really eat you, I promise." She gave Maddy a hug, since the girl seemed to need it. "He's very well behaved for a vampire."
For his part, Leeward rolled his eyes, looking rather amused. The little girl with the wings looked fragile and terrified. He should probably tone things down a bit around Galleai's friends, or else she would never actually make any.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:22 pm
Vampire?! It hadn't even entered Maddy's mind that Leeward wasn't human, even though it was, in hindsight, fairly obvious.
Still, she calmed down a bit as she hugged Galleai back, trusting the other girl's judgement. And besides, someone who was entirely evil couldn't have raised someone as nice as Gal, could they?
"O-okay. Sorry, sir." She added bashfully, her fear momentarily overcome by the manners her mother had taught her.
"You'll be okay from here, then?" She smiled at the other girl, a bit more on track this time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:27 pm
Galleai nodded as her hand was transferred from Maddy's to Leeward's. "I'll be fine. Thank you for helping me get home." She smiled and waved with her free hand. "Can you find your way back okay? I'm sure daddy would take you home..."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:35 pm
"No! No, that's totally fine, I know the way." She smiled nervously, obviously not wanting to be alone with the vampire for any amount of time.
"So, uhh.. do you want to play some day or something? I could give you my phone number." It had been fun to spend time with Galleai before the creepy road and vampire came into the picture.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:40 pm
"I would like that." Galleai nodded. "Daddy, do we have a phone number?"
Leeward took a sleek black business card from his coat pocket. It had a phone number etched in silver on one side. That was all. "Here ya go." He handed it to Maddy. "If you call during the day, just leave a message."
Galleai smiled again, she was getting the hang of the whole smiling thing. "Can I have yours too?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:53 pm
Fancy, Maddy eyed the business card. Well, fair enough, she could work with that.
"Of course! Uh, but I don't have anything to write on.." She had a pen in one of her pockets, she knew, but which one was always the question. "I can write it on your arm if that's okay?" She'd procured the ball-pen, a plastic thing with the logo of her local supermarket on the side.
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:01 am
Obediently, Galleai held out her arm for Maddy to write on, then admired the little line of numbers marching across her pale skin. "Thank you." She said as Leeward swept her up into his arms.
"Thanks for bringing my girl back." He said, grinning a little eerily at Maddy. "Be safe out there... lots of creepy people on the road." He couldn't help himself, had to get that last little dig in there. Then, turning with his daughter, began making his way back to the coven house.
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