Once the vampire realized the birds had veered off toward the other target, he came to a stop, letting the twisting branches of a bush conceal him from sight. Had they chosen the easier meal to chase? The monsters might have been dull creatures, but they were still hunters at their core--Aidou expected one lone female would have struck them as simpler to bring down.
And he wasn’t terribly sorry to think it, either. As long they weren’t trying to eat him!
Still, Aidou watched with some curiosity as a series of large, rotting forms emerged from the trees, the beating of their powerful wings stirring up the air around them as they rose up to rejoin the flock overhead. They were empty-handed by the looks of it, but even if they’d run the girl to ground, surely they would’ve stayed to finish the kill? And if they were feasting, they definitely would’ve remained to eat. It made Aidou think they hadn’t caught anyone after all, but the disturbed air told him a different story.
Blood. It was dispersing on the breeze like a beacon to night time predators in the vicinity. Being one himself, Aidou could smell it clearly.
For a long moment, he just stood, letting his attention drift to the tangle of scents in the air. Actually, there were so many now, it was starting to be difficult to tell them all apart. Worst place for a vampire to be, when he wasn’t supposed to be feeding on live blood… And when the scent from the woods started moving closer, the pressure to keep his mind on anything but blood became that much more intense. Was it that girl again…? Whoever it was, they sounded like a rampaging boar from all the noise they were making in the brush. It wasn’t difficult to pinpoint where it was coming from. “Shut up,” he breathed. “You’re too loud.”
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And he wasn’t terribly sorry to think it, either. As long they weren’t trying to eat him!
Still, Aidou watched with some curiosity as a series of large, rotting forms emerged from the trees, the beating of their powerful wings stirring up the air around them as they rose up to rejoin the flock overhead. They were empty-handed by the looks of it, but even if they’d run the girl to ground, surely they would’ve stayed to finish the kill? And if they were feasting, they definitely would’ve remained to eat. It made Aidou think they hadn’t caught anyone after all, but the disturbed air told him a different story.
Blood. It was dispersing on the breeze like a beacon to night time predators in the vicinity. Being one himself, Aidou could smell it clearly.
For a long moment, he just stood, letting his attention drift to the tangle of scents in the air. Actually, there were so many now, it was starting to be difficult to tell them all apart. Worst place for a vampire to be, when he wasn’t supposed to be feeding on live blood… And when the scent from the woods started moving closer, the pressure to keep his mind on anything but blood became that much more intense. Was it that girl again…? Whoever it was, they sounded like a rampaging boar from all the noise they were making in the brush. It wasn’t difficult to pinpoint where it was coming from. “Shut up,” he breathed. “You’re too loud.”