The Bites of Lust
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Chapter 10
CHAPTER 10
The following night, a few hours before dawn, Buffy in her turn announced her arrival the the knocker. She waited for one minute, but nobody came. After several unsuccessful attempts, she decided to enter. Instinctively she could feel Angel's presence, she knew he was here. Why did he not open the door?
The mansion was sunk into darkness. She waited for a while, standing still near the entrance, in order for her eyes to get used to obscurity. And then saw saw him. Sitting in a seat, Angel seemed lost in thought, his look vague and despaired, even darker than she had ever seen him. It tugged at Buffy's heartstrings and she was overcome by a strange premonition.
"Angel?" she called into the darkness.
No answer. Buffy moved slowly closer to the vampire and kneeled level with him. So she could distinguish the bruised features of his face.
"Angel? What happened?"
She put her hand on his. He removed it sharply.
"Don't touch me!"
Buffy did not understand. And then, the vampire's look full of anger and disappointment pierced through her.
"You cheated on me," continued Angel with a strangely calm tone.
"No! I..."
"Shut up!" he cut in. "Shut up. Don't offend me by lying to me. Not to me."
Buffy felt a great cold overcoming her, seizing her heart, as she was seeing pain devouring his look.
"I'd like to be able to read in you as I read in her," he resumed. "I'd like to be able to read your thoughts and see that everything is a lie, that all this is not true, that you didn't take pleasure in what you did with her..."
A sob choked his voice.
"That you didn't like making love with her..."
"It's Faith... She's the one who told you all this... But I was drunk, I didn't know what I was doing, she pushed me! Please, you must believe me! Angel, you're the only one I love!"
Angel sighed and averted his eyes.
"You don't listen... Minds can't lie... And everything is so real... You were no longer drunk, Buffy..."
He rose abruptly and leaned on the mantelpiece. He went on.
"I know you love me. And I love you too. But I thought this over a long time... I'm immortal, and you'll die one day... I'm a vampire with human feelings, but we are prevented from loving each other... totally... You are human... cruelly human... and I'm mad with desire for you... But who am I to ask you to sacrifice your life, your feelings, for a frustrating relationship with no future?"
"Angel... Please..." pleaded Buffy whose tears had began running.
"No. Let me go on. It hurts, Buffy... It hurts, but I realize what happened with Faith would have happened one day or another... And I have no right to refuse it to you... even if it hurts badly..."
"But I can do without... I mean, it doesn't matter..."
"Yes, it does. It does matter to me, and it will to you, you know it. You desired Faith... And you've desired her for a long time... I didn't need to read her thoughts to know it... I could see it in your eyes when you were looking at her... when you were talking about her..."
"What are you trying to tell me, Angel ?"
The vampire turned to her and showed her his bloodstained hand.
"It's over, Buffy... Look... I'm not made for you... And... she's no longer made for you either..."
"I... I don't understand..."
Buffy was lost in the confusion of her feelings, unsettled by the vampire's speech, and refused to hear the hidden meaning of his last words.
"Faith is like me now... by your fault... A cursed and desperate vampire..."
*****
To be continued in Chapter 11
The following night, a few hours before dawn, Buffy in her turn announced her arrival the the knocker. She waited for one minute, but nobody came. After several unsuccessful attempts, she decided to enter. Instinctively she could feel Angel's presence, she knew he was here. Why did he not open the door?
The mansion was sunk into darkness. She waited for a while, standing still near the entrance, in order for her eyes to get used to obscurity. And then saw saw him. Sitting in a seat, Angel seemed lost in thought, his look vague and despaired, even darker than she had ever seen him. It tugged at Buffy's heartstrings and she was overcome by a strange premonition.
"Angel?" she called into the darkness.
No answer. Buffy moved slowly closer to the vampire and kneeled level with him. So she could distinguish the bruised features of his face.
"Angel? What happened?"
She put her hand on his. He removed it sharply.
"Don't touch me!"
Buffy did not understand. And then, the vampire's look full of anger and disappointment pierced through her.
"You cheated on me," continued Angel with a strangely calm tone.
"No! I..."
"Shut up!" he cut in. "Shut up. Don't offend me by lying to me. Not to me."
Buffy felt a great cold overcoming her, seizing her heart, as she was seeing pain devouring his look.
"I'd like to be able to read in you as I read in her," he resumed. "I'd like to be able to read your thoughts and see that everything is a lie, that all this is not true, that you didn't take pleasure in what you did with her..."
A sob choked his voice.
"That you didn't like making love with her..."
"It's Faith... She's the one who told you all this... But I was drunk, I didn't know what I was doing, she pushed me! Please, you must believe me! Angel, you're the only one I love!"
Angel sighed and averted his eyes.
"You don't listen... Minds can't lie... And everything is so real... You were no longer drunk, Buffy..."
He rose abruptly and leaned on the mantelpiece. He went on.
"I know you love me. And I love you too. But I thought this over a long time... I'm immortal, and you'll die one day... I'm a vampire with human feelings, but we are prevented from loving each other... totally... You are human... cruelly human... and I'm mad with desire for you... But who am I to ask you to sacrifice your life, your feelings, for a frustrating relationship with no future?"
"Angel... Please..." pleaded Buffy whose tears had began running.
"No. Let me go on. It hurts, Buffy... It hurts, but I realize what happened with Faith would have happened one day or another... And I have no right to refuse it to you... even if it hurts badly..."
"But I can do without... I mean, it doesn't matter..."
"Yes, it does. It does matter to me, and it will to you, you know it. You desired Faith... And you've desired her for a long time... I didn't need to read her thoughts to know it... I could see it in your eyes when you were looking at her... when you were talking about her..."
"What are you trying to tell me, Angel ?"
The vampire turned to her and showed her his bloodstained hand.
"It's over, Buffy... Look... I'm not made for you... And... she's no longer made for you either..."
"I... I don't understand..."
Buffy was lost in the confusion of her feelings, unsettled by the vampire's speech, and refused to hear the hidden meaning of his last words.
"Faith is like me now... by your fault... A cursed and desperate vampire..."
*****
To be continued in Chapter 11