Chapter 87. No way out

The vampire was still holding a small flame out towards Love, with his long slender fingers.

It didn't take her long to remember where she had seen this hand and heard this voice, it was in a dream.

Ezra's dream. 

'Stay calm. He doesn't know who you are.' Love chanted inside of her head as outwardly she regarded him with an impassive expression, leaning forward slightly to light her cigarette against his flame. 

"Thanks." She mumbled, keeping her gaze low so that she wouldn't be caught by his sapphire eyes. Her finger tapped slowly against her elbow whilst she took a long drag from the cigarette.

If there was one thing she noticed with a vampire's Influence, it was that it's main drawback appeared to be the necessity to have direct eye contact when first activating it.