Scaredy Cat

kainissoable:

Janos had tried not to think of Raziel as his latest rescue case, he really had, but after a few months the impression was firmly cemented in his mind.

For the first few weeks the poor thing would start at shadows, and on those few occasions that he gave into sleep he always woke up screaming after barely an hour.

It wasn’t unusual to find him curled up on a chair with some of the other strays, nor for him to immediately cuddle up to Janos when he sat down to read.

Whatever else the saviour was, Raziel was his.

Blood Sucker

kainissoable:

The centuries fade all eventually. Memories scattered, customs lay forgotten, faces blurred with age. Janos had long ago forgotten the taste of anything but blood.

The blood fountains gave sustenance but no pleasure. They were to human blood as water is to wine, but he would not indulge himself as Vorador did.

The years could not wash away the memory of the first days of blood lust. The hot metallic taste and the sound screams still echoed down the centuries into his dreams. For five thousand years the people of Usterheim had nothing to fear from the demon Janos Audron.