Buy Me a CoffeeThey noticed that their vampiric lover had begun to change their diet. Less bread was being offered, fewer potatoes, fewer baked treats. Instead, leaner meats, more vegetables and fresh fruit, more water, and even a change in the tea.
When confronted, the vampire looked into their eyes with immense worry and said softly, "Your blood is getting far too sweet." -- Anon Guest
[AN: Calling back to https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04494-l110-agreement-on-amends ]
Love is a strange beast and takes many shapes. The worst shape is the obsessive love that smothers in the name of protection. That forces the loved one to reshape themselves in the name of relationship maintenance. That hurts and harms in the name of devotion.
Count Dragomyr had more respect for Marzanna to do that. He never demanded, only invited. He made sure she knew what he was. He sought permission. Which was honestly more than most humans would bother with in her experience. It was what made visiting his castle such a relief from the village life that she thought, again and again, of moving in.
This evening was one of the incidents that made her dubious about taking that decision up.
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