A Vampiric Kiss
“You had me worried there.”
“Why? You running from the law?”
“Not exactly.”
She didn’t push. She nodded and said, “Well, let’s get you something that’ll knock you out for a few hours without killing your dreams.”
She turned toward a set of wooden drawers and started pulling ingredients with the kind of graceful ease that comes from doing the same thing over and over again, and maybe magic. Okay, probably not magic. Probably.
“So, insomnia,” she said, measuring loose herbs into a small paper pouch. “What’s the cause? Heartbreak? Existential dread? Too much TikTok?”
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