Compilation Of Short Stories
She was the main attraction tonight, and the realization created a shiver of sheer power instead of fear.
She had signed in blood-red pen, submitted to health screening with sterile fastidiousness, and now stood waiting, a sapphire silk vision amidst a welter of velvet and blackness. The audience, a somberly chosen company of twelve, sat still, their eyes sparkling in the guttering candles, not with threat, but with rapt attention such as art critics give a work of art in creation. Their voyeurism was a form of worship, and she was their willing deity.
Her host for the night swooped across the floor with a fluid grace.