Resists sleep gaze

Looking first at Laura, the vampire shifted his gaze to D. Sleeping,
perhaps, D kept his face down and didn’t move at all. The vampire’s eyes
began to glitter wildly. Red light tinged D’s form a crimson hue. Soon, the
light faded again.

“That’ll keep him asleep,” the intruder said. “Just as it did with the
others. He won’t even remember me.”

“Oh, please hurry. Come to me . . . ” Laura writhed beneath the blankets.
“I want your kiss. I—I need . . . ”

“I know.” The vampire’s lips twisted into a grin. Though his teeth were
dirty and crooked, his canines were particularly impressive. They slanted
forward. When he slowly bent over the girl, whose eyes were shut in
rapture, the air in the room grew unspeakably cold. And the chill emanated
from one point in particular. The intruder looked over his shoulder in
disbelief. “You dirty bastard,” he growled. “You mean to tell me my gaze
didn’t work on you?” D got to his feet without saying a word.

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