The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 101

20 December 2024

By then everyone else had taken a bite or poured themselves a glass of wine. Clara let the melted cheese, wine and bacon tickle her palette. It had been a long time since she prepared this particular meal, and she nearly moaned as the flavours mingled with her tongue…. So rich… so bad… so good!

As a surprise, Marc exited from out of the shadows. His movements were so silent that Clara may have missed him entirely had he not been facing her.

Evelyn faced him just as she wiped off a long string of melted cheese from her chin.

“You want a taste?” Evelyn confirmed.

a cinematic photograph of a man in his mid-40s, dressed in a worn, high-collared, black three-piece suit with a fitted waistcoat, white dress shirt, and a black bow tie, approachingly cautiously towards a young woman in her early 20s, sitting elegantly with impeccable posture, savoring a delicate, multi-course meal on fine, lace-trimmed, ivory-colored china at an ornate, dark-wood, lavish table adorned with crystal glasses and candelabras, amidst the sumptuous, warmly-lit, velvet-draped ambiance of an exclusive, high-end, members-only club, devoid of any other patrons, with the man's eyes fixed intently on the woman, his facial features stern yet refined, with a strong jawline, prominent nose, and piercing brown eyes, and the woman's facial features soft, with high cheekbones, full lips, and bright, expressive green eyes, her skin radiating a warm, golden glow.

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