The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 122

Separating a goddess from the whole could be done covertly. In this case that turned out to be tactically wise.

“What are we waiting for?” Cody said.

Emboldened from getting away with their first crime, every man converged on them. The lead drunk went right for Clara, and lunged at her. She moved out of the way, leaving a wide berth for Evelyn.

By then the vampire’s fingertips had turned into thick black talons. Clara knew just how sharp they could be. Hunters who survived encounters with the likes of them often mentioned their light armour did not slow vampires down.

If not for the scarf they would have seen her pearly white fangs drop followed by a twisted smile. Clara even picked up a quickening heartbeat, a sign that Evelyn was beginning to enjoy herself.

a cinematic, high-contrast, and high-resolution photo-realistic image of a humanoid black cat-like creature, with a slender yet athletic build, standing upright on two legs, showcasing pronounced feline features, including pointed ears, whiskers, and a long, flexible tail, all without any clothing, its body glistening with a subtle, dark sheen, and its eyes radiating an ethereal, pulsing glow, positioned in the center of a narrow, dimly-lit city alley, surrounded by towering, graffiti-covered brick buildings, with snowflakes gently falling from the dark, misty sky, casting a mystical, eerie atmosphere, and illuminated by a few faint, warm streetlights, casting long, ominous shadows.

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