Oh, how cute. Her meal was talking in its sleep. She thought she recognized it's mumbling, but she brushed it off. As he awoke, Pearl watched with fascination his consciousness return and the slow realization that he was in danger, despite not knowing what she was. This close to his face she could see his eyes dilate wider. She blinked as sounds game from his mouth. That almost sounded familiar to her. Pearl licked her lips, crawling closer to him, when-<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Can't you understand anything, perhaps ancient greek?"</span><br/><br/>Pearl's face brightened, her ears perked up. She could understand him! Was he an angel? Perhaps another vampyr? Surely not. His blood was warm, she could smell it. Without concern for his personal space, Pearl practically sat on his lap, where she touched his face, pulling up his lips to inspect for fangs. "Understand you." Pearl was in awe and completely unaware that she was much too close. She simply touched face and neck, confusion and amazement swirling within her.<br/><br/>"I am..." she paused. She was going to say Pearl, but what if this was a cruel trick orchestrated by her master. "<span style="font-style: italic">Trinket.</span>" She spoke her given name awkwardly, emphasising the last t. It wasn't a word she was used to saying. A hand went to her collar, brushing the silver engraving all the while her eyes, hungry feline eyes, stayed upon the quickening pulse of the vein at his throat. Perhaps she would not kill him, but surely a little taste wouldn't hurt.<br/><br/>Leaning down, Pearl licked along the man's exposed collarbone. His aroma filled her and Pearl nipped his neck, giving him just a taste of ecstasy and herself a drop of his blood, which she lapped up hungrily.<br/><br/>"Do not go anywhere, Delicious." Pearl whispered in his ear. "Obey and there will be more. Disobey..." She paused at a jolt of pain. "and I will kill you."<br/><br/>She did not stay to see his reaction. Instead, Pearl jumped, clinging to the top of the enclave's open mouth before hoisting herself up the Rocky side and onto the grassy top.<br/><br/>_____<br/><br/>It didn't take long for Pearl to find another victim. She screamed as she ran through the forest, Pearl hot on her heels. Perhaps if she had been watching her step she could have made it to the mansion, but the girl got turned around and lost. Pearl intercepted her and tore into her body as she had wanted to with the blonde man. Her master, furious she didn't listen, sent an endless stream of pain through Pearl's body.<br/><br/>Howling, Pearl fell to her knees, tearing at the collar. Her howls were terrifying. Things out of nightmares. The pain lasted long enough for Pearl to black out. If she didn't awaken before daybreak, her masters cronies would collect her.