Then, in the midst of another warm-blooded kiss, as their lips pressed together and the life of some poor child passed from her to him, she felt his hand come up around her head and hold her close. The other, too, unnoticed till now, was encircling her waist. A moment of panic nearly made her heart beat as the terrible strength in those arms overpowered her. There was nothing of the feeble, almost infantile, movements which had characterized him in this last month, and her feet left the floor as he pulled her into the coffin by his strong embrace.
The Vampiress
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