Lillian Lilith Baxter wants to be a vampire, but not for the reason you might think. She doesn't care for the romance, the bloodlust, or the unending drama and darkness that comes with the territory. Lillian loves books. Books are her entire world. Books are the only thing she cares about, and in her opinion, the greatest tragedy of life is that it is far too short to have the ability to read every book she has ever wanted to. So, her goal? Immortality. So that she may read for as long as she pleases, without age taking her sight, or a disease stealing her mind as she withers into her latter years. So why a Vampire? She's seen the reports, people being attacked at night, necks bitten, almost entirely drained of blood, and she wasn't born yesterday, she knows it's not an 'animal'. That's when she meets Marcel Dulaney, in a library of all places, and he piques her interest. He meets all the criteria of a vampire. Pale, only comes out at night, never eats or drinks human food, and there's an air about him she can't explain, but she's drawn to him. She knows the signs, she's done her research, but how are you supposed to ask a stranger if they're a creature of the night, without perhaps causing offence if they aren't, or landing herself dead if they are? Or, the story about a little bookworm who just wants to live forever reading her fantastical books, and a tormented immortal who hates himself and only really starts appreciating the world a little more because of this strange girl who loves reading.
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