Alexander switched off his phone, and turned to his mirror. The trouble he sometimes had to go to for the benefit of his employees… but no sense in taking foolish risks in this oh-so prejudiced world, or in alienating potentially useful allies. Having concealed his red eyes behind brown contact lenses, he filed down his canine teeth by the small but noticeable length they had re-grown since last week: a nasty process, though no longer as excruciatingly painful as it had been for him when he had first attempted it, centuries ago. After that, it was an easy and pleasant task for him to apply his false scars, and blend them naturally into his face with a layer of skin-coloured foundation, wonderfully concealing his own deathly pale complexion in the process. Well, after all: he excelled at the art of make-up.
Our Beloved Tyrants Scene 75
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Ellen’s Visitor Scene 58
With butterflies in his stomach and well, other things, it was very difficult to reach the “mind over matter”...
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Who Wears the Pants Scene 237
Anita got up from her chair and bustled about the kitchen for a few moments, then returned with...
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The Day’s of his Lives Scene 112
We stopped at a convenience store and she left us in the car for a moment while she went...
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Be My Be My Be My Little AB Scene 8
He explored the darkest corners of the basement, however, delving into the mountains of collected debris stuffed haphazardly into...
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Dreaming of a Dark Winter Scene 18
She added the wipes to her pack, but decided that it was only two nights, she didn’t want to...
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Alvin in the First Scene 27
When I told her we were moving she started to cry, but not for very long. We then spent...
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The Girls Holiday Scene 6
Thoughts was racing round my head ( Shall I tell her the truth, Shall I Lie?) I snapped back...
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Training for the Infantalist Scene 8
He tried to scream out, only to find his mouth full of something he later realized was a pacifier....