Lucian... the name was like a caress, bringing her a warm feeling of gentle peacefulness.
"Lucian," she said, her tongue lingering over it like it was a rich flavor in her mouth. With his former life and her pink gown it was all too easy to ignore the world around her and imagine they were in the past, a knight and a lady... maybe even his lady...
Then he began to sing.
And she was lost.
His voice was like her own, deeper and more classical then modern singers, full of feeling for the words they sang about. She knew she would never be able to sing her Siren Song, the song about finding love, without thinking of this vampire and his captivating voice. For the first time in her life, and afterlife, Maria knew what it felt like to be enraptured by a voice.
Her hand tingled from where his lips had touched her skin. Not since her first night with a man had she felt such intensity.
Could this possibly be... love at first sight...?
"Your voice... I have never heard it's equal," she told him. "It was an honor to sing for one such as you," she paused a moment, feeling actually shy for the first time in her life. "... I... I would do it again... if that would please you," she added.
The commotion out front broke through the haze of their little world. Maria's smile fell and her eyes filled with sadness as she looked at him. "It seems our evening has been cut far too short," she said sadly, taking his hand and threading her fingers into his. "This saddens me, angelic knight," she said, calling him as she saw him : a knight of old with an angelic voice to match his beauty.
"Will I see you again?" she asked, her voice and eyes betraying her hope.