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.Lonny and Oberon had notshared the king s bed.Someone said they d left earlier to go to NewYork City.Lonely.Sad.I am such a pitiful guy to have all this vampirepower.I was just settling into enjoying my pity-pot when there was aquiet rap at the door. Good morning, Your Majesty, my breakfast said as she walkedinto the room.It was one of the college kids who lived at the king sbuilding.Without any big ceremony, she walked to my side of the giantbed and offered her left arm.It was a little inconvenient to twist herarm.The right arm would have been easier, but I smiled and drank.After several seconds, I let my tongue close her wound.She curtsiedand turned to leave.That was when I saw him at my door.He was standing andsmiling. 68 | Wynn Wagner Menz! I screamed. Hey, kiddo, he said as I rushed up to hug him.Oops, maybe Ishould have put some clothes on, but Menz didn t seem to mind (ornotice) that the king was buck-ass naked.He had seen it all before.I had wanted to go help get Menz out of Finland, but it was ahuman-only adventure because of the midnight sun. You look awesome. I admired him. You look awesome too, he said as he cupped my balls.Gentle,and completely creepy.He actually put his hand on my sack.Menz was my teacher, but he was oh, I was naked.Whoops&.Isuddenly felt very underdressed.Menz had never been sexual with me,so his hand was surely not a sex thing now.Maybe the injury confusedwhat was appropriate.At vampire speed, I dashed to the far side of thebedroom and went into my walk-in closet.The staff had laid out pantsand a shirt.I ignored their selection, as usual, and grabbed a pair ofjeans and a pullover polo shirt.In less than a couple of seconds, I wasdressed and back in the bedroom. Wait, I said when I noticed he wasn t like I had expected. Was ist dann los? Menz asked with that perfect Germanaccent Hochdeutsch.He never showed any Bavarian dialect like youmight expect.His German was the best, even when he spoke withothers in Bavaria.It was almost like he was a foreigner in his ownhome. Nichts, I said with my less-than-perfect Texas twang. Nothing s wrong.It s just that I was told you lost both legs and anarm.You re walking around pretty good for a guy with no legs.Prosthetics? Funny thing happened, Menz said. The doctor worked andworked on my left arm.Notice that I have no left arm? I nodded. What they didn t work on grew back. Menz laughed. It s likequantum physics: if you look at something, it doesn t behave.Ignore it,and it fixes itself.They really tried to save my left arm, and that s thepart that is still missing. It s good to be a vampire sometimes. I laughed. Völlig. Menz chuckled. I am blind in one eye.That nevercould fix itself. Fangs Over America | 69 So you re down an arm and an eye. And Paco, Menz said sadly. I miss him every day. I know, I said as I walked up to hug my teacher. We all missedboth of you.Every day. Sorry about the secrecy, Menz said with his deep voice andperfect pronunciation. I was in such bad shape, and nobody was sure ifI could come back after that attack.Nobody knew who was responsibleor if it was part of some conspiracy. But why so long? Schmach, he said. My memory for words&. Schmuck? Nein, Schande.Unwürdig. Uh, not worthy? I asked. Ah, that s it, he said. It was shame.Sorry, my mind failssometimes. You have nothing to be embarrassed about, I interrupted. I forget words.I was so self-conscious about being a fraction ofthe vampire I once was.I didn t want to face anybody.I didn t wantmeine Schande of being so damaged.A decade isn t that long whenyou re a vampire, he said as he patted my butt on the way over to achair. Pardon me for sitting, but I don t have a full duty cycle yet. Sit, I said as I joined him on a nearby chair. Duty cycle sounded like a modern term, and I was happy to see that Menz wascontinuing to stay current with words.Damn, I missed this man somuch. I still don t remember the attack, Menz said, staring at the table. I may or may not remember this chat later tonight. Short-term memory? Kaput, he said. For a while, I couldn t move.I couldn tremember anything from one minute to the next.I am still broken.Mymemory is broken.My body is broken
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