Excerpt of The Power of Muse & Inspiration by Michael Mandrake

"Yes, yes, come to me my child!" Jude lay his head against a dead tree. He sensed two virile young men he might like to enjoy for a double entree. Since he couldn't have love why not fill up his belly with young blood for nourishment. He waved his long fingers and opened his eyes, gazing around the open field till he caught sight of the two he'd seen in his mind's eye.

As always the faces were skewed when he looked deep within to see his prey but now that they'd come into view, he noticed one he didn't want to destroy.

"Wha...I..." At a loss of words was Jude, gawking at the handsome man running away from another. "My, I've never seen in all my years a more gorgeous sight." That moment the old immortal felt his muscles strengthen and his face tightening. A new feeling of love and inspiration came over him.

A mortal, so lovely and beautiful, the desire to live started to return.