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in mid-flight—flipped high into the air and landed on his feet. He looked back at his audience half

a mile in the distance. They thrust their arms in the air at the thrill of his virtuosity.

Suddenly, a desert hare streaked across the sand. Omar aimed one of the arrows and hurled

it with his bare hand. It whistled through the wind as surely as if it had been launched from a

bowstring and pierced the rabbit’s body in mid-leap. Omar laughed and ran over to the dying

creature. He lifted it from the sand and stared at the blood oozing from the wound. He could feel

vampirism coming toward him. He wanted to escape the impending surge but he couldn’t move. “I

am a prince and yet I am ruled,” he thought. The rush of heat engulfed him. Commanded by the

blood, his irises twined and became brindle. Long fangs descended from his gums. His new

nature, his liege lord, his vampire-self now spoke. “Bite into the rabbit’s body.” The prince

obeyed. The creature flinched and struggled. Its blood syphoned into Omar’s mouth, across his

tongue. He moaned with pleasure as a sensual sensation flowed through his veins down into his

loins and aroused him. As if overwhelmed by the rapture of the bloodlust, Omar removed his

fangs and gasped for breath without sucking all of the rabbit’s ruby juice. He looked curiously at

his prey as it began to spasm in his hand. The creature’s eyes rolled over and when they returned

they were completely black. Omar used his fingers to open the rabbit’s mouth. Fangs emerged

from its gums.

“A vampire! I made a vampire!” Omar said like a child catching his first fish. He removed

the arrow from its body and released it. The creature bound away at twice its natural agility.

“Some hungry serpent is about to get a big surprise,” Omar said and laughed.

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The Mountain Palace, as it was now officially called, provided the royal court with exquisite

palatial architecture courtesy of the natural world. The caverns, designed by God herself,

interconnected with high ceilings forming a glorious geological alcazar fit for a sultan. If one