His True Heart

The books and movies amused him. He wasn’t quite sure which of his incarnations had managed to inspire this mass hysteria, but clearly he would need to take greater care in the future to make sure his personage was less noticeable. 

There were enough differences in the details to assure him that nobody knew the true story. For starters, this whole business about existing in daylight was utter nonsense. Clearly the wishful thinking of an overly romantic female mind. Then there was the setting. He hadn’t set foot in a school in over 200 years, and when he had, girls weren’t even allowed in the building, much less the same classroom. And, no, he absolutely DID...NOT...GLITTER.

But some of the other specifics were uncanny. His preference for the gloom of the Pacific Northwest. His deep connection to his adopted family. His passion for driving expensive sports cars at terrifying speeds. And, oh, yes, his penchant for young, shy brunettes. 

He did love them, perhaps not with the obsessive, everlasting romantic love currently being portrayed by his doppelganger, but it was love nonetheless. He loved watching them from the shadows of the nightclubs, the insecure loners who sat apart from everyone, never dreaming of the passion and adventure that was about to enter their lives. He loved their initial hesitance as he worked to win them over and woo them away from the safety of the crowd. He loved witnessing their shifting emotions as he revealed his true nature to them, from fear to horror to curiosity to fascination to passion. 

And he loved their lives. He loved the rush of energy through their bodies that pulsed with each beat of their tender hearts. He loved feeling that force flow into him, feeling their bodies grow weak and still as he took his nourishment from them. And most of all, he loved the fact that the whole process would be repeated over and over, night after night, starting at the next twilight.

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In response to Week Thirty Nine of the Trifecta Writing Challenge - Your prompt this week is the third definition of:

HEART (noun)

1: a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood
2: a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a red heart
3: personality, disposition <a cold heart>

Please remember:

• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
• The word itself needs to be included in your response.
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above. 
• Only one entry per writer.