For the first time that night, when Samhain looks up at Roman, his eyes are clearly visible. His unnaturally pure white eyes—the only color in them being the tiny black pupil in the center—roam over the other demon’s face. Not his human face, either, but his demonic one, the one that lays just beyond the fleshy exterior. “I recognize you,” he eventually says, his voice quiet and unaffected by Roman’s earlier recognition. “Although I do not know where from.”
At that moment, in response to the voices, the newly-created zombie woman makes a groaning sound. Any interest in Roman dies quickly. Samhain then closes his eyes and listens to the zombie’s noises, as if they’re the sound of a great symphony. And to him, they are. He takes great pride in his work, and this zombie, the first he’s created in such a long time… it’s the most beautiful creation to date. “Isn’t she beautiful?” He asks, but more to himself than the other demon. Any other opinion does not matter, for only he can see the true beauty of the undead creature before him.
The zombie lurches forward now, moving right past Samhain and straight toward Roman. Ah, yes, Samhain’s host body was already dead when he possessed it, but Roman’s is clearly very much still alive… and a live body is much more attractive to a zombie than a dead one. However, before she can reach the other demon—who’s now struggling against the magic keeping him pinned to the fence, clearly in an attempt to escape the zombie’s oncoming slaughter—Samhain raises his hand, and the zombie freezes mid-step. “Not him,” he whispers. “Out there,” he jerks his head toward the mouth of the alley, where he can hear the sounds of innocent people moving around, unaware of what this night will soon become.
Without hesitating, the zombie woman changes direction, and heads the way Samhain directed her in. This brings a small smile to his lips.