Vampires, the most bloodthirsty and attractive creature, as Anne Rice presents them in her "vampire chronicles". For me "The Queen of the Damned" is the better one. I read it many times !
It reminds me a text from "Flowers of Evil" by Baudelaire, my favorite frensh poet.
Vampire, did you say vampire ?...
You who, like the stroke of a knife,
Entered my plaintive heart;
You who, strong as a flock
Of demons, came, mad and adorned,
To make of my humiliated spirit
Your bed and your domain;
-- Wretch to whom I am tied
Like a convict to his chain,
Like the stubborn gambler to the game,
Like the drunkard to the bottle,
Like vermin to c