`` look , princess periwinkle , '' she says , curling her lips with every word . `` hey , ace , how about i jump in there and show you how it 's done ? '' the kind that may tilt you into a nightmare at any moment . he changed direction constantly ; sitting standing , kneeling , standing again , pacing . i was just having a hard time letting go . my father was not , is not a vampire . he ran patient but urgent kisses from my chest down to my thighs . 