only a few months ago that she had discovered that she was a Grandor descendant. Part of her was relieved to know why she could stop time, see into the future and burst into sunshine, but this knowledge came at a price. Ragon, her boyfriend, was a vampire, and doing anything that might hurt him was a price she would never pay. Ari wasn’t even sure that she would be able to become a vampire, even if she wanted to. Vampire toxin didn’t work on her the same way it did with other humans; she could not be lulled or dissociated.
“You know what,” said Ragon, breaking Ari from her train of thought, “I think it would be good for us to go out tonight. We have been cooped up in here for weeks now. Clyde, when was the last time you fed?”
Clyde looked over at Riley protectively and said, “It’s been a while.”
“It would be nice to get out,” said Riley, smiling appreciatively at Ragon.
It looked as if Clyde was about to argue but before he could speak, Ari cut in.
“So it’s settled? We’re going to the campus club tonight,” she said excitedly, pushing her study notes aside.
That night Riley, Sandra, Lea and Ari all got ready together. Much to Riley’s dismay, Clyde had gone out that day and under cover of the ever present clouds, purchased her a long sleeved and particularly ugly full length, burgundy dress for her to wear.
“So what’s the occasion?” asked Lea, her mouth open in concentration as she stroked a few layers of black mascara to her eye lashes.
“Ryder and Patrick-” Sandra started to explain.
“-Ryder and Patrick thought it might be nice for us to all grab a drink at the campus club,” Ari finished, looking down at her feet, apparently trying to decide if the shoes she was wearing matched her outfit.
Lea, who was now applying a thin layer of eye-liner, did not appear bemused by Ari’s sudden interruption, and Ari sighed in relief. She had not wanted Lea to know why Ryder and Patrick were so excited to go to the campus club. Lea was a witch, and like all witches, she did not approve of vampires feeding off mortals. But it wasn’t just that. For the past few months the coven had been on red alert following the disappearances of several students. It had been Lea and her circle of witches to notice that so many humans had vanished.
The laws of vampires, the Final Death Laws, enforced three laws which all vampires had to follow: mortals shalt not know of the vampire existence; thou shalt not kill another vampire; thou shalt not suffer a waere to live. In all other societies where vampires lived, killing humans and drinking their blood was all part in parcel of regular life. But here, at the Pasteur Institute, the vampires were encouraged not to kill the students, not out of concern for their welfare, but because such a large population of vampires killing every-day, was sure to draw unnecessary attention from human law-enforcers. As killing humans was not a clause in the Final Death Laws, the action of doing so could not be punished by death, but it was still something that the Vice Chancellor tried to discourage.
Normally the vampires on the Isle of Man treated the students as sources, stealing their blood and then lulling them to forget ever having been bitten. No one could understand why therefore, so many students had gone missing as of late. It didn’t make any sense. None of the missing student’s bodies had been discovered, rather they had simple disappeared. It was the lack of bodies which most concerned Lea’s circle. Vampire victims were normally taken to the Pasteur Hospital, so that their death could be blamed on wildlife, like bears.
After seeing Sandra’s addiction to blood candy and her subsequent blood lust, Ari thought that the increasing occurrence of this addictive drug, might account for so many students deaths. The only hole in this theory was that using blood candy was not illegal; neither the Ancients
“You know what,” said Ragon, breaking Ari from her train of thought, “I think it would be good for us to go out tonight. We have been cooped up in here for weeks now. Clyde, when was the last time you fed?”
Clyde looked over at Riley protectively and said, “It’s been a while.”
“It would be nice to get out,” said Riley, smiling appreciatively at Ragon.
It looked as if Clyde was about to argue but before he could speak, Ari cut in.
“So it’s settled? We’re going to the campus club tonight,” she said excitedly, pushing her study notes aside.
That night Riley, Sandra, Lea and Ari all got ready together. Much to Riley’s dismay, Clyde had gone out that day and under cover of the ever present clouds, purchased her a long sleeved and particularly ugly full length, burgundy dress for her to wear.
“So what’s the occasion?” asked Lea, her mouth open in concentration as she stroked a few layers of black mascara to her eye lashes.
“Ryder and Patrick-” Sandra started to explain.
“-Ryder and Patrick thought it might be nice for us to all grab a drink at the campus club,” Ari finished, looking down at her feet, apparently trying to decide if the shoes she was wearing matched her outfit.
Lea, who was now applying a thin layer of eye-liner, did not appear bemused by Ari’s sudden interruption, and Ari sighed in relief. She had not wanted Lea to know why Ryder and Patrick were so excited to go to the campus club. Lea was a witch, and like all witches, she did not approve of vampires feeding off mortals. But it wasn’t just that. For the past few months the coven had been on red alert following the disappearances of several students. It had been Lea and her circle of witches to notice that so many humans had vanished.
The laws of vampires, the Final Death Laws, enforced three laws which all vampires had to follow: mortals shalt not know of the vampire existence; thou shalt not kill another vampire; thou shalt not suffer a waere to live. In all other societies where vampires lived, killing humans and drinking their blood was all part in parcel of regular life. But here, at the Pasteur Institute, the vampires were encouraged not to kill the students, not out of concern for their welfare, but because such a large population of vampires killing every-day, was sure to draw unnecessary attention from human law-enforcers. As killing humans was not a clause in the Final Death Laws, the action of doing so could not be punished by death, but it was still something that the Vice Chancellor tried to discourage.
Normally the vampires on the Isle of Man treated the students as sources, stealing their blood and then lulling them to forget ever having been bitten. No one could understand why therefore, so many students had gone missing as of late. It didn’t make any sense. None of the missing student’s bodies had been discovered, rather they had simple disappeared. It was the lack of bodies which most concerned Lea’s circle. Vampire victims were normally taken to the Pasteur Hospital, so that their death could be blamed on wildlife, like bears.
After seeing Sandra’s addiction to blood candy and her subsequent blood lust, Ari thought that the increasing occurrence of this addictive drug, might account for so many students deaths. The only hole in this theory was that using blood candy was not illegal; neither the Ancients
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