”“How did you sleep?”“I slept well, considering it was a strange bed. I mean, strange to me that is.”“I understand.”“I have text from ...orelei. They resolved the tactical situation about three in the morning, so it’s all clear for me to go home and get ready for work.“When do you need to be at work?”“Nine,” she replied. “Do you know what bus route goes past this corner?”“I don’t. Do you want me to drive you somewhere?”“Oh, God, no Jason. I’ve already imposed upon you way, way too much.” She. These four would come together in their junior year of high school. They were all 17 years old, they had each passed through puberty, and were starting to display the common traits of the teen vampire. They began staying up late, meaning they were always tired in class the next day. But as was common for teem vampires, they seldom, if ever, remembered staying up. They all thought they were getting to bed at a normal time. The vampire traits of their character were exerting control of their. A male voice grunted something, and the footsteps cautiously approached the bedroom in which she was hiding. The door banged open and a smelly man with a brown beard stepped inside, axe at the ready. Annie waited. Believing there was nobody inside, the man lowered his weapon and turned to leave.Annie dropped from the rafters, but her foot caught on a beam and she toppled down head-first. Desperately, she reached out and wrapped her arms around the invader's neck to break her fall. Yelling. For Kardelion and Grandmaster Kartion, though, it meant naught. They overbearingly confronted each other at the same time as they readied their next attack."Get the hell out of my way, brat!" Not far from the two, Karns shouted at Raroen."Karns, you bastard, your whole tribe of fiends should perish and die!"Raroen blew a breath of azure flames, but against this level of attack, Karns merely waved his head, casting a black mantle that dissolved the blistering flames and threw backwards the.