You have the brains for it, according to your school records.”I blinked in my surprise.“Ma’am, I get the impression you have had access to the r...cords of my entire life, and that sort of data retrieval is not something that a mere company is allowed to do.”“That is a point, John.” She looked me over, as if waiting for something. Me.“So you have close links with government, ma’am?”“You could say that, John. Nothing overt, though.”“Is that so? In that case, ma’am, what do you want with little. .. tied up right now. Which even be literally true, given that he’s at Fangtasia, a vampire bar in Shreveport, Louisiana. Not in this universe. In an alternate one where vampires like me can live openly as such. In case you overlooked that detail ... I got turned in such a world.“Oh, meet Jessica Hamby. She’s a brand-new vampire, dropped off by her Maker at Fangtasia and handed over to me for the present. Jessica, this is Vivien and Violet Harmon. Vivien is the wife of Dr. Ben Harmon, whom you. At around 14:00 hours a storm had blown up, coming out of the east, driving the SS Ragamuffin ahead of it at a frantic pace and lashing the sea to foam around the smallish cruise ship. Aboard the vessel were about 500 18 - 25 year old teachers and recent high school graduates, as well as 50 or so crew members and staff. The ship threatened to capsize in the raging swells that crashed over the deck but the captain kept her nose to the waves and she stayed afloat...Until she hit the reef.. As a last hope, I checked to ensure the Ethernet cable was plugged into both the wall and the computer – They were."I guess they shut off their Internet connection as well as the phones," I said. "It looks like we are stuck here with no way to get out and no way to let anyone know where we are," I said.Turning off the lights as we went, we returned to our place before the fireplace. The fire had died considerably, so I threw on several new logs. Then as I turned to head back to the sofa, I saw.