"I only meant to hithim..." Kezchen Nocazaar!" Kaspar snarled, pointing at him with the blackstaff.An instant later, the man screamed out in pain, sou...ding as if he hurt ahell of a lot more than even I did. And after a second more, I didn'tdoubt that as I saw blood leaking from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears.His scream was cut off into a sick sounding gurgle, just before hecollapsed motionless."Fuck," I gasped, wincing in pain as I did so."We needed her tonight," Kaspar snarled at the others. . That evening, there was only Steve and Lonnie at dinner. Jeremy and Bonnie were off camping together, and Danny Kaiser was spending the weekend at home. Louise was anticipating a pleasant evening of conversation with the two young men, when Steve stood up from the dinner table and announced, ‘Well, I’m out of here till Sunday night.’ Disappointed, Louise asked, ‘Oh? Where to?’ ‘Believe it or not, I have a job interview-slash-luncheon at a very prestigious law firm tomorrow afternoon. I think. Less than ten percent of applications had been granted and each of us knew how lucky we’d been to be offered a place.So in those initial days, the first years tended to huddle together like sheep when the wolves are howling in the darkness, ready to spook and run at the first hint of trouble – or in the case of students; cry, complain and drink a lot.And in that huddle, the four of us had found each other – as individuals and then as two couples; me with Caroline Esterhuizen, and Jeff Colton. Tanya shut up, realizing she’d blown it. He was going to drop her. She stared desperately at him, trying to think of what to say to save herself.“Mister Ranger,” she fumbled, fighting down this new wave of terror. “Your Grace…” He looked at her more intently.'I’m on the right track! Think, dammit! He’s some kind of royalty!'“Count…” she addressed him. Then she knew! 'Oh My God! There are male vampires, too! It makes such total fucking sense! That monster is… Dracula!'“Count Vlad,” she whispered.