Vampire Morsels

Chapter 38: Ashton, Part 1

(You can't actually find Ashton anywhere, except as a mention, though you can meet his brother, Loren, in the Amaranthine saga. This takes place in Maine in 1995.)

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"Hey, dickhead, get up!"

Ashton jerked awake. "Huh?" He blinked away the last shreds of sleep to see Loren, his younger brother, standing in the bedroom doorway. Like Ashton, his hair was dark, but he'd inherited their mom's curly mane, while Ashton's hair was almost straight. They both had dark brown eyes, but Loren's were larger baby doll eyes their mom had called them when they were both kids. That seemed a lifetime away now.

Ashton grunted and Loren glared impatiently, as if he'd expected more.

"I said get up, dude. It's after eight. At night! You need to give the cat its pills and we need to get some s**t from the