Chapter 10 “Well, well, look what we have here. Reynaud’s pet human.” Burke had known the two vampires were close by, but he’d read them as benign so he’d ignored them as he walked from work to where he’d parked his car. Not that he could have done anything if they weren’t. His gun was sitting at home as it always did during the week. He wouldn’t even be where he was, walking down the shadowy side street, if he hadn’t stayed late to put the finishing touches on a project. Now he wished he hadn’t. The tone of the vampire’s voice was far from friendly. He walked faster, seeing the parking lot just ahead of him. Suddenly one of the vampires was in front of him and he knew the other one was close behind him. “What’s the hurry, pretty boy? Don’t you want to know who we are?” “Not really,”

