Chapter XVII
THE CLUB WAS FULL when we got there, dozens of people crammed together, whispering to each other. I had no idea there were so many vampires in and around Amsterdam. I always imagined them scattered around the world. They either had been travelling together, following Anthony around, or this had been their headquarters for a long time. The Amsterdam vampire covenant? It sounded a bit flaky. You’d think they’d choose Paris or Rome… something grand, luxurious, and old.
I heard the sparkly laugh of my would-be-foe, the Spanish girl, and figured they weren’t all vampires. Usually, I had trouble telling humans and vampires apart. Not tonight though. At a closer inspection, I noticed the vampires weren’t drinking, or laughing, or going out of their way to catch anyone’s eye. They w
