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The next morning I wake up before the sun rises, hoping to catch Metis before everyone else is up. The dead bird is gone—or at least out of sight—so Tina has taken care of it, but I really don’t want to know how. I have too much s**t to deal with to worry about that.
As I hurry across campus, the sound of running feet comes from behind me. I duck behind a giant Kratos statue, depicting him strangling the life from two monsters simultaneously. A group of maybe twenty students thunder past. Some of them are shifted into wolves or other animals, but others are in their human form. They wear masks, though, so it’s impossible to identify who they are. There’s no mistaking Nico’s voice at the back of the pack, urging them on.
“You have to be fast to beat a vampire. Only the strongest will
