**Akasha** "Your army is growing nicely, My Queen. Shall we prepare for the next group? They should be arriving around midnight." Kobe addressed me as I finished my meal. I was always hungry first thing in the early evening as I rose from my slumber. Releasing my fangs from the body of another reject, I released my grasp on him as he slumped to the floor. One of my fledglings was there in an instant to pick him up and dispose of the body. They knew how I hated a mess and had learnt promptly to clean up and keep this disgusting warehouse as tidy as possible. Kobe knew better than to speak to me before I was finished. Something I had grown to admire about him. When he released me, there was no training needed. He was a grown man with old-world values who knew how to keep

