I arrived back at Silas's mansion.
A faint, fleeting smile tugged at the corner of Silas's eyes the second he saw me walk through the door.
He set me up in the largest bedroom in the entire house—even bigger than his own.
I slipped off the jade bracelet that suppressed my vampire powers, shifted into my bat form, and burrowed right into the pile of soft blankets on the bed.
Ever since he started handling supernatural registration work, Silas had seen every type of vampire under the sun. He never flinched at my true form.
Around him, I didn't have to put on a mask or hide a single part of myself. I felt totally, completely at ease. Now that's the good life for a bat.
I was rolling around goofing off for a few minutes when a sharp rap sounded at the door.
Silas pushed the door open an
