30 When you wake up first thing in the morning aware that you’re going to murder things, it makes you puke. Actually, it’s also the sound of Tina puking that makes me puke. Unfortunately, she’s using the bathroom so I have to run to the window, and accidentally spatter a bird-shifter looking for breakfast, who shifts back into human from the shock. “Sorry,” I call, wiping my mouth before I shut the window. “Tina?” I knock timidly on the bathroom door. A puking vampire must be approached with caution. “You okay in there?” A grudging, “I’m fine,” is all I get from her. She gives no indication of how much longer she’s going to be in there. I practically run down the hall to Cassie’s room, barely knocking before I barge in to use her bathroom. When I pop back out, I see that she’s pulling

