Chapter 2: A Change of Plans
Albert
They separated as they walked the few blocks to the nearest subway station, appearing to be no more than buddies heading out together. Much as they’d both love to put their devotion to one another on full display, it was too chancy. Homophobia still existed, and the added risk they’d be taking encompassed more than their own personal safety.
They could recover fairly quickly from any injury that didn’t instantly kill them—Albert faster than Neil, due to his years—but that fact, and their black blood, would raise questions they didn’t want asked, and didn’t want to have to take steps to cover up. If an exposure became uncontainable, the entire worldwide vampire population could be in jeopardy.
Albert took care to enter a subway car located near the mi
