Somewhere deep in the woods…
The woman paced, her voice taut with fear. "You will not touch her. I separated them. Now pray she doesn't figure it out, because the minute she does, we're both dead."
"How long do we have?" the man asked.
"If she stays with the vampires, she might never discover the truth. If someone pulls her away..." She hesitated. "Maybe a year."
"Can't you do something about it?"
"I separate them!" she shouted. "Do you know what they'd do to me if they found out?"
"Hey, it's for a good cause." He laughed. "Rich and dead."
"Good cause? You harvest organs from my people. This was a sacrifice," she said bitterly.
"And the money? Not good enough for you?"
She began chanting. The man fell to one knee before her.
"Oh, you like me on my knees begging again?" he smirked
