Rorick My side was on fire. It was the first thing I felt as my mind slowly started to come to. The last thing I could remember was driving away from the airport. My eyes were continuously flickering from the road to the rearview mirror to ensure we weren’t being followed. I remembered following Ryl’s directions, her clear voice in my head as she led us through the city. After that, things got a little fuzzy. I remembered the pain and then the numbness as I lost too much blood. There was a fleeting thought of the vampire sitting next to me and all the blood I was loosing. I know about their avaricious appetites. After centuries of practice they were able to control it, but too much blood in a close space wasn’t safe for the poor creature that was quickly approaching death. So, how am I

