In hindsight, wandering around a strange city after dark had not been the best plan Jesse ever had—even if it had seemed like the only option available to him. He couldn’t stay at his motel, because they expected to be paid and didn’t take kindly to squatters. And was Chicago really so different from London? They were both big cities. They were both full of strangers. Yes, Chicago had a notable vampire population, but so did London. And Jesse was his father’s son through and through—he knew how to stake vampires. He even carried stakes with him.
The only thing he didn’t take into consideration was the fact that Chicago vampires roved the city in gangs. London vampires were loners, more or less. They were the tigers of the vampire world. Chicago vampires were the lions. Hunting in packs, w
