News From Poughkeepsie – Day 124

Vampires work like this…

They aren’t human. They were never human.

They’ll deceive you in the dark, mimicking human speech. Guttural moans combine with pheromones to sound like seduction, but it’s not real words. No more than those leathery wings are opera capes. It’s a beast that walks like its prey, a wolf dressed as a sheep.

Vampires cannot be bargained with, for your life is all they want. They cannot be reasoned with, because they live for the hunt. They do not feel pity, or remorse, for you are nothing but food. And once they catch your scent, they will not stop until their teeth are in your veins, and your life in their stomach.

Michaela, who thought she had left violence and savagery behind with her dress blues, is just now learning all this…