I groaned.Zola glanced back and laughed.“I feel like I’m eighty.”“You just need food, boy.”I nodded and finished the climb in groaning semi-silence. At the top of the stairs I let the banister take my weight, slouched, tilted my head back, and sighed. When I straightened up I found a vampire with...
The sun was much higher and the morning dew that had covered everything when I’d arrived was almost gone. I had to squint in the burst of daylight. Zola climbed in and closed the door while I made my way around Vicky on the asphalt drive. I noticed a smattering of sap across the roof from the nea...