BLOOD, a vampire story

ng into the bucket in the bathroom. They had a leaky roof. Leaky pipes. And the furnace needed replacing. He went to his room and tried to video chat with Levi, but his best friend wasn't

parents must've confiscated her phone and her dad would be

up that he'd some chins up; push ups; took his

ack," he thought. "And Miley E

his pillow under his head a

shapes. He was shirtless wearing only his jeans.

i

e so much smoke. Dread panic threatened to overtake his human mind. But he kept it together, getting his bearings. An enormous building that looks like a ca

r the

ood. He heard a strange whoosh and looked up. The tops of the towering wood had burst int

full, bloo

e thought. "That

f they were chasing him. Closing in. Suddenly, as his pace increased, he found

Animals fleeing the flames. Heat prickled his naked shoulders and backs of his legs. Embers floated down and one landed on his

Smoke was pouring over him like someone throwing a blanket over his fac

ht. Had been an asthmatic, he

g a Vampire had cured him

ted downwards like a bomb. He rolled to his side and leaped to

aping in a distressed stampede around him, at him, over him. As before, one squarmed under his foot and he lost balance and rolled end over en

the balls of fiery brush slammed into the trunk, mere inches beneath him. Sparks skittered upward. His stomach muscles

inderbox of leaves under his bare f

lfire itself. Surrounded by darkness, they bored right into his. He cou

ommanding and insistent. He didn't want to obey bu

e," the voice

t barely missed him. Then a wall of fire rose up, creating an inferno between him and those eyes. And

n the vo

l wit

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