Angels Gift And Other Stories

ng duo had earned that nickname from the press, because of their penchant for leaving multiple bite marks on their victims. He was looking at pictures of the

ose and he was no closer to catching them. Apart from the fact that they were two men in their thirties, and drove a black Audi, he knew nothing else about the duo.

ly similar he noted, petit, dark-haired, and pretty. He was

in," h

ve a young lady here who says she ha

what kind of

aped from an atte

ickly, "Let

ormal. She shivered under her jacket and tried to contain her frustration. She was of average height, with raven black hair cut short, her attractive face was lined with worry. Not

rget my phone," sh

got colder and darker, the streets quieter, and the whole atmosphere made her uneasy. She wished her sister, Grace, were alive. She would have been waiting in her little Volvo, to drive her home when she got off work. She had hated the idea of June walking home at night. She always s

need a lif

but compos

nswered instinctively, sh

her? I doubt it. W

home," She gave

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, with a thin olive complexioned face and close-cropped

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all a cab or get

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smiling cryptically, "t

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ficult to subdue, which we

answered from

ing there was some

re?" she asked,

d Kass," Mo an

stretched out on th

," he said and they b

old, sinister, voice frightened her; sh

niffed the back of her

red and both he and Mo bu

act with fear she wanted

I can find my way home," she

" Mo asked his voice like steel. "Yo

or three,"

wing through her. "I have to go to work tomorrow morn

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t I

h of a choice." Kas

. One was a nurse like you. She had a great time more than all the others,

as the "Vampire Killers'" third victim; it

s driving an Audi. A description like these two in the car with her. She felt so sick she thought she would pass out. She was in a car at night with a pair of serial killers been driven to

ty, you can let me out here,

eady made plans you see, all our

oice," Kass added, "it'll make

st into mania

good; they would silence her immediately and anyway, who would hear her? What could she do? She regretted ever accepting the lift

e Vampire Killers," Kass sa

n't do much reading

ed, "We will intro

er blood still. She began to shake

ven to a certain tortuous death and there was no way to escape. Tears welled up in her eyes. She remembered her sister, who before succumbing to the

o we have he

ht a woman standing in the midd

," Mo said, slowing down and waiting fo

June felt something shar

warned her in a l

indow. And the lady

way to a party but my car ran out of gas. Could you spar

he side of the road w

going to a party ourselves, perhaps you c

be gla

air, and well-sculptured figure, dressed in a black tube top and mini skirt. Even June, despite her predicament, was impressed. She hoped the presence

ts of honor it's goin

st into a lun

are my friends

at are you doing out at night June? Have yo

her that was Grace. She turned to look at Sonda

other?" Kass aske

stop the car June needs to get out she

id "We are almost a

the car and

ing the knife he'd held to June's neck. "You be

they say," Jun

easily." Ind

. It was dark and they were sitting behind her, but she heard something like a stick break. Kass started screaming in agony. It was a piercin

the door!" she orde

then unlocked the doors. They could see the light

and call a taxi, June,

ned the door and flew out

you?" she

ng. "Close the door, my new frie

she was told, then turned

Sonda o

d. "What do you want? Wha

rist," she s

dri

on. The terrified look on her

the police,

of what to make of her story. He was well aware that trauma co

ied to kidnap you told you they were the "Vampire Kille

far-fetched, but it's true. The

uld please sit down with a sketch artist

him a look

and was able to give more information about them, but her story wasn't adding up. Hours later he

. They lay on the medical examiner's table. They had been found in their locked Audi, the words vampire killers written in blood on their rear

f what they'd inflicted on their victims. The torture, bites, and their cause of death, like their victims, was st

osely from the arm

apped clean in half like a twig, which, unless the assailant has superhuman strength, is impossible to do, also the bite m

abducted their first victim. Kumm doubted it was a coincidence. And who was this mysterious Sonda? Was she another victim? , a vigilante? Or like June had said, a ghost? A gho

that had happened to her. The conclusion she'd drawn had brought her here. She walked toward her sister's grave, holding the bouquet she'd bought f

didn't care she was sure her sister had sent So

laying the flowers on her grav

warm memories of her and Grace. Then as du