Prologue
She sat at the bar, a glass of scotch in her hands and a lit cigarette in the ash tray next to her, she had been sitting there for so long staring at that glass that the ice had melted and she could see her eyes glistening in the scotch water mix. Her red irises stared back she closed her eyes and downed the drink, suddenly the bar door slammed open "RAVEN!" The man shouted, "What." She mumbled as she poured another drink, "I have looked all over town for your lazy ass." He stormed over "You owe Nikola a visit, you broke code of the Banshi clan." He ripped the bottle from her hand and slammed it on the bar "And quit drinking!" she scoffed "Why I can't die, I can get as drunk as I want, I can do as many drugs as I want, I'm a fucking immortal dumbass." She stared him dead in the eyes and sipped on her drink. "Listen Raven," she cut him off "Don't call me that." "What?" He raised an eyebrow "My name isn't Raven, it's a dumbass alias that your dumbass clan leader gave my fatass." She looked at her empty glass and reached for the bottle of scotch only to have the man stop her. "Whatever you need to come with me." She looked at him, his eyes began to go from their dark brown color to a sickly yellow glow he bared his teeth trying to intimidate, "Dude, do you think that's going to work?" Raven tried to hold back laughter, her hand gripped his neck and she flew him across the bar. "You're just a worthless piece of shit that Nikola sent, you are replaceable." She hopped off her stool and walked over to get her coat. "I can't believe they sent a fledgling to get me." She scoffed as she put her jacket on walking over to the knocked out fledgling, she squatted and forced his eyes to meet hers "Tell your leader if he wants me come find me." She got up and walked away.
As Raven walked out of the bar into the busy night streets of the city, she looked around, loud chatter and cars honking, no one struck her alarm bells with the hammer of suspicion. She stepped to the side and leaned against the brick wall of the bar, grabbing her pack of cigarettes she slipped one out and set it in between her pale pink lips. "Dude, look at her. She's just right." Ravens ear twitched at the sentence while she dug out her lighter, "I don't know man she seems...weird." She closed her eyes as she held the now lit lighter to her cigarette, "Listen, Dan wants a girl. Didn't specify what kind." Raven took a long drag and exhaled the smoke rolling her eyes, 'You gotta be kidding me.' She thought. She began to walk down the street but took a left into an alleyway, "Nows our chance. Let's go."
The guys walked into the alleyway only to be met by nothing. "Where'd she go?" "I don't know man I'm seeing the same thing you are." They argued as they walked further in trying to see if she hid behind a dumpster or on a fire escape, a black mass began to form behind one of them "Listen man maybe we should just give up and get a different girl." "How about you shut the hell up." Raven said, she moved his head to expose his neck and bit him as she drank his friend began to ran. She moved her hand and a shadow figure grabbed him and pulled him against the brick wall. "Fuck that's good I haven't had AB negative in a long time." She said as she let him go, he fell to the ground paler than the snow that began to fall. "Oh shit please don't kill me, please I beg of you." The guy begged "What's your name, son." Raven asked as she pulled a flask out of her back pocket and took a swig "Ma...ma..ma.." "To...to..to..today boy. I can live forever but I have no patience." "It's Marcus." He said with a shaky voice. "Well, Marcus I'll give you two choices; you can either one: let me drink your blood also and live. Or you and your friend live if you tell me who you work for." She smiled showing off her fangs.