Recap:

Break dressed, pulling on a fresh black shirt, a black over long coat and picked up a hat. Grasping his cane he too left the room, but headed in the opposite direction, down into the street. To Shalon… he would never be anything more then her lover-creation, her pet. He needed something else… he needed a drink. Little did he know... he was going to get his wish granted...

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Break's head was a jumble of chaos as he walked quickly out of the mansion, into the pebbled path that lead through the many gardens to the main gate. His head was full of the past, and choices. Hadn't he chosen to follow Shalon? Hadn't he known at that final moment where it was going to lead him and he'd chosen the blood? Yes…yes… now the crazy jumble was gone, and all that was left was his hunger. Vampires needed to feed at least once a day, and he was really hungry. His hunger gave way to a calculating mind, looking forward with eagerness to the hunt, the sun was setting, and the game was on.

Alice sighed as she pulled the last batch of pastries from the oven, delicious meat filled things. She loved her meat, but when she was working in the bakery below her and her sister's apartment, it was so tempting to eat every last one. But, she placed the food on the shelf and straightened her apron. And, by chance she happened to glace up into the mirror above the oven, "ALYSS!"

Her twin sister, Alyss, was her in exact image, minus the coloring. Where Alice had deep brown hair, Alyss' was pale silver, Alice's eyes were a darker purple, Alyss' lighter. In the mirror, her twin's image was standing in the doorway, wrapped up in the arms of a man. In less then a second, Alice had dashed around the counter and pulled her sister away, "Excuse us!"

She pulled her twin back around the counter and said in a hurried whisper, "What do you think your doing? Don't you know who he is?"

"Of course I do," Alyss replied, grinning impishly, "I know him well enough to kiss him."

Alice sighed impatiently, "That was Jack Bezalius! And you know the rumor, h-he's a vampire! All of the four families are!"

Alyss broke out in a peal of laughter, "Jack! My sister believes that old rumor!"

Jack strode over to them, in the light of the shop, his long gold hair glinted lightly and his emerald eyes glimmered, he smiled down at them, "Really? Well, I don't have fangs." He grinned a little wider, showing normally shaped teeth, but Alice didn't believe him.

"You really shouldn't believe everything you hear Alice." Jack said, patting her on the head, making her wince. He grabbed Alyss' hand and strode out the door with her, "I'll have her back before dawn!"

Alyss was still laughing, but when Alice dashed to the door, both had already vanished into the crowds. She paused in the doorway, scanning the couples and groups dispersing as night fell, but was forced to give up and return inside. It wasn't wise to go walking around… not with vampires ruling the town.

Break walked into the heart of the village as the last glimmers of sunlight were fading, to him they looked red, the color of blood. He could see small clusters of people moving in doors, but no one alone. That is until he caught sight of a lone girl standing in the doorway. A faint smile came to his face: perfect.

Alice shut the door to her shop, hanging the closed sign and removed the apron, hanging it on the wall. She stretched; yawning lightly before grabbing a pastry off the shelf, eating one wouldn't hurt…

"Quite the quaint little shop you have here." A voice said, Alice gasped and spun around, dropping her food. A man was standing in the doorway, why hadn't she heard him come in?

The man was wearing black clothes with a black top hat that had a pale red ribbon tied around it; he was leaning lightly on a cane with one gloved hand on it, the other was resting on his hip. Though his face was covered in shadow, Alice could tell he was looking right at her, it made the hair on the back of her neck stand up. Something wasn't right; she took a deep breath, "We're closed. Please get out."

The man chuckled and shook his head, "Sorry, I can't do that."

The door behind him suddenly slammed shut and Alice felt something heavy, hit her, knocking her backwards, bending her over the counter behind her. Her head hit it, making everything spin for a few seconds. Blinking rapidly, she found herself pinned down by the man. She could see his face, his hair was silver like her sister's, but only one eye was showing and that one was red. ….And he had fangs!

She was too scared to move or scream or even breathe, he was a vampire! He grinned down at her for a moment, "Normally, I would have spent some time playing with you, or making this more comfortable. But, you caught me at a bad time, I'm in a bad mood and very hungry. Sorry."

Before she could scream he leaned down. She felt his lips at her throat, then teeth pressing against her skin. He bit down, and her mouth opened in a silent scream.