Luminescent Nocturne Chapter 12

As soon as they stepped out onto the busy streets of London, Draco hissed and adjusted his sunglasses when the sun hit his pale skin.

Blaise swatted at his shoulder and practically dragged the poor vampire down the street.

"Put your bloody fangs away, Drake. You're going to cause a scene with all these humans around."

Draco winced at Blaise's sharp words in his mind and only nodded and ducked his head trying to get his fangy problem under control.

Ron followed slightly behind them as his Auror training kicked in almost immediately.

His wand sat at the ready in its hilt on his hip as he scanned the streets for any signs of foul play while also keeping a sharp eye on the two vampires that were walking a ways away in front of him.

"Oy! Zambini! Where are we going anyways? I didn't think you all did this…type of thing during the day."

Ron called making Blaise wince as he was trying and failing to keep a firm hold on Draco's collar while the scents of hundreds of muggles filled the young vampire's nose.

"Little busy right now, Red. And if you must know we're going over to the ship yard where it'll be easy to hunt and make a quick exit."

Ron's eyebrows furrowed as he tried to figure out why on earth they were going to the ship yard to hunt.

But when he looked up and saw that Blaise was nearly having to put Draco in a headlock while they walked quickly down the street he just decided that now was the time to shut up and follow the stupid vampires.

By the time they reached the ship yard the sky had filled with dark clouds and Draco was trying to claw both Blaise and Ron's faces off.

The ship yard was filled with docked tankers and huge piles of large shipping containers that workers were loading on and off the boats.

Various humans were wandering around in every corner of the yard and Ron could see why this was such a good place to hunt during the day.

The yard was mainly hidden in the shadows as the buildings of the city towered above them.

Blaise pulled both of them up against one of the shipping containers and let go of Draco who had momentarily gotten himself under control.

Draco dropped down to the ground in a low crouch as he surveyed the area.

Blaise simply rolled his eyes and turned to Ron with a small smile.

"I apologize for his rabid behavior at the moment.

He always tends to get like this when he hunts.

I can imagine he's going to be terribly disappointed when these humans won't taste nearly as good as his mate."

Ron nodded nonchalantly and glanced down at Draco who had unsheathed his fangs and currently set his eyes on a worker who was just stepping out of a container in a darker section of the yard.

"So we just let him loose and hope he doesn't kill anyone? I'm really hoping that he won't kill them seeing as how I'd rather not have to explain to Harry and the Auror's office why I'm standing here with you two going on a mission to hunt humans."

Blaise nodded in understanding as they both watched Draco flit across the yard and drag the worker back into the shipping container and close it with a loud thud.

"Oh he won't kill him.

He may be a pain when he gets hungry like this but he's not a killer.

Besides he knows the rules.

The council has stated that we are to never kill our prey unless we or our mate is in danger without any way to escape.

It's all a rather messy process if you do.

Office of Magical Creatures tends to go a bit crazy when that happens.

Something about wreaking havoc on the muggle population."

Ron nodded and winced when sounds of banging and muffled screaming floated out of the shipping container.

"Yeah I could see how that would be a problem. Could you tell him to tone it down a notch? He's going to get us caught if he carries on like that."

Blaise stilled for a moment and quirked an eyebrow at the apparent silent conversation that he and the young vampire were currently having.

Turning back to Ron he shook his head and leaned up against the side of the container that they were hiding behind.

"He's just playing with his food. Honestly you'd think that by now he'd learn to keep it down. I just told him to hurry up and find another victim so we can keep on our time schedule."

Ron's eyes widened momentarily before he shook his head and groaned.

"Playing with his food? Yeah…okay…not like that's an actual person in there or anything…."

Blaise laughed and patted his shoulder in a small act of comfort.

"Well at least he's not going to be nearly as bad as Mione's going to be when she first wakes.

Fresh vampires are much more murderous than one who's been a vampire for many months."

Ron let out a squeak and shook his head harder before leaning it up against the containers chilly wall.

"Merlin….What have I got myself into…?"

At that Blaise gave another laugh as the container door opened and a bloody yet satisfied Draco came swaggering over to them.

"Ready for another one or you good?"

Blaise questioned as Draco wiped the blood off his lips.

"Seeing as how I'd like to eat Weasley I think I should go get a couple more. I think Mione would turn me to ashes if she knew I feed off of her favorite red haired wizard."

By that point Ron had paled considerably and had his hand firmly placed on his wand as he kept his eyes on the blonde vampire who was eyeing him like a piece of meat.

Blaise tutted in disapproval and rolled his eyes.

"Now that's not very polite, mate. Go find yourself another one and be quick about it. We have things to do today besides standing here and letting you create a blood bath."

Draco let out a loud growl and stalked away to find another victim as Ron let out a big sigh.

"He really wasn't going to eat me was he?"

He said shakily as Blaise merely glanced at him before giving him a playful smirk.

"Oh I think he would've. I know for a fact that red haired humans taste the best."

Ron scowled before his eyes widened when he realized what Blaise had said.

Giving the vampire a swift punch in his shoulder, they both had at each other while waiting to get on with the rest of their day.