Dominos

by spiderwink

Half-vampires, and the power they possess, are impossible to ignore. So much so that many vampires will go to whatever lengths necessary to create offspring, even at the expense of innocent, normal human girls. Normal human girls like Celine.

1. Prologue

"So we kill him, then," she said, and she said it so dispassionately that Celine couldn't help but shudder.

"Lila," she said. Too tentatively. "That was a one time thing. And I can barely live with it, can you?"

Lila shook her platinum blonde bangs out of her eyes, peered up at Celine with a pretty pout. "You just don't get it, do you, the way this has to go? It's dominos. One, and then another, and then another… it's not like I'm happy about it, absolutely not, but we have to get him out of the way."

"And where does it stop, Lila, I was- I never- I will never be… what are you suggesting, we pick up a gun and start running? You sound insane."

Lila laughed lightly, twirled her hair around one long, pale finger, as she replied, "I'm not. It's just too obvious- simple fact really- that we don't have any other choices."