1 A/N: Sorry if this part makes you hurl.

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One of the pale strangers began to approach us, but Santa stopped him.

"These are my helpers, my guests," he explained to the human. "They brought us our meal."

Santa gestured towards the human youth who was now looking at us in dazed wonder.

Then, very swiftly, he had sank his teeth into the boy's tender neck, pulling away after a few moments to pass his victim around the group of strangers.

Within a few seconds all of them had drunk and the boy sat dumbly on the snow, woozy from blood loss. But he would survive.

Then, with a movement too fast for my bear eyes to detect, the impulsive one broke his neck and licked at the oozing blood.

I looked away, suppressing a shudder.

Cool, Rachel drooled, bounding forth and demorphing.

"Leave some for me!" she exclaimed as her human mouth formed.

"Bien sûr, ma petite," he said with a laugh, shoving the half-frozen corpse toward her.

Rachel bent down and drained what was left of the boy.

Rachel, what are you doing?! Cassie cried, batting the body away.

Rachel grinned back at us, bright red blood dripping down her face and staining her clothing.

And before she could say a word-