Epilogue
Roughly 3 years later
The spring air was warm that night: a pleasant contrast to the unseasonably cool weather they had been having. The streets were slightly more crowded than usual on Headford Road, as many people were too restless to be indoors. The night was still young: couples strolled hand-in-hand into their favorite cafes, families with young children began to meander home after an ice cream outing, and groups of window shoppers stopped here and there to look at displays.
The next street over was quieter, which was the street William and Calder had decided to take: partially because it was easier to track vampires, and partially so Calder could recount uninterrupted his latest adventure with his new game, The Seventh Moon.
Not a block away from the distracted teenagers in a dark, narrow ally, a young woman stood in shock, eyeing the three hungry vampires who were advancing on her. Her dark, wavy, shoulder-length hair whipped around her face as she surveyed her grim situation, her hazel eyes wide with apprehension.
"Oh, crap!"