"Azeman is a name given to a female vampire or werewolf. She transforms from human to animal form at night and travels around drinking human blood. According to belief the best way to stop her is by sprinkling grains or seeds about, when seeing them she has a compulsion to stop to count them and gather them up. Another way of stopping her is by propping a broom against a door, which she then can't cross."
- Book of Creatures and Magic by A. D. Piracress
"What the fuck...?!" Nyle stumbled over his seat and fell onto the floor before Pax's feet. "What...what are those...?...A-"
His mouth was clamped shut by Pax's hands.
"You will not tell anybody what you saw or heard from me, or I will personally see that you are found and destroyed." She shot a bloodthirsty glance at him " Now, I am leaving, be calm." She moved over on her seat, gathering her things in a medium sized bag that had "Newtashi City" written all over it.
"I wouldn't tell anyone. I know who...what you ar-" he stopped mid sentence as Pax grasped his throat.
"What do you know..." She hissed "Tell me and I'll let you go without break all the bones in your neck."
"L-et *cough cough* m...m...me.. *wheeze, pant* *gasp* go!" He twisted his neck around, miraculously not breaking it, and slid out of Pax's grasp. "Your arm is injured, you would've broken my neck without blinking an eye if you could." He looked at her, fear not completely gone from his eyes, but a bit more relaxed.
Pax narrowed her eyes.
"Who are you ?"
"One of your kind, I'm-"
"No!" Pax stared at him with wide eyes. "No...you can't be...I know that with my life and soul."
"Well not exactly the same, but along the same line... With some complications and calculations..." He looked at her wings, "May I look at your wings?"
Pax stared at him "No...wh...where are you from...who sent you?!"
Nyle smiled a bit "No one. I'm just a Mage looking for a home. Hopefully a guild too, that's not full of judging assholes."
"But what does that have to do with me?"
"Everything-" and he lunged at her.