I heard a rumour

The bots attack on a vampire establishment had the newly mades and the vampires antsy, talks and murmurs of why the 'king of Vampires' hadn't done anything to quell the situation coming up on everyone's lips.

Rumours circulating round that he was dead, the vampire population going wild with leashed fury, waiting, just waiting to be provoked once again.

Distress calls, threat calls, all sorts of calls came in from every telephone in Laurent's Inc. either threatening the lives of the human employees or soliciting for protection against the bots or calling to confirm whether Jacob St. Laurent was truly dead; as a result majority of the human employees in Laurent's Inc. were sent home for a one week break until the fray settled.

Lanie was among those sent back and I wasn't.

I got to work everyday with my heart in my throat, praying that there won't be a repeat of that night ever again in my life.

Claude had come to pick us up that night, after the whole shooting had died down and the bot