Chapter 176

Kane's POV

I’ve never seen a vampire in action. They keep to themselves, and we stay out of their way, so I can't help but watch with interested when Zael walks up to the doorman using zero caution.

The doorman is a scrawny, middle-aged man whose eyes nearly bug out of his head when Zael materialise out of nowhere right in front of him. “Here now, where’d you come from an’ all?” he asks.

Zael leans over the man, bracing himself against the door. “Good evening,” he says, sounding for all he’s worth like a movie vampire. I half expect him to follow it up with, “I vant to suck your blood.” Instead, Zael gives the human an ingratiating smile. “Will you please open this door for us, and invite me in?”

Ah right, I forgot about that stupid rule. Vampires can’t enter a human home without a resident inviting them in. Weird rule that never made any sense to me. The human’s eyes glaze over, and without a word, he unlocks the door and swings it inward. “Will you please come in?”

Zael nods. “T