Chapter 9: A Vampire Among Us

“Look out!”  Dominic’s voice rips through the night thunderously.

Opening my eyes, I barely see something coming at me before Dominic barrels into it and slams it against the wall.  Struggling to fully open my eyes, I stare at a bloody spot on the wall and then look lower to something slumped down on the floor, still where it landed.  Glancing at Dominic, I shiver when I see the gold shimmering in his eyes as he goes in for the kill.

I hear teeth gnashing and bones breaking before I realize that Dominic has bitten right through the things neck and severed the main artery.  Blood gushes everywhere and sprays on up the white wall, just barely missing his mother’s picture.  Before this, I had never seen so much gore in person, because my parents always locked me in the cage when others came near.  If someone had come close enough to attack, they always kept it outside away from my young prying eyes. 

Now even in the dark, I can