Chapter 15

 Wadim eased his way amongst the crowded casino with Jasmine snuggled familiarly at his side. Stevenson had just finished giving him the list of new captives and made arrangements to bring them to the den the next day.

Stevenson always bought back the captives that Wadim rejected. It was a rather unfair deal since he did all the work to capture them in the first place, but he wasn’t about to bring that point up to the temperamental vampire. He valued his life too much. Occasionally, Wadim would have a moment of kindness and toss in a captive or two free of charge.

Stevenson handed Wadim a thick pile of money. The vampire slid it casually into the inside breast pocket of his sport coat. Wadim loathed the attire he was forced to wear when he left his den, but he was wise enough to know it was in his best interest to do so. Although modern technology and ignorant scientists managed to take fact and turn it into fiction, there were still a few die hard vampire h