Chapter 7

Shen directed the cab driver to stop in front of Magdalena’s apartment building and got out.  He watched the cab pull away and instantly regretted not asking him to wait. What if I wasn’t here?  Since I hadn’t come back to our motel room he assumed I was with Magdalena, but what if I wasn’t? Where else would I be?  He wished we dared use our cell phones.

As he started up the set of steps that joined the sidewalk to the front door of the tall, century old brick building, he caught a glimpse of a shadow out of the corner of his eye.  He turned his head quickly, but not quickly enough because the shadow was gone. When he focused once again on his ascent up the stairs leading from the sidewalk into the building’s vestibule, his path was blocked. He sucked in air as his mind registered what stood before him.  There was no mistaking it was a vampire.  To make matters even more intense, he looked familiar.  Shen was su