The Vampire King's Feeder
“Not–Not Michael–”
A crash downstairs rattles the entire house at the very moment the curtains catch fire, flames licking to the ceiling, scorching the trim. Matilda screams with madness as she raises her blade, “Do you know how to kill a vampire, sister? You have to slice off our heads after being drained of all blood, and we wither…. But I’m curious… how do you kill a witch turned vampire? Because back in the good days, when we used them as food? We’d cut out their hearts and feast–”
The blade races downward. My scream is… earth shattering. A shadow cuts through the smoke at the very moment I close my stinging eyes.