LICKING MY LIPS, I adjust my position as I remain squatted low between two trees, cast completely in the shadows. The two humans and two vampire hosts spill out onto the street. I can hear the heartbeats of the mortals like a drum beating inside my skull.

It’s not the humans I’m after, it’s their company. One in particular.

Desperation almost gets the better of me. I want to rush out there and hold a blade to his neck, demanding he tells me the information I so achingly seek. But I know he doesn’t know, otherwise we would not be here right now.

I shall watch.

I will wait.

The time is drawing nearer.

I will be ready for when it does.