Chapters tagged vampire

The good, the bad, and the strange by Walrusdick

Chapter 15

Joey barely remembered getting upstairs. Everything after Cassandra biting him felt strange and dreamlike. Too sharp. Too loud. Too ALIVE The hallway lights outside his apartment buzzed like angry insects. He could hear footsteps from somewhere two floors below. Water runnin...

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Sleeping beauty by Walrusdick

Chapter 16

Joey woke slowly. Not peacefully. Slowly. The first thing he became aware of was warmth. The second was Cassandra curled against his chest with one leg tangled around his. The third— was hearing Crystal snoring softly from the living room. Joey’s eyes snapped open. “…Oh r...

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Three's Company by Walrusdick

Chapter 17

“So here is what I know—and what I can prove,” Crystal said, crossing her arms as she sat on the edge of Joey’s couch. She pointed directly at him. “Joey, while you have become MARKEDLY more interesting in a very short amount of time…” She winked. “…you still basically make sen...

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Road trip by Walrusdick

Chapter 18

Joey and Cassandra decided soon after that Crystal needed to know most of the real story, who Cassandra really was, why all the weirdness. She only needed to see the bite marks, and Cassandra lift the couch with one hand before being convinced. Morning turned into late afternoo...

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Shit just got real by Walrusdick

Chapter 19

The drive back to Joey’s apartment felt different after Crystal’s place. Less confused. More dangerous. Nobody said it out loud, but the carved tracking sigil changed things. This was real now. Hunters were actively searching for them. And judging by Cassandra’s increasingl...

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Testing limits by Walrusdick

Chapter 22

Joey woke slowly. Warmth. That was the first thing he noticed. Two arms draped over him from opposite sides. Warmth on one side of him, coolness on the other. Tangled legs, soft skin, slow breathing. His groggy brain took several sleepy seconds to process why he appeared to b...

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Prepare by Walrusdick

Chapter 23

Morning sunlight filtered weakly through the apartment blinds, painting pale stripes across the wreckage of Joey’s living room. Blankets. Clothes. An overturned lamp. One broken chair from last night’s panic. And three exhausted people trying very hard to pretend their lives...

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Lock stock and two smoking barrels by Walrusdick

Chapter 24

Night settled over the city like a bruise. By the time Joey, Cassandra, and Crystal finally left the apartment, the streets outside had gone quiet in that eerie way cities sometimes did after midnight—when every sound felt too loud and every shadow looked alive. Which, in Joey’...

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Time to meet the wrecking crew by Walrusdick

Chapter 25

Greta’s back room smelled like cigar smoke, gun oil, and something old enough that Joey’s instincts told him not to ask questions about it. The massive wooden table in the center of the room had been cleared off except for weapons, maps, and several glasses filled with a dark am...

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Battle for Joey's apartment part 1 by Walrusdick

Chapter 26

The ride back to Joey’s apartment somehow felt both safer and infinitely more dangerous. Safer because they weren’t alone anymore. More dangerous because Joey had now witnessed firsthand what counted as “backup” in Cassandra’s world. Which apparently included: One emotionally...

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