All Chapters of The Shadows: A Treaty With Vampires: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Rule number one: Never stay outdoors past midnight.Grace hurried through the streets, sticking very close to the lights and avoiding the shadows and the dark alleys. The dainty gold watch on her left wrist read half past midnight. The shadows seemed to grow larger, licking at her feet, and she clutched the black suitcase handcuffed to her right wrist, until her knuckles turned white.Her pace picked up, the eerie and unsettling feeling in the pit of her stomach growing to the size of a black hole.

But it seemed like there was no escape from the doom that awaited all of them.Ophelia detangled herself from her father, and stared into his sunken eyes. He stared back at her, and she saw the grief and pain that they both shared.“What do we do now?” David asked his daughter helplessly, his voice shaky, like he was on the verge of crying.“Now, we move. We do what we did when they too

The bell above the door jingled as Ophelia stepped into the coffee shop. Her eyes scanned the small, boxy interior which smelled of coffee beans and vanilla scented candles. The environment would’ve been pleasant if there was enough ventilation and fresh air, but the two windows in the area were both tightly shut, which made the coffee shop hot and stuffy.The space was empty, except for an aged lady who was bent over a large mug of black coffee, staring at a fashion magazine. She looked up to Ophelia as she walked in, and gave her a toothless smile, before pushing her glasses up her nose and concentrating back on her drink and magazine.