Wordlessly, Jorick and Katelina walked back through the basement, and upstairs, silently seeking the vampires Jorick had smelled. Their footsteps echoed eerily and each shadow seemed like an enemy waiting to kill them. Something moved in the darkness and she jumped. Jorick followed her terrified gaze and offered her a comforting smile. "There's no one there. It's just your imagination."

Imagination or not, she couldn't shake the feeling that someone was creeping along behind ...