The next evening saw Katelina dressed and following Jorick to the lobby. She could smell the mortal blood around them: in the rooms, walking past in the corridors, the staff at the desk. Each one made her stomach tighter.

"You'll get used to it," Jorick teased.

"Maybe if we had a snack at night I wouldn't be starving in the morning?"

"Yes, you would. Do you think vampires have lived hundreds of years without trying that?"

The others joined them in the ...