*Esmerelda*

I thought I might suffocate as all the air seemed to be sucked out of the classroom along with any kind of sound. Maybe it was because vampires didn’t need to breathe that I suddenly could only hear the sound of my wildly racing heart.

Elijah was always a demanding presence whenever he entered a room. A hush tended to settle over any crowd when he appeared, but this time was different. Our classmates were terrified to see him this time. They were more than a ...