*The Auction House*

It was not what I had expected. When I pictured high society vampires, I thought of lavish white buildings with pillars and old-style patterns decorating the outside, not an old church with religious symbols hanging from every stained glass window.

"Isn't this some kind of blasphemy?" I asked as we pulled into the parking lot and heard Mordecai laugh.

"Probably, but it's tax-free, and the cops are less likely to come to check ...