Suddenly, a nervous looking brunette man with wild eyes in his late teens opened the door. The pheromone level this guy excreted was maddening! See, when humans are nervous or scared, their body emits pheromones that vampires can detect. It helps us track our prey. For his sake, it’s good that I wasn’t dying of thirst, because his crimson blood was pulsing deep within his veins under the thin skin of his throat, calling to me …

“Jeez,” I said, throwing back my head, closing my eyes. “Not now.”

And I was supposed to keep a low profile.

Immediately, the guy threw open his overcoat, revealing a sawed-off shotgun. Probably...