Loren shook Katelina awake the next evening. "Good morning!"
She resisted the urge to belt him for his cheer and climbed blindly to her feet. All her muscles ached. Her stomach grumbled and her left wrist throbbed. The darkness and dirt stretched around her and somewhere nearby, invisible in blackness, lay a corpse. There was nothing good about it.
"So we have her?" Torina drawled, apparently healed and awake. "Wonderful."
There was a crunching noise followed by a sick slurping sound. Katelina reached fearfully for the cellphone in her pocket. "What's that?"
Micah's laughter floated to her. "Breakfast. You want some?"
A rat squealed, followed by a crunch and then more slurping. Katelina wasn't hungry anymore.
The vampires finished their meal and Loren led her up the stairs. They lef
