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Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

She was dead

Melissa&039;s heart was pounding fro adrenaline as she scrao, she&039;d foolishly told her friends to leave her at the library while she finished researching her English paper

Lost in the misadventures of Christopher Marlowe&039;s life, she&039;d spentshe&039;d known, it was late and time for her to head back to her apartment-style residence hall She&039;d briefly considered calling her boyfriend to co crew, that seeht about the stupidity of a twenty-one-year-old woathered her books and headed ho chased by four unknown men, she realized just how idiotic she&039;d been

How could someone lose their life over one bad decision?

And yet it happened to people every day

It wasn&039;t supposed to happen to me!

"Please help me," she screamed as she ran as fast as she could Surely there was someone who saw her? Someone ould call security out to help her

She rounded a hedge and ran straight into so She looked up at the man in front of her

"Please-" The words died as she realized he was one of the four blondher a set of fangs

Screaainst hith she possessed

He let go

She darted toward the street only to find another blondfor soo that one of them couldn&039;t catch her

Dressed all in black, the newcoer or her terror His long blond hair was pulled back into a ponytail He wore a pair of dark sunglasses that completely shielded his eyes from her and it made her wonder how he could even see in the darkness