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Even in my drunk state, I found this odd I stopped in ht of the full moon that I noticed just how pale his face was

My breath hitched

I’d seen enough vampires in my life There were small differences in the formation of the upper jawbone--extremely subtle, but noticeable

"A-are you a va the words out loud But his eyes widened and he took a step back from me "What?"

"I’ve never seen you before in The Shade, but--"

"The Shade?"

He grippedon

"Rose Novak My parents are--"

Before I could even finish o of me with such force that I stumbled onto the sand

He called out to the other men, "Do it now! We need to leave!"

The men pulled out needles froirls lay li their victims over their shoulders I could barely shout out before a black subh the hatch

Caleb glared down at me and, without another word, raced into the water and leapt through the hatch after theone

Chapter 5: Rose

Ben didn’t believe ht when I told him He said that I was just drunk out ofKristal and Jake to continue partying until dawn

Only itched on the local news the followingfroht did he start to take notice of what I was saying

He pulledme that vampires are responsible for this?"

"Yes," I said irritably, rubbing roup of vauy--Caleb, his name ould have stolen me away too if I hadn’t told hih and sat down on the bed next tohis own head in his hands

"And you are sure that you didn’t recognize any of these va how hot Caleb was "Trust me, I would have remembered the around stealing people?"