Life in the Shadows Chapter 5"What are you guys doing here?" Sora asked nervously, meeting the glares of every one of the Souljackers."You've never been one to take long hunts," Rodney answered. "You're much more cleaver than that. Considering your actions at the meeting, can you blame me for being suspicious?" He sighed. "Shame. I was hoping James would be with you. I don't know where that kid got too."Relieved as she was that he wasn't here for this, Sora simply growled, "James isn't a kid. He's older than three of you guys.""Maybe. Considering you just eliminated the Red Wings' base and only got away with one item, I think you have some explaining to do. Now tel
Life in the Shadows Chapter 4Seven Years Later...Late in the evening at the temporary hideout of a treasure hunting team, an underling quickly dashed into his leader's tent, panting with anxiety. "Sir, we're... there's... we just... um...""Spit it out. What's the problem?""There's another team heading our way! They outnumber us twelve to nine!""So they plan to raid us?" He stood up. "Well, we'll be ready for them!"The other vampires joined the leader and the still-panicky one as the large team casually emerged over the horizon. Leading this group was none other than Sir Rodney Chapman VI, leader of what had now become the second most successful treasure hunting
Life in the Shadows Chapter 3It had been over three months since the worst night of Sora's life. Carrying only her backpack and a photo album, the vampire child wandered the vast wilderness of the northeast, searching for any animal she could catch for its blood. She had nowhere to go, and that's where it felt like she was going. No matter how much blood she drank, she could barely go on anymore.Then came that fateful day.It was a humid July afternoon. Sora found herself in the forests of Wilmot, Ohio, where the first thing she did was catch a rabbit. After feeding herself, she sat down beneath a tree to hide from the sunlight and pulled out the photo album in her ba