The full moon shone brightly in the late September sky as the black shape shot through the night air, making a bee line for the small town of Four Corners. Its nostrils flaring, the winged mammal could detect the scent of a sleeping female at more than one hundred yards. Diving and darting between the houses, the over powering aroma of a delicious woman wafted out of an open window, and the bat deftly flew through the small opening and into the dark bedroom. As if by osmosis, the foot wide bat turned back into a towering six foot four inch vampire. Dressed in a dark black suit, with a long black cape draped over his shoulders, August Quartermane stared down at the sleeping woman and let a low animal like growl rumble deep in his chest. Marie Timmons was immediately awakened by the noise, and as her eyes slowly came i... อ่านทั้งเรื่อง