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this war, it will have
affected so many. Too many people have been lost
already.”
    It was my turn to nod that I
understood. It was true, the world would never be the same as it
was. “Let’s keep moving.” I shook off the memories and marched
forward. Once we were up on the sidewalk, the people out in the
streets began to notice us. They knew what we were; Hunters always
carried a lot of weapons and walked with a purpose. The survivors
moved with caution, practically running wherever they
went.
    Almost everyone stared at us as we
passed. Most looked at us with awe; knowing that we were actively
searching out the enemy put us on a level to be looked up to. “This
is weird,” I whispered.
    Drew didn’t respond, but I knew he was
thinking the same thing. For so long, especially for him, the fact
that vampire hunter’s even existed was kept secret. If the world
had discovered the vampire hunters, it was only a given that the
existence of vampires would have been exposed. The Hunters had
worked very hard for a very, very long time to stay hidden, now …
now we were saviors in a world being taken over by
demons.
    After a few minutes of walking and
ignoring the stares of the survivors, Drew finally said, “I wish
these people would go to the training centers and learn how to
protect themselves. Most will probably end up pledging simply
because they have no other options.”
    I nodded. “Me too, but until then,
it’s our job to try and protect them.”
    The people who roamed the streets at
least had some spine. The weakest and the most fearful had already
pledged to the Vampire Council. The ones with the most will to
survive had gone to the training centers or taken off with their
families. There were also the preppers who were prepared for some
kind of “end of the world” to happen, those people were in hiding,
too. But these who were left, they had something in them that told
them pledging was wrong, they just didn’t have the strength to
actively fight against them.
    I didn’t blame them, though. Vampires
could kill you within seconds and no one in their right mind would
want to go up against them one on one. Vampire hunters weren’t just
humans who fought, we were bred from the blood of angels and
demi-gods. In my case, I was half vampire, a dhampir, which made me
even more powerful.
    My brother, Zander, is also a dhampir,
but not a true vampire hunter as far a blood and power. He’s a bad
ass, though, and that goes a long way when fighting the
undead.
    “ This looks good.” Drew
paused and gestured to the bakery on our right. It was an old
structure, built out of red brick. The door was newer than the rest
of the place; double glass doors with a dark tint over them.
Perfect for seeing out, but harder for people to see in.
    The place also had a balcony on the
second floor. The aging but sturdy looking balcony ran the width of
the building and extended about four feet over the sidewalk where
we stood.
    “ Yeah. This is as good a
place as any.”
    I followed Drew to the tinted double
doors, silently slipping my gun out of its holster. Drew held his
gun in one hand and cautiously reached for the door handle with the
other. I stayed a few feet behind him just out of habit. It was
part of how we worked, he usually took the lead and I stayed back
to cover.
    He pulled on the door handle gently,
giving it a testing tug before he yanked it open completely. Then
he held the door open and I moved forward, into the darkness of the
building with my gun out in front of my, ready to shoot pretty much
anything that moved.
    Contrary to what a lot of people
believed, vampires could be up during the day as long as they
avoided direct sunlight. So, it was completely realistic that a
vampire could be hiding out inside any of the buildings. Entering
the buildings without being prepared was a common mistake amongst
the survivors. A lot of vampires actually hid out, waiting for some
unprepared human to come along like a meal