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would do much, but he wasn't going to say no
to it either. After all, until that day he'd only ever met one Vampire that he
knew about for certain. The one that had spoken at the library. Linda, the tiny
and attractive one that he'd forced himself to chat with. No Mages or Shifters
at all. It also wasn't like he had to be at work or anything, having not
managed to get a job yet.
    That... He was dragging his feet
there, he knew. The thing was, he could get on at someplace like
Burgerville, and knew it. They were hiring, according to the big sign
out front, and it was honest work, if fast food. It was mainly that he'd just
graduated, and while going to Europe for the summer was out, so was going to
college in the fall. His grades had been good enough, but he hadn't
managed a big full ride scholarship or anything. Since the other road in that
direction meant going into the job market with a vast debt hanging over his
head, he'd figured out that his best option was to skip that, and just start
working. The thing there was that, while he didn't look down on anyone that worked, he really didn't want to start out in the food industry. Not that
low down in it at any rate.
    So, he'd been a bit selective
that way, which meant no call backs yet, as far as employment. Ty needed to
find something though, since making his mother keep supporting him after he
turned eighteen was just wrong . She'd done the single mom thing,
and now it was time for her to be free of him. Not that she'd ever say that. It
was just really clear to him.
    With a nod, he waited for the
girls to get underway before speaking. It was important not to be rude, though,
on the good side, if he did that with Eve it would almost certainly be about
him not talking to her, rather than saying the wrong thing.
    "Call me Ty?"
    That got the woman to bob her
head a little, the light blonde hair of the very white Vampire on her shoulder
contrasting with hers nicely.
    "Right. Though that Batman
thing... Incredible timing. It would have looked bad if it had been
later, unless they ran then too. Not that I blame them. Given everything, and
the time of day... Well, they were all so out of it by then that they probably
thought you were the real deal. Fresh off the movie screen just to kick their
asses. We should mock them with that later. You know, really rub it in? If we don't kill them, I mean."
    Thinking about it, he let himself
smile. His nerves weren't totally settled yet, but it was hard to tell if that
was about the girl or not. It could have been the nearly dying part of the
morning's events, come to think about it.
    The walk wasn't too far for him,
since he wasn't carrying anyone. About a block. Eve seemed not to mind, and had
them all loaded up into a tiny Japanese car that looked a bit the worse for
wear, about five minutes later. It occurred to him that she was going very
slowly, so that he wouldn't have to push himself too hard.
    Really, that seemed pretty fair.

Chapter two
     
    Tyler had heard about the place
that they ended up in. Not all of the once secret embassies were in
shopping malls, but in the ones that were, the Vampires all ran Yoghurt Worlds.
It was a tiny chain, with only twenty or thirty stores in it. If they were all
like this one, they were nice. The place was clean, when they walked in, on a
level that he'd never seen in a food place before. Not even the occasional nice
restaurant he'd been to.
    Every surface that could shine
did. The stone countertop was immaculate, and the glass and chrome edging
gleamed. Even the gaudy orange and yellow topped tables and booths were
perfect. Eve walked in with Tara, the Manthori, over her shoulder again, and
waved with one hand at the black man behind the counter. He was a lot better
looking than Tyler, had more muscle, and a nice suit on. With a green
and white apron over that.
    "Hello! Did you come for
breakfast? We have a new donut parfait that I hear isn't too bad." The
voice that came out was rich, mellow and