Sires created them based on a ability their Sires perceived in them. Fangs had the sharpest Fangs his Sire, Kaplan, had ever seen. He had always assumed that Night, Cross and Burn had been named for a similar effect.
Fangs was the oldest of the Sires at the table so it was customary for them to rise in greeting and not make eye contact until Fangs had taken a seat. Never one for formalities Fangs waved the gesture off and told them to sit and relax. Had they been his men perhaps he'd have endured the ritual just to make a point but he wasn’t in the mood. "I see I made it in the nick of time." Fangs glanced around the table at the empty shot glasses and the bottle of Jim Beam black label that was yet unopened.
That… is restraint .
Twisting the cap he poured himself a few fingers and handed the bottle to Night. "We received a report from Vancouver that stated a Vampire, young, known only as Crave has been killing and looks like the bound Bries are coming your way."
Fangs smiled and dropped the empty glass back on the table. "Right to the point. I like it." He glanced at Cross who handled San Diego and up toward Seattle where a majority of his Posse had moved over the years. "Anything come from your side?"
Cross shook his head no. "Had a few from my Posse who heard a thing or two about this Crave but we have been clean of kills for over fifty years." Fangs nodded because he knew how hard the Sire had fought to keep his territory clean.
Glancing at Burn he nodded in the same question. "You?"
"Nope, not so much as a fist fight." Burn was new to being a Sire and had a very small Posse beneath him. The majority of the Vamps in Spokane were Fangs. Burn had been one of Fangs Vampires and recently promoted him when Spokane became a hassle to get to in short notice. "The Posse has joined and helped out with mine, I got about twenty right now so yours have been good to me."
It was a comment made in respect and Fangs nodded. "I can’t do anything until I can verify that this Crave is in my area." He leveled his stare and his tone on Night. "If he's been in your territory and only now about to cross boundaries I should have known about the problem long before tonight."
"I aint about to get into a battle over logistics with you Fangs. I’m trying to head the son of a bitch off at the pass."
"If I'd have known about this Vampire in the first place we as a whole could have made damn sure there wasn’t a problem. This shit is liable to hit the Dark and we will have to answer for it, let alone the mess they leave in the human world." As his tone began to rise, Cross, Burn and Night leaned back. They knew damn well why Fangs was pissed. If Vampires got out for one, the humans would have a field day. There would be a lot of test labs in their future not to mention the good old fashioned lynch mobs.
Fangs leaned in making