Born of the Shade by D. O. Thomas

Author:D. O. Thomas [Thomas, D. O.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Sho oversaw the construction of a new blood bank; it was perfect. The large glass blood tanks that filled the gargantuan main hall, were chilled isolated units labelled by blood type, and designed with large extraction taps for easy access to copious amounts of blood. The old bank was a dark and icy warehouse, built in the seventies.

This new bank had air conditioning, a gym, a cafeteria and a very pleasant office for him to manage the flow of blood transactions. Even the human processing plant was comfortable. Ashel had approved the purchase of the bank earlier that morning and it only took the vampire’s labour force a few hours to construct the finest blood bank in the history of the Vampire Nation.

Sho had been half relaxing in his office. The swift pattering of countless footsteps throughout the bank had been racing through Sho’s mind since construction began, so when the entire building silenced, Sho became uneasy. Sure that something was amiss, he rested his quarter-smoked spliff in the embedded ashtray on his desk and ventured into the bank halls. There was no sign of life, the empty halls echoed ominously with each step taken by the herald.

Entering the main hall, the pungent fetor of burnt flesh stung his nostrils. Sho wasn’t one to panic, but the unsettling sight of numerous ash mounds not only shocked the defenceless human, it set his mind ablaze. There were no windows flooding light to cause this much death, no sign of a struggle, and this many vampires could easily have fought off any number of attackers. He couldn’t see a scenario that could lead to the death of every vampire in the building. Zodiacs, werewolves, no not even Leo himself, could silently reduce twenty-five vampires to ash. Sho’s body came to life as he realized he was next.

The herald sprinted towards the exit with his heart rushing and his spine shivering with a chronic chill. The door was in his sight, he could make it out and escape the clutches of whatever monster had effortlessly massacred beings that would have been almost invulnerable to his own strength. Sho focused on the light of the exit sign; it got brighter as he drew closer.

What is that? A shadow crept in the corner of his eye. What if it’s waiting outside? Sho reached the door. The cold steel handle wouldn’t budge. Shit, the key card. He could see it, resting on his desk, next to his spliff. Upstairs. Sho’s heart sank. He thought he had made it, and his entire body trembled as he turned around.

A cast shadow met the tips of his toes. It didn’t look like a beast’s shadow; it was almost human. The herald followed the silhouette to a pair of large black leather boots, covered in auburn coloured mud stains. The boots ended with thick and hairy bone-white calves wedged inside their tops. The calves were short, barely six inches long. Above the solid hairless kneecap hung the bottom of a deep grey-scaled pair of shorts, made from the skin of an unearthly demon.

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