![]() I was told that, if I chose the first option, I’d find that my training hadn’t even begun. I could sign on as a vampire hunter or go home and keep my mouth shut about everything I’d learned. I had two choices when I turned eighteen. ![]() Right?Īnyway, six months ago they clued me in. ![]() Our story when we met civilian juvies was that we were in military school. We had no idea we were preparing to be the only barrier between humanity and monsters that turned out to be real. They trained our minds and bodies to be precision instruments and occasionally said something vague about protecting the innocent. I had never heard anything about vampire until six months ago. But you don’t have to experience a thing personally to believe people when they tell you it’s nasty. I didn’t have any personal experience with leeches at that time. Because wherever you find prevalent nightlife, you find active nests of vampire. ![]() I had seen a lot of the world by then, but had never been to Berlin. The building was a renovation, or adaptation really, of an eighteenth century grand house, set in the middle of a forest preserve that was off limits to anyone not Black Swan. It was close enough by whister to patrol, but far enough away to be secluded. First assignment was Grunewald, the unit that serviced Berlin. The ink wasn’t dry on the paper before I was out the door. Lan (narrated by Ram’s first partner, Sir Lansdowne) I had finished my education and chosen to sign on with Black Swan. ![]()
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