you walked out into the graveyard by debbie's, holding the note in your hand. a familiar vampaneze's messy handwriting was scrawled across it.

'meet me in the cemetary. love, leopard.'

you two had code names for each other. his was leopard. yours was corey, after you favorite singer growing up, corey hart. you two were mated- it wasn't a recent arrangement- in fact, you'd been mated for almost five years now. however, you kept it secret. see, he was a vampaneze. not just A vampaneze, but THE vampaneze. the vampaneze lord, to be specific. you were a vampire. so you two kept your activities quiet.

you looked around for him until you found him. he was up in a tree. your mate's purple eyes had been tracking you since you entered the graveyard.

"you little liar," you said when you saw him, only half serious. you were referring to his earlier words to darren, about how he 'hate vampanezes' and 'they angered him' or whatever nonsense he created as a cover story. he just chuckled, hopping out of the tree and casually pushing you against a gravestone.

"ah, you don't care," he said, smiling. "it's nice to see you, darling."