it was dark. not safe at this time for you to be out, at all. but you insisted to your family you needed to get this run in, so you did.

you were about half a mile in when you saw a figure standing in the woods, a red aura around them.

“hello?” you yelled to the figure.

the aura you’d seen teleported in front of you, revealing a vampire. the cloak, the fangs, the paleness. you knew, this was a vamp.

“hello.” the australian greeted. “i’m jake. what’s a dime like you doing out so late at night?”