Beautiful Creatures.

Chapter 40

(The Antidote.)

Jatray flew down the stairs. Sometimes she wondered why they were there, if she never physically climbed them. Yet she loved this old house. She was comfortable here to be herself. Of all her properties, this was the only one, where all her staff were Vampires. Here she kept the old ways, where Vampires stick to their own clan. Here she could be nothing else but a Vampire.

She walked over to the shoe stand and laced a blue sneakers to her feet.

She decided to take an evening walk.

She went out the back door and towards the park.

The trees made her think of strip dancers on a pole. They were almost naked as fallen leaves came winding down the bark, settling as discarded clothing on the ground.

She came to the open iron gates of the park and sat on a wooden bench, observing a child's birthday party in full swing.

Two portable, folding tables were loaded with refreshments and snacks. The cake was shaped like a racing car. Five candles stood in the blue icing top, that slan