The chronicles of Jasper Monroe

Chapter 18

Jasper braced himself against the wall waiting to attack whoever walked into the room. The footsteps fell right outside the door. “What do you think is in this room?” one of the men said to the other. In response the other one said, “Forget about it we did not come into this log cabin to steel from the owner we came here to wait until nightfall so we could steel from the bank after it closes.” Jaspers smiled triumphantly.

If these men were going to be hanging around until after dark, he would be able to stop them from pulling off their plan. He knew it really had nothing to do with him, but he could not help thinking about all the people who worked so hard for the money they were about to steal, and Jasper knew he would not be able to deal with his guilt if he did not step in and do something.

The day seemed to drag on and on while Jasper figured out how he was going to deal with these two men. He was already starting to feel the agonizing hunger and he knew he would have to feed on a