II

II 

'Mandrake' I paused

'I've heard off you' He turned around.

'So you should have'

'What do you mean?' 
He looked at me
his eyes crystal clear in puzzlement
until I hit him 
and he span onto the floor
two of his teeth falling out 
much to everybody's amazement

including the Vampires

who were coming out of

the building

expecting a major battle

not a punchup

between two of the people

that would be standing there

between them and chaos.

I couldn’t blame them.