XIV (A and B)

14.

(A)

And after Skot finished laughing

the vampire paused for a few seconds

and looked at each other as one

and shivered

‘They don’t know what it is’ 
Mandrake laughed

‘Frigging great, at least it gives us a chance'

'It doesn't A voice said from the shadows.

'Who?' I called out

(B) 

Unwritten their nerves showed in their footsteps
when they stepped out of the shadows
stitching their pistols out of their holsters
leaving their rifles on the back.

They all knew about Mandrake
even if he didn't know them.