Desmodus
by Melanie Tem
Category: Fiction

VAMPIRE SON An opalescent sun sets behind the ragged black cliffs of the Northwest. The women, sated from a full season of feeding, hibernate while the precarious convoy carrying them moves south. The reckoning awaits. He is a creature of disappointment and disillusionment, one of the weaker sex, shadowed by a dream that will not go away. His one faith, his only faith, is family. But on this journey south his faith will unravel. In this twilight, the vampires tribe's caravan hurtles toward an uncertain future. Their fearsome legacy will be challenged by a son who must overcome his great weakness to save an innocent from the terrible secret of his blood brethren.