The Official Vampire Lore Standards, Part 2
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“Your body is sacred,” he said, shaking his head. “You need to treat it as such. I’m not one of your customers.” “My body hasn’t been sacred for two hundred and twenty years. It may be a physical...
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School! In some parts of the world, it is summer and that is the last thing on anyone’s mind. Of course, other parts of the world see diligent students still toiling away. And for many of us, school is...
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