Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine, now you can read online.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Couldnt have happened without Sondra Lehman, Josefine Corsten, Sharon Sams, and my friends at LSG Sky Chefs.
Thanks also to Lucienne Diver and Anne Bohner, without whom . . . Well, you know!
THE STORY SO FAR . . .
Claire Danvers was going to Caltech. Or maybe MIT. She had her pick of great schools ... But her parents were a little worried about sending a wide-eyed sixteen-year -old into such a high-pressure world. So they compromised and sent her to a safe place for a yearTexas Prairie University, a small school located in Morganville, Texas, just an hour or so from their home.
One problem: Morganville isnt what it seems. Its the last safe place for vampires, and that makes it not very safe at all for the humans who venture in for work or school. The vampires rule the town . . . And everyone who lives in it.
Claires second problem is that shes gathered enemies, major ones, human and vampire. Now she lives with housemates Michael Glass (newly made a vampire), Eve Rosser (always been Goth), and Shane Collins (whose absentee dad is a vampire killer). Claires the normal one . . . Or she would be, except that shes deep into the secrets of Morganville. Shes become an employee of the Founder, Amelie, and befriended one of the most dangerous, yet most vulnerable, vampires of them allMyrnin.
And just when she thinks things cant get any worse . . . They have.
Amelies vampire father has come to town, and hes not happy.
When Daddys not happy . . . Nobodys happy.
not happy.
When Daddys not happy . . . Nobodys happy.
It was hard to imagine how Claires dayeven by Morganville standardscould get any worse ... And then the vampires holding her hostage wanted breakfast.
Breakfast? Claire repeated blankly. She took a look at the living room window, just to prove to herself that, yes, it was still dark outside. Getting darker all the time.
The three vampires all looked at her. It was bad enough having that kind of attention from the two she hadnt properly met yetman and woman, eerily prettybut when the cold, old Mr. Bishops eyes focused her way, it made her want to curl up in a corner and hide.
She held his stare for a full five seconds, then looked down. She could almost feel him smiling.