Corrine patiently laid her palms over the top of the wooden desk she was seated behind. "There are some things you can't change here at The Shade, Sofia. One of them is that the vampires need to feed on human blood. Take that away from them and everything falls apart."
"So it's okay for them to massacre the weak and the defenseless?" I spat out.
"Can you think of a better alternative?"
I stared at Corrine with utter disbelief. "Well, yeah! Force the vampires to live on animal blood!"
"Trust me, Sofia. That would cause more chaos than you can possibly wrap your mind around, but if that's what has to happen." She shrugged. "Then so be it."
I couldn't understand her nonchalance. We were practically talking about genocide and she was just sitting there talking as if life didn't matter. "I can't believe it. Doesn't life matter to anyone here at The Shade?"
"It's going to be over soon, Sofia," was the only assurance I got from the witch.
