Bethany dozed over the book but woke up, wide awake when Clarissa left the room. Her body craved warm blood and the vials only held that at bay in emergencies. She crept to the window, easing the casement up. On the ledge, she leaped into the air, flying over the fence. A minor jolt of electricity sizzled through her body and she crumpled just on the outside of the fence. Her breath came in gasps as she clutched her middle. An electrical field, she thought, giving the school a scowling glance. Too bad she wasn't a witch, she would throw that field back in some administrative laps.<br/><br/>Bethany darted from tree to tree, staying in the shadows. She headed toward the lights of town. Once she felt normal, she took to the sky again. The music and laughter from the main street of this college town drew her. Easing into a dark alley, Bethany straightened her clothes and smoothed out her hair. A young couple was entering the alley. Wait, she thought, watching closer. Money exchanged hands and then the girl did a drop it like its hot number. The man moaned.<br/><br/>"Oh, its like that, " she thought, turning to walk away, when the sound of a slap rang out, followed by the young woman's cry.<br/><br/>"Now, give that money back, skank," the man growled at her. " I don't pay for that, ever, I don't have to." and he hit her again.<br/><br/>Bethany watched, her anger growing, as the girl gave the money back, her small hands trembling.<br/><br/>The man shoved her hard against the bricks, smiling and adjusting his clothes.<br/><br/>Bethany stepped out of the shadows,<br/><br/>"Hey baby, I got something for you," she purred, reaching out her hand.<br/><br/>He turned to her with a smirk on his face.<br/><br/>He never knew what hit him. Bethany didn't kill him but she did glamour him after she had drunk her fill. The money had been given back to the working girl and he was left remembering a poker game that had gone sour. Bethany had hurried back to school just as the sun was coming up. As she hoped, the electric field was turned off because, Vampires don't go out in the day light.