ROYAL VAMPIRE: CHAPTER ONE – THE RESCUE She was a vampire on the run— grieving, hunted, and unsure if she could trust me. Her lover had been killed by a hunter, not out of vengeance but for profit. Vampires weren’t hunted for the harm they caused humanity, but for the regenerative tissues that made them a pharmaceutical goldmine. Their cells could cure disease, reverse aging, even regenerate failing organs. The problem? Dead vampires fetched a fortune on the black market. Big Pharma’s miracle compound, Verum, was derived from vampire cells, and demand was skyrocketing. Hunters were willing to kill to meet it, and the underground trade was thriving. That’s where I came in. I’d joined a vampire rescue group, believing it was my way to “give back.” I didn’t know what I was getting into until she showed up in my car. Pale, striking, and tense, she sat behind the wheel of my old Dodge Charger, chain-smoking to calm her nerves. “How do I know I can trust you?” she asked, suspicion clear in her voice. “You don’t,” I replied. “But if I wanted a payday, you’d already be in a van with duct tape.” Her laugh was sharp but brief, and I could sense the fear she was masking. Her lover had been killed in front of her, and now she was in my hands—being smuggled out of Manhattan in the dead of night. I wasn’t just moving her; I was taking her into my home. Her name was Ekaterina— “E-Kat” for short. She was skeptical, fiery, and grieving, but there was something in her that kept me listening. We made a stop at an all-night pharmacy. She needed supplies, and I needed time to think. A cop was parked out front, asleep in his cruiser, but her nerves were raw. “We shouldn’t be here if he wakes up,” she said, grabbing a basket. Under the harsh fluorescent lights, it hit me. I wasn’t just helping her survive—I was stepping into a world I never expected to be part of. She turned to me, her green eyes cutting through the haze. “So, what’s the story, David? You going to stand there all night staring at me, or are you going to buy something?” This was no longer about her. It was about me. Want to hear Ekaterina’s story come to life? Chapter 1 of Royal Vampire is on Andrew’s Substack. Dive into the full radio drama podcast today. A Vampire Saga! “Royal Vampire” Listen to Radio Drama Podcast on Andrew’s Substack Linktree in Bio. You can read the chapter and listen to the radio drama, both posted on Tik Tok, or read it on Andrew’s Substack, Linktree in Bio. Chapter drops and radio dramas based on chapters on Tik Tok and Substack, next drop a week from Monday.
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