"Yeah," he agreed. "Those gangs. My dad's been super paranoid about them."

But then, his dad had always been worried about vampires. Of course, that didn't stop him from going out to the woods at night to release the rats he'd captured in people's homes during the day.

"Hasn't wanted me to go out past dark at all, although I admit I slipped out a few times."

Last night included. Sure, it was dangerous and Roddy wasn't doing it as much as he usually would, but he figured he could be careful.