It had been a hard two weeks of training but Daniel felt he was more than ready to get his black belt.
As he walked into the dojo’s large training room he saw several other people who weren’t normally part of his classes.
He froze when he saw Talon, wearing a gi with a black belt around his waist.
Talon flicked his head up and grinned at Daniel, showing his fangs, while he stuck his thumbs into either side of his belt casually.
Daniel baulked. “What the hell is he doing here?”
Daniel was suddenly very aware that several of the people on the other side of the room with Talon appeared to be vampires. He swallowed hard and looked for his sensei when the doors opened and an elderly man walked in along with Daniel’s sensei, both wearing gi.
Everyone silently lined up and kneeled into plac
