"I'm not sure if it's trouble following him we have to be worried about," George bit out. "It's not even the violence, it's the things they're saying. About how 'their time is coming'."

Mitchell shut his eyes briefly, but realised that was probably a suspect action to begin with. "Look," he began, "Vampires have been saying their time is coming since the Dark Ages. Every once in a while, one comes along and starts spouting things, gets everyone all excited. It never comes to anything."

"So something is happening?" spoke the ghost, at last.

Mitchell shot Annie a sharp look. "It's nothing."