Darren Shan and Steve Leonard were the best of friends. Inseparable. Invincible. Unchangeable.
That's what they had thought - before the War of the Scars, before Darren's investiture, before Larten Crepsley and Madam Octa and vampires and vampaneze.
That's when it all changed.
Steve was convinced that Darren betrayed him. He hated Darren for becoming a vampire because that was supposed to be him, dammit.
Darren had taken Steve's place.
Steve wanted to be the one to make him pay. He wanted to see the look on Darren's face when he died- when Steve killed him.
He wanted to kill Darren more than anything.
But there was always a part of him that whispered -
Don't you want to know why? Why he would do that to his best friend? You knew him better than anyone. Would he really betray you on purpose?
It didn't matter, anyhow. He squashed that part down. Even if it wasn't on purpose, Darren had taken his rightful place.
Friend or not, Darren had to pay.
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Through This Life And After
FanfictionIn their first life, they were best friends. This was the life of war. In the second, they became heroes. This was a life of superpowers. In the third, they were enemies. This was a life of crime. No matter where they were, they always seemed to fin...
