Claire was alone and in despair, believing that Monica and her minions were now going to kill Claire.Īfter a quick check up at the Quack Shack to get her sprained ankle wrapped and her bruises looked over, Claire begins searching for alternative housing to get away from Monica. She helped Claire gather up her things that had fallen out of her backpack and suggested that Claire go to the Quack Shack ( the university's clinic) because she looked 'like hell', before heading on her way. The last thing Claire remembers before blacking out, was Monica's threat that Claire would get what's coming for her that night.Ĭlaire awoke to find Erika, one of the other non-cool girls, by her side. Monica punches Claire, causing her to lose her balance, while then Gina shoves her down the stairs. Monica slaps Claire hard for hitting her friend and out of anger, Claire preceeds to slap Monica right back. Jennifer shoves Claire back towards the stairs, but Claire manages to grab hold of the banister and shove Jennifer away. Claire, having no other wearable clothes or money to buy more, decided that she had no choice but to retrieve her clothes from the trash.However on her way, she bumps into Monica and her side-kicks, Jennifer and Gina, who begin to torment her. Claire had become Monica's recent bully victim after she had made Monica look stupid in front of her friends, and some hot upperclassmen. And the biggest secret of all isn't really a secret, except from Claire: Morganville is run by vampires, and they are hungry for fresh blood.Ĭlaire had been doing laundry on the top floor of Howard Hall, the least valued and most run-down rooms in the least valued, most run-down dorm, She had returned to find that all of her clothes had been stolen by Monica and the Monickettes, who had left her a note to tell her that they had thrown all of her clothes in the trash. It was bad enough that she got on the wrong side of Monica, the meanest of the school's mean girls, but now she's got three new roommates who all have secrets of their own.

In Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows - one that will spill out into the bright light of day.įor Claire Danvers, high school was hell, but college may be murder. Morganville is a small town filled with unusual characters - when the sun goes down, the bad come out.

Glass houses by rachel caine