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"It’s called style, Svyatoslav. Something you haven't touched since the Rurik dynasty," Jean retorted, checking his reflection in a blackened spoon.

"Then you have a rogue," Irina said, her eyes narrowing. "And according to the law, if the killer isn't found by the next full moon, the 'Life for a Life' rule applies. I'll have to take one of yours, Slava. Starting with the youngest."

Slava opened the door to find Irina standing there, her face as cold as the Smolensk winter. Central Russia's Vampires (2021) subtitles

The youngest was Zhenya, a tech-obsessed millennial vampire who spent most of his immortality making TikToks and accidentally short-circuiting the apartment's ancient wiring.

Slava sighed, his shoulders sagging. He looked at Jean, who suddenly found the ceiling very interesting. "It’s called style, Svyatoslav

Svyatoslav Vernidubovich, or "Grandpa Slava" to the few who knew his true nature, sat in his cramped kitchen, nursing a mug of lukewarm pig’s blood mixed with chicory. To his neighbors, he was a grumpy pensioner with a penchant for historical trivia and a stubborn refusal to fix his leaky sink. In reality, he was the eldest vampire in the region, a man who had seen the Golden Horde come and go and still thought the invention of the internet was "a bit much."

The following is a story inspired by the world of the 2021 Russian series Вампиры средней полосы (Vampires of Central Russia), centering on the delicate balance between ancient bloodsuckers and the modern bureaucracy of a sleepy provincial city. "And according to the law, if the killer

"Jean! If you use my surgical silk to mend your designer trousers one more time, I’ll bury you in the vegetable patch!" Slava bellowed.