Is Morganville run by vampires

Answer 1

In the novels by Rachel Caine Morganville is a small town in Texas run by Vampires.

There are many humans living there but the founder, Amelie, is a vampire and the vampires out number the humans. The second in command is also a vampire, Oliver, although many believe him to be human and even Eve who worked for him was unaware that he was a vampire. The mayor of Morganville, Mayor Morell, is a human but he is outnumbered by the vampires and prefers to go along with their wishes. Besides; the vampires are a lot stronger than the humans.

Humans can be protected by a vampire and each month they pay taxes in the form of blood. If a human is protected most of their taxes will go to their protector and of course, none of the other vampires can bite them.

Humans who are not protected can be bitten by any vampire so most of them stay off the streets at night.

A human is protected but their families protector until they are eighteen when they can choose to sign their own contract or to become unprotected. Often this leads to families disowning children who do not sign such as the case with Eve Rosser.