The Strongest Ring — Laura Bradley Rede

Seventeen year old Beck doesn't consider herself a tree-hugger. With her multi-colored dreadlocks and her combat boots, she's more at home working at Criminal Records Music than taking a stroll in the woods. That is, until she falls for Jordan, a handsome vampire activist who remembers Earth's past and wants to save its future. But will Jordan's friends accept Beck's help? Or will they decide that humans are the problem â€" and the solution is wiping them out? A hopeful environmental message shines at the heart of this YA short story by Writers of the Future award winner Laura Bradley Rede, author of the YA paranormal series The Darkride Chronicles.