Her form appeared silently and any tiny hope he'd had that she'd miraculously changed her mind was shattered forever. Her features were deadpan, showing no hint of emotion whatsoever. Thankfully, Annabel managed to keep her anger bottled up tight and the rest of his brood looked almost sympathetically at the vampire. She'd been a part of their family, a friend. It hurt to lose her. "Let's go," was all Lillian said before turning and walking out the door onto the well-lit street, looking as devastating as ever in her skin tight red dress. Chris sighed heavily and followed, mindful that a group of tipsy humans were waiting behind them to get out. Something tickled in the back of his mind as his foot came down on the sidewalk. He stopped, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end

