Reached on the phone only an hour earlier, Doc didn't say much, just the essentials. That alcohol and drugs, for example, couldn’t produce any effect on her anymore because, like a vampire, she would have been immune. That she was stronger, faster and those annoying headaches were not caused by stress, but rather by the continuous use of glasses and contact lenses, though not longer needed.
Even now, in the utter confusion of the club, she could confirm that bitter truth which was so hard to digest. Her new excellent hearing allowed her to hear the heartbeats of each individual, provided he was not too far, thus to be able to distinguish humans from vampires.
If only she had had that ability the night she met Tom! Thinking about him, about what he was going to do in Canada, made her want
