"WHY DO YOU HAUNT ME?" Lin asked without turning, barely slowing as she neared the LRT station.
Jack stopped and tipped his head before answering, almost catching the heartbeat of whoever, whatever she was tracking, but it was carried away by the wind and the water. "I figured you'd want me to. I'm your lapdog after all."
There was a hiccough in her step, then she continued striding towards the stairs up to the platform. "When did you ever do what I wanted?" She took the stairs two at a time.
Jack followed her, mulling over his next words, casting his mind back to his heady first days as a vampire. "I did at first, as a dhamphir, new to the world of shadows." He stared at Lin's back, at the lithe limbs of a dancer clad in tight leather, at the smooth hair that shone like onyx, at her ca
