Chapter II I COULD HAVE PICKED ANY club I wanted, but I went to Anthony’s. Maybe because I knew for sure it was the last place on Earth Louis would go to. Maybe because I needed some familiar faces around me, even if they were those of vampires who’d helped Anthony turn me. Or maybe it was because I’d already experienced the absolute worst here, nothing could outplay my dreadful memories of Anthony revealing he was a vampire and turning into an absolute dickhead. Whatever the reason, nightfall found me at that club, wearing a tight, appropriately dark and emo outfit, sitting at the bar by myself. A misguided human assumed I was getting drunk and started his courtship ritual made up of too-obvious compliments and too-frequent touches on my hand and knee. He was fun to watch as the alcohol

