"Oh, lunar mistress, glowing bright, I surrender to your silvery light. My heart beats slow, my soul takes flight. In your pale beams, I find my delight.
"With every shadow that falls, with every night, I embrace the darkness, and its sweet bite. I am the creature of the eternal night; forever bound to your lunar light.
"As the moon reaches its peak in the midnight sky, I feel my power surge, my thirst to satisfy.I am the vampire, the child of the night; forever entwined with your lunar light."
Clarissa closed the book and dimmed the lights before laying flat on her bed. Her window wasn't totally covered by the curtain, so some of the moon's beams stole through and fell onto her face. She couldn't help but turn the lines over and over in her head. What she had signed up for. She
