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“So, let me guess, you’re going to cancel your plans and we’ll meet him some other night?” Mark said suspiciously.

  “No, we’ll stick to the plan,” Sophia said resolutely. “Be there right after sunset and you’ll get to meet Logan Longfellow and see for yourself what a kind, intelligent, funny, wonderful man he is. I won’t bother telling him about your ridiculous suspicions to save you from embarrassment and having to apologize to him!”

  “I don’t care if he knows what I think of him!” Mark said, puffing his chest. Sophia had always thought of him as her best friend, but he’d always wanted to be more. Mark had wanted to be Sophia’s boyfriend; he just never had the courage to ask her out. Now Logan had beaten her to it, and she thought she was in love with him. Mark knew he just had to prove to Sophia that she was wrong about Logan, and then he could step in and be the man she loved. Especially if he could prove to her that Logan was an evil vampire and save her life, like a real hero.

  A plan slowly started to form in Mark’s mind. His face softened and he said gently, “I’m sorry, Sophia. I didn’t mean to act like a jerk; I guess I’m just worried about Michelle. Let’s go to the hospital and check on her. I can’t wait to meet your boyfriend tonight.”

  Sophia felt at ease again. This was the Mark who had been her best friend all these years. Hand in hand, she went with him to the hospital, never guessing what troubles awaited her.

  Chapter Six

  Logan Longfellow sat up in is coffin with a sudden gasp. It was still daytime, but the heavy drapes were all pulled safely closed, blocking out all traces of sunlight, so he was free to roam about the house. He had sensed something he hadn’t felt in a long time, something so startling it had awoken him from his slumber. A new vampire had just been formed!

  He ran to his dresser and pulled out the crystal jewel that had belonged to his mother centuries before. Peering inside the jewel, he was able to see images of a beautiful young girl walking in the moonlight.

  “Sophia!” he cried out, recognizing the image of his beloved. As he kept watching the image in the jewel, he saw another young woman her same age following her from a distance. Logan watched, mesmerized, as Sophia entered his castle and the other girl stayed hidden outside in the castle garden, spying on them.

  He remembered that Sophia had given him her virginity that night, and his mind filled with the memories of suckling her firm breasts and sliding his rock-hard shaft deep into her tight, wet tunnel. It gave him an erection just thinking about her, and how wonderfully warm and soft her body was against his hardness.

  Logan shook his head to clear his mind and forced himself to focus on the images in the jewel. Logan suddenly gasped in horror as he saw a new figure enter the scene. It was one he knew well, his cousin, Peter Longfellow. Centuries ago, Peter had come to live in the castle as a favor to his father, who was Logan’s father’s brother.

  The cousins did not get along well, for Peter did not like to follow rules imposed on him at Longfellow castle. He would ask Logan to play games with him of hide and seek. Then, when Logan was hiding, Peter would commit horrible misdeeds and blame them on his cousin. Logan’s father saw through the ruse and became even stricter on Peter, banning him from drinking anything but the blood of chickens until he could learn to behave.

  “Why must we drink the blood of dumb farm animals when there is an entire town full of succulent virgins available for us to feast upon?” Peter had cajoled.

  “It is forbidden to drink the blood of the townspeople. It would kill them, and if they survived, they would turn into vampires themselves. You’ll get used to drinking the blood of farm animals and learn to like it,” Logan had told his troublesome cousin.

  “Not as much as I like drinking the blood of virgins!” Peter had said. He ran away that night, never to seen again, and many people assumed he had died. Soon after his disappearance, the little girl had been found dead near the river. Logan always wondered if she had been murdered by his dark and evil cousin, but his father had insisted it must have been a wandering stranger. Now, looking at the jewel, and witnessing Peter enter the scene, his heart filled with dread, for he knew that he was right. Peter wasn’t dead; he was a murderer.

  The image in the jewel showed him biting the neck of the young woman who had followed Sophia and draining her blood. He dragged her body out into the street and left it there, as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Then the image in the jewel changed, and Logan saw the same young woman being given CPR by Sophia, and her lungs sucked in air, and suddenly she was alive again! Only Logan knew she was no longer the same. She would now be a vampire. The metamorphosis was slowly taking place within her, and by nightfall she would be lusting human blood. The image faded away as Michelle was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance.

  I’ve got to get to her first! I can lead her away from the town, teach her how to drink the blood of animals, and teach her right from wrong. Then she will not cause any harm to the people or come to any harm herself.

  Logan knew that if left to her own, the instincts of the new vampire would lead her to do terrible things. Even worse, if Peter found her first, he would intentionally teach her to do dark things and she would be his disciple of evil.

  Logan waited impatiently the rest of the day for the sun to set, forming his plans on how to best help the girl. When the last rays of light had finally dipped below the horizon, he grabbed his long coat and headed for the door. No sooner had he opened it to leave when he saw Sophia standing there, looking beautiful, fresh, and vibrant.

  “Sophia!” he gasped, suddenly remembering that he’d promised to go out with her tonight. She looked so lovely in a blue dress that matched the color of her eyes, and her auburn hair hung soft and loose over her shoulders.

  Smiling sweetly, she kissed him warmly hello. “Ready to meet my friends? You won’t believe what happened today! My roommate Michelle was attacked on the neck by some kind of wild animal. I actually saved her life by performing CPR! It was the most incredible feeling! So instead of going to the bar, we’re all going to the hospital instead, to visit Michelle. I hope that’s all right with you.”

  Logan’s jaw dropped with surprise. He hadn’t realized Sophia knew the woman she had saved in the street. This was perfect! She could take him right to her! He invited her into the castle and told her everything he had seen in the jewel. The news that one of her closest friends was now a vampire came as quite a shock to Sophia, but she was relieved to know that Logan would be there to help her with the transition and keep her friend safe.

  “I can’t think of anyone better to care for her,” Sophia said, holding his hand and looking at him lovingly.

  “Thank you, but we’ve got to hurry! I don’t want Peter to find her first!”

  “Don’t worry, I will lead you right to her. Her room is on the fifth floor of the hospital. Let’s go!” Sophia said and they ran out the castle together, arm in arm, completely unaware that Peter was hiding nearby and had heard everything.

  So, she’s on the fifth floor. Peter smiled to himself after Logan and Sophia were far enough away. Let the games begin, dear cousin. Ready, set, go.

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