‘Get off him!’ he cried. ‘He’s not for you! Stay away from him.’ A second later, the women were no longer there. They did not leave by the door, but they were no longer there!
I remember no more of that night. When I woke, I was in bed in my room. My gold cross lay on the table next to me, bright in the morning sun.
I knew then that those women were vampires, and that they wanted my blood.