VALERIA

For the next couple of days, Stefano made it pretty clear that he didn’t want to go with Celeste. On and on he pestered me, coming to see me after every class and telling me the same argument over and over.

“What if she really is a vampire? What if she bites me and hurts me? How can you live with yourself then?”

Every time he says this, I just roll my eyes and tell him, “She won’t do that in a very public venue, believe me. Besides, like you said before, ...