I finished my shift, despite the protestations of Leo and Rosa to go home, and I didn't see Lance for the rest of the day. I wondered what Rosa had inadvertently done. I remembered the look of hurt and anger in Lance's eyes as he walked away, and the most prominent of his emotions was the latter. You don't upset a vampire and live to tell about it.

"Are you sure that you're going to be all right?" Rosa asked, pulling me in for a quick hug, something that she usually didn't do ...