My landline phone was ringing when I walked through the door. I rushed to grab it before it went to voice mail.

"Hello?"

"Anwyn dear, we need to talk."

"Gram, what is it? Is mom okay?"

"She's better than she was the other day when you were here, but that's not why I called. I received a disturbing phone call tonight. A friend said she'd seen you at the pizza place downtown and you were with a vampire," she said, the last word pronounced like it was ...