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opened her eyes and saw the portrait of the holy mother staring judgmentally down on her. Gabriella felt no guilt at taking pleasure in such unholy sins of the flesh in the sacred place, instead she surrendered fully to let herself be drawn up in the moment.
    The vampire stepped away and shed her own coverings. Their nude bodies pressed together with hands roaming as the vampire lowered her mouth again to Gabriella's neck. This time there was a sharp stab of pain as the demon sank her needle point ivory teeth into her skin. She closed her eyes as waves of ecstasy coursed through her body as her blood was drained from her.
    When the storm of pleasure had passed Gabriella opened her eyes feeling a little light headed. She caught a glimpse as the vampire transformed her features back to those of a human woman. The vampire used a sharp nail to cut a line across the skin over her chest. Blood oozed out and stained her white skin.
    "Drink and become like me," the vampire commanded. "We can be together for eternity."
    Gabriella lowered her own head eagerly and feasted on the blood.

Chapter Two
     
    Fulton Hawke reached into the inside pocket of his long black leather coat to pull out his mobile phone. It was one of those where the cover popped open at the touch of a button. He had wanted one of those where the cover shot open like they had had in the Matrix but they were a little outside his price range. That film was the influence for the long black coat he had on to protect himself from the wintery weather. He also had a pair of dark sunglasses to complete the look but had left those at home. Even if it hadn't been raining, wearing them at night would have made him look like a right poser. Only celebrities would attempt that one and few enough of those would have been able to pull it off.
    He used the phone to call the taxi company to ask them where the hell his ride had gotten to. It was new years eve nineteen ninety-nine, the dawn of a new millenium and he was supposed to be going out with a few friends. The person in the taxi office apologised for the delay but asked him to be understanding since this was a busy night for them.
    The rain, which had started as a light drizzle, pelted down harder. Fulton pulled his coat around himself and backed under the branches of a tree overhanging the street. He was beginning to wish that he had arranged for the taxi to collect him from home. His parents were having a party at his house. Along with their work friends were a number of his relatives, a couple of grandparents and some aunts and uncles. His twin younger sisters, only just two years old had been asleep upstairs when he'd left. His parents had had a fight on their hands to get the inquisitive youngsters to bed when the twins wanted to be involved in what was going on downstairs.
    If he crossed the street and looked to the right and up the road he would be able to see the well lit house. People were probably already spilling out onto the garden and the lighted garage. His mother had banned people from smoking inside the house. Though when she had several drinks inside her the rules would likely go out of the window.
    Down in the opposite direction there was a small street party also already in progress. Tables holding bottles and cans of alcohol and soft drinks were set out in such a manner as to prevent any traffic going down the road. Revellers continued to party, not seeming to notice the rain in their jovial mood. Someone had their car stereo up at full power to provide music for the group. The headlights of three others provided the illumination. The shindig was going strong despite the fact that there were still more than three hours to go before the magical hour arrived. Fulton guessed that at least a quarter of those present would be too drunk to make it properly until midnight. They wouldn't remember it the day after.
    By the time the taxi eventually arrived Fulton was pretty much drenched. He had to sit up in the front