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once he knew that he had been right.  He had not been having delusions.  The man was a vampire – he didn’t know how he knew – he just did. 
    ‘Beautiful evening, is it not?’ the man said, his stare intense, hypnotizing.
    Jo just nodded.  He didn’t even flinch as the vampire leant across and, with one fast movement, snapped Jo’s neck.
    ***
    The vampire wasn’t yet sure what he planned to do with Jo, yet he had decided Jo would be useful to him.  It hadn’t been a hard decision turning him into a vampire.  He had done it quite a few times over the centuries and realized how useful it could be to have an ally in a new town – especially with Daniel loitering around.  He could never tell what Daniel might be planning, so it would be good to have extra muscle around, just in case. 
    He hadn’t yet decided whether he would let Jo go back to his old life and live with his wife and children.  It would be a risk, he may become exposed. He probably wouldn’t be able to control himself.   And he wouldn’t always be there to help him. 
    Maybe he would just keep Jo hidden, teach him to hunt at night.  There were plenty of bars in town, dark and dingy, where they’d hardly be noticed leaving with different people each night.  Jo would have a ferocious appetite as a newly turned vampire. 
    In fact the vampire, Sebastian, couldn’t wait to find out what Jo would be like.  The transition into a vampire was a funny thing.  Sometimes people kept their human personalities and resisted the change in lifestyle.  Other times they embraced it, hunted wildly and forgot their human connections.  Sometimes they tormented the connections they still remembered from their humanity, they haunted them or killed them. 
    He wondered how Jo’s family would fare.  Hmm, if Jo killed his family it probably would get noticed.  Sebastian decided he would keep Jo to himself for now, he would train him and turn him into the sort of vampire he wanted, away from outside influences.  Sort of like a pet project.  It could be fun to see him struggle and possibly go a little crazy.
    Sebastian lifted the now dead Jo off the floor and opened the trunk.  He pushed him into the back, where nobody would notice, and slid into the front seat himself.  He reversed out of the quarry parking lot and headed further into the woods.
     

Chapter 2
     
     
     
     
    Sarah thought back to two years previously, not long after she’d had Bea.  She had felt awful, and not at her most attractive.  Looking after Megan and Bea together was hard work and she still hadn’t fully recovered from the birth.  She was sore and had a post baby flabby tummy.  Her breasts were large and uncomfortable. She had often pulled away from Jo’s touch as she was seldom in the mood. 
    All her attention had been on her kids, she was surrounded by love and need and physical affection from her children.  She needed space.  But it was an awful time for Jo to do what he did.  He should have waited for her to recover.  All men must get frustrated with their wives after having children, when their children are very young and monopolize their mother’s attention.  And labor is hard.  God, the hardest thing she’s ever had to endure.  It takes time to recover.  And instead of looking after her, instead of staying home more and looking after the children, to give her a break, what did he do?  He started going out more.  He was completely selfish. 
    I should have left him then, Sarah thought.  But she couldn’t, she felt trapped - how would she cope without Jo?  She loved him regardless, and didn’t want to move back in with her parents.  However much she loved them she couldn’t live with them, they would drive her crazy.  Anyway, Jo had met someone else.  He’d slept with her for god’s sake.  And Sarah had stayed with him anyway.  She still loved him, and yet she hated him.  It was so confusing.  She hated the situation he’d put them