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the clearing, and stood in front of him in the middle of the road.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Fifteen
     
                  Kreel looked up startled.
                  “I’m as stunned to see you as you are me Kreel, though perhaps not surprised. I’ve been waiting for you to return to me, I knew it was only a matter of time before you would see that I was right.”
                  Kreel felt the cold dread and panic return. He was about to tell her that he had no feelings for her, only that of disgust and hate. But he remembered the stone he held in his hand. “I have come back to you Maggie, but not yet. Can we meet in the cemetery tomorrow night?”
                  Maggie frowned and furrowed her brows. “Why do you not come with me tonight Kreel, why wait to begin our lives together my mate?” she looked around him and straight at Charlie who stood quivering where he stood. “Does it have something to do with your friend?” She looked at Charlie closer. “Do I know you?”
                  “I can be with you Maggie, I only ask for this one thing, give me this one request Maggie.” Kreel hoped by changing the subject that the vampire would take her attention off of Charlie.
                  She turned her sites back to Kreel at the sound of his words. “My love,” Maggie said softly. “You told me that once you thought I was a monster, that my days would be numbered and end by your hand. How do I not know that this is not a trick, a lie?”
                  Kreel swallowed. “I do, but I don’t want to leave unfinished business. It’s not much to ask Maggie.”
                  As Kreel began to walk towards her, Charlie grabbed his arm to pull him back. “What are you doing? She’s evil Kreel.”
                  Kreel pulled out of the old man’s grasp. “Hush Charlie, I know what I’m doing. I don’t have time for your old foolish ways.” Then as he walked over to Maggie, he slipped the stone into his pocket.
                  Kreel sighed, pulling her tightly into his arms. “I never wanted to leave you, Maggie. Give me this one night, my love, please?”
                  Maggie stared at him for a long moment before she spoke, pondering his words. At last she spoke. “Yes. I will give you the time you ask for; if you promise that you will come to me.”
                  “I will,” he whispered, “If you truly love me as much as you say, then you must trust me Maggie.”
                  “You have given me back life Kreel. I will wait for you.” Maggie traced her finger along his lips. “Tomorrow night then.”
                 
                 
     
                 
     
                 
    Chapter Sixteen
     
                  “Think about it Charlie, if I would have said no, neither of us would be free tonight. That crazy witch would have flown off the handle faster than one of Jeb Cooper’s hound dogs. By giving us some extra time, we can get that stone ground down into powder.”
                  “Is that what you were really doing Kreel? I was afraid you had decided to be like her.”
                  Kreel looked up at Charlie from where he was pounding the stone down into powder like the old voodoo woman had told him to prepare. “I don’t want to be a vampire any more than you do you old fool. I just had to make the demon believe that I did.”
                  “What if it doesn’t work?” asked Charlie, “Are we going to die?”
                  “Yes Charlie, were going to die. Damn Charlie, were already dead. She really did a number on you didn’t she? I think you’re getting more dimwitted by the second you old fool.”
                  Charlie put his head down and was silent for a