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where he’d been bitten. He’d never forget that night, the humiliation he’d suffered.
    Patience, he counseled himself as the desire to just slip into the house grew. If she had been alone, he wouldn’t hesitate. Hell, he would’ve made his move even if it had been that meddling fucker with her. Then he’d be able to catch them both at their most vulnerable. But he didn’t know anything about this new guy.
    After that little incident, he’d made sure to discover anything he could about vampires. People had laughed at him, called him crazy. His hand moved to the silver cross beneath his shirt. He’d learned how to protect himself from that stranger, but who knew what this new guy was.
    The little whore, he sneered. Did she spread her legs for every man? Did she let that pointy-toothed bastard pimp her out? Rage filled him at the thought. She belonged to him.
    A slow smile crept onto his face. Then again, at least now she’d be broken in. And he was positive they’d have taught her a trick or two. Things he’d be sure to take advantage of before he passed her around to his friends. He was sure they would pay for a taste of her. And he’d be sure she repaid him for every dime he’d spent tracking her down and that he’d had to pay that worthless bitch, Diane.
    Not even she could do her job right. He’d hired her to lure the man away. She’d never mentioned any other men hanging around. She couldn’t seem to do anything right. Perhaps he should make her earn her money another way…
    Shaking his head, Travis decided to go back to his temporary home. The warehouse was perfect; no one would think to look for him there. And he needed to figure out how this new man could complicate things. The next time he called Diane, he’d tell her to discover more about him.
    When he finally did get his revenge, he wanted it to be perfect. He had spent too long thinking about what he wanted to do to allow some new guy to fuck it up.
    Walking away from the expensive house, he determined to return that night. So far she hadn’t seemed to notice that he was following her. And he would continue to do so until the perfect moment arrived to strike.
    Smirking, he knew she would never even suspect how close to her he was. She thought she was safe from him. And he would take pleasure in letting her know just how much of an illusion that was. She belonged to him, and he’d make sure she learned that lesson well.
     

Chapter Three
    Looking down at the fresh grave, Melissa felt her heart break all over again. She’d never forgive herself for going to school that fateful day instead of staying at the hospital with her mother. She’d been inconsolable when she’d found out.
    The principal, a typically nice older woman had come down to her class and Melissa could still hear her.
    “Melissa, please grab your things and follow me to my office.”
    There had been the various calls and hoots from the other students, questions about what she could have possibly done wrong flew through her head, but she obeyed without question. Five minutes later, she was sitting in the principal’s office, waiting to find out what she had done wrong, why she was in trouble.
    “What’s going on? Am I in trouble?”
    “I’m so sorry to be the one that has to tell you this…” The principal knelt down in front of her. “It’s about your mother.”
    “What’s wrong with my mom? Did she have to get more tests? They said she was getting better.” Melissa started panicking. “The doctors said she was getting better.”
    “Sweetie, the doctors were wrong. I guess your mom didn’t want you to know how sick she was…she died. Just a little while ago.”
    “You’re lying,” Melissa shouted in the principal’s face, shoving the other woman away from her as hard as she could. Without stopping to grab her books or her backpack, she ran to the door, tears flowing down her face. “You’re a liar!” she screamed, and ran out of the door.
    No one