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but I did want the companionship of a man. I wanted someone to build a life with, have a few kids with, sit in rockers on our front porch and watch our grandchildren play. Those few things never entered my mind until this moment and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted it.
     
    I felt a bit more resolved and less like a loser as I headed back into the living room to put some music on. I set the stereo on an easy listening station and surveyed my work one last time with a smile on my face. I went back into the kitchen, straight to the back door, and had just touched the knob when I heard a squeal of tires. I looked through to the dining room and glanced out the window where I saw headlights coming up the driveway fast.
    　
    “Oh boy,” I muttered to myself. “Time to get the hell out of dodge before this becomes uncomfortable."
     
    Just as I was about to slip through the back door, I heard my mother’s voice shouting my name.
     
    “Willa! Willa, darling, wake up! Where are you?” she shouted her voice laced with fear
     
    “Mom?" I shouted back as I ran to the front door and yanked it opened. “Mom, oh my God, I’m here. Are you all right?"
     
    “Oh Willa, oh my God, you're all right. You're safe thank goodness,” Cecily cried. Her face was streaming with tears and her voice filling with relief as she grabbed me in a bone crushing hug. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry honey…"
     
    “Yeah, I’m okay, aside from the shoulder you just dislocated. What’s going on?” I asked my father as he came through the door and closed it.
     
    “They found us honey,” Cecily said almost incoherently. “They found us. I’m so sorry. I thought we would have more time, maybe five years or so and then we could break it to you gently, but they found us. Now we have no more time.”
     
    “All right, you are seriously freaking me out, Mom. Just take a deep breath and tell me what’s going on because you are making no sense whatsoever."
     
    “Cormac…" my mom’s voice trailed off for a second. “I just...I don’t know if I can...I.”
     
    “Wait, Cormac?" I asked, “Why did you just call dad Cormac?”
     
    “Because that’s my name honey,” my father answered with a sad look on his handsome face.
     
    “Uh, since when? Because last I knew, you know last meaning the last twenty five years; your name has always been Mac."
     
    “Willa, we don’t have time for that right now…” my father started
     
    “Yeah well, you better make the time because you both are seriously freaking me the fuck out right now." I demanded. “What the hell is going on? Why is mom so scared? What is she talking about? They found us? Who are they?"
     
    My mother sank into the couch and looked up at me. For the first time in my life, she looked all her fifty years.
     
    “The Rau,” she whispered wringing her hands.
     
    “The Rau?" I asked. “What or who is the Rau?"
     
    “The Rau, the Evil," my father said in a clear, firm voice.
     
    I stood frozen in place not sure what was coming next. “And what exactly is the Rau?" I asked
     
    “Vampires,” my parents both said at the same time

     
     
     
    　
    　
    　                                                      
     
     
     

    Chapter Three
     
    “What?" I stuttered and started to laugh, “Vampires, huh? So is this payback for last year’s anniversary 'gift' when I made reservations for you guys at the new strip club but told you it was a restaurant? I understand wanting to get me back, but the dramatics are a little over the top, don't you think?”
     
    “Willa, we are not making this up. We are not paying you back for your prank last year,” said Mac in a serious tone. “We have a lot to discuss with you. The sooner you can accept what we are saying the better. We do not have the luxury of time right now. Your safety and that of your mothers are of the utmost concern for me right now."
     
    “Yours as