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set those girls on you. We have nothing in common with those half-demon miscreants.’ Her face screwed up with disgust as she recalled them. ‘If he hadn’t found you when he did, you would be rotting in your grave as we speak, and you would never have risen to this new life,’ she finished, with a somewhat dramatic flourish.
         I stood frozen, watching, as Daniel gently moved behind me and led me to his chair, pushing my shocked body down.
         ‘You’ll be more comfortable here Jessica,’ he said. So I sat and stared, as they both went and sat on the bed, watching me watch them. My head thumped with the sharp pain of confused emotions, as my thoughts whirled around like a cyclone, destroying any ability to make a coherent sentence. The strange woman’s words raced back and forth in my brain - her flippant attitude as she remarked upon my death, her calm yet jokey demeanour when she found me attacking her friend, or boyfriend, or whoever he was. She’d just been amused. I would’ve been livid if it had been some girl attacking Luke. Everything whirled around until eventually I realised that several things she’d said didn’t add up, and I was finally able to put a sentence together.
         ‘But I thought you just said it’s difficult to hurt you?’ I questioned, before immediately regretting it, as I was swamped with a whole new load of gory information.
         ‘It’s difficult for humans to hurt us, yes. Superficial wounds, even bullet or stab wounds will heal within minutes, as long as it’s not through the heart or doesn’t sever the head,’ she said. I flinched involuntarily at the gruesome nature of her statement, but my interest was awakened.
         ‘I thought vampires’ hearts didn’t beat? I thought you were supposed to be dead, or rather undead?’ I asked, feeling a little braver.
         ‘If our hearts didn’t beat then how would we bleed, and how would we heal? Of course we have different blood, with different cells and DNA, but it still needs to be pumped round our bodies.’
         ‘Right, so unless I stab him through the heart, or chop off his head he’ll be fine?’ I said, feeling a bubble of humour threatening to burst into nervous giggles.
         Still dreaming, still dreaming, still dreaming! part of me repeated like a mantra deep inside.
         ‘Not quite. We have the strength to literally rip each other apart, so we’re capable of killing each other as easily as humans kill each other; and for that reason you’ll be trained,’ she said.
         ‘Who are you anyway? Why are you here with him?’ I had so many questions surging through my head, but as I had no idea where to begin, I just blurted them all out. ‘I remember you from the club; you were there,’ I said. ‘You licked my hand in the alleyway,’ I added, scrunching my nose up in disgust.
         ‘My name is Eva. I’m helping Daniel take care of you and keep you away from Manchester, until we can trust you not to cause trouble. Your blood tasted exquisite, quite unlike anything I’ve tasted before. It’s such a shame we didn’t get to you earlier, before it all spilled onto the road. What a waste!’ she replied smoothly, laughing at her quip.
         ‘Jessica, Eva made me what I am. Consequently she is responsible for me and my actions, as I am for you and yours. She’s here to check everything goes smoothly,’ Daniel added.
         ‘ Great ! So although you’ve saved my life by turning me into a vam….one of you, you’re jailing me here, so I can’t even see my family and friends?’ I spat out.
         Daniel answered. ‘Jessica, believe me, you wouldn’t want to see your family and friends right now,’ he said with a sigh. ‘I’m sorry that you care so much. I was drawn to you in the club, yes, but you walked away from me and I let you