Tina tried to control her anger. “I was in the local paper?” She shook her head trying to focus on her business. “Look Denbo, I don’t have a lot of time and frankly I don’t know many vampires that owe me a favor so that’s why I came to you. I need you to…”

Tina paused and clenched her hands to keep them from shaking. She was about to make a deal with ‘the devil’ herself.

“I need you to…”

“What Kennard, spit it out, the sun’s almost up.”

“I need you to turn me.”

“What? Oh, shit, this is fucking perfect! You want me to turn you…into a vampire?”

“Yes.”

Denbo laughed out loud. “This is fucking unbelievable. Are you nuts, Kennard? I thought you said I was gonna do you a favor, not the other way around. Besides, you’re dating one, why doesn’t she do it?”

“That doesn’t fucking concern you…this what I want and you said you owed me. Will you do it or not?”

Denbo stroked her chin with one hand and her lover Cindy’s hair with the other. “Hey, it would be my pleasure not only turning you but what comes after. You, me, and my lover Cindy are gonna have a good time.”

“No, that’s the catch. I want you to turn me but I won’t transition with you.”

Cindy was now crawling up Denbo’s legs and made herself comfortable in her lap. She stroked her like a pet.

“You know what, that’s fine. I’ve got my hands full anyway. Ok, let’s do it. Let me just take Cindy here into the back, she might…distract us.”

“No, no, I don’t want to do it now. It’s got to be after midnight on the 31^st. This is my address, I’m on the top floor.”

The short brunette took the paper from her and smiled. “Well, it’s on beautiful. I’ll see you on the 31^st. I’ll be the one with the fangs.”

A chill went up Tina’s spine as she walked out of the club. The sun was now shining and she was suddenly aware that one day she would not be able to walk around as she pleased. She closed her eyes and angled her head up to the sky taking in the rays. She took a deep breath and started walking toward her car. Whatever it takes to be with you, baby.