“What is your name?” I asked.“Thorn.”“Thorn?”“If you touch me, you bleed.”

“I had to decide who I was, Night or Day, Human or Vampire.”

“I am Thorn, and I have come to make you bleed,”

“Innocent? Tell me human, who among you is innocent? Who among you has not destroyed without need or hurt without pity? Should a lion ponder his role in thinning the herds? Does he question whether ...”

“As we pass the mirror in the bedroom, my attention is drawn to the lovely couple in the reflection. There is a man, tall with broad shoulders. His red hair cut short. He has nothing but a towel on....”

“Good evening and good night.”