She nodded. “Derek was showing us the loft because he’s turning it into an art studio. We were about to go back to the house when I got this cold feeling in my chest. I’ve felt it before, but never that bad. I could barely breathe. Then Derek’s friend Seth showed up. I didn’t know he was a vampire, not until I saw his claws growing. It got kind of crazy after that. Derek got knocked out, and Jordan killed Seth.”
She rubbed her breastbone absently. “And then I felt the cold again. That’s when I realized what it meant.”
“What happened next?”
“Seth’s girlfriend Dana showed up with another vampire. Jordan took Dana, and I took the other one. I fought him with my knife until I lost it. Then I jumped on his back to hold him so Jordan could finish him off. But when my hands touched his face, m
