DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT DARREN SHAN
Steve's POV
Annie is pregnant. I am the father. Could it be any more obvious? I told her that I'd be back soon with lots of money for the baby and a marriage.
I WAS LYING
The real reason I was gone was so that I could finally be blooded as Lord of the Vampaneze. It was time to creep into Annie's room and tell her what I really think of her.
I opened her bedroom door. I woke her up. She smiled at me. "Steve! You're back!"
I covered her mouth with my hand.
"Too late to stop it now!" I giggled. I scratched her belly. With my sharp finger nails, blood seeped out. "Baby! Baby! Baby! Is inside you. I'll be back in town soon, to collect my little son or daughter."
As I left her bedroom, she attacked me from behind with her fists. I turned to her.
"You really won't want to meet my friends RV, Morgan James, Mark Ryter, Gannen Harst, and Murlough. They love the taste of tender blood in the morning," I warned. "Or do you want me to suck out all of your precious red mercury?"
And then I was off. It would be 11 years until I needed Annie's child, but I loved to think ahead.