Prologue
Gasping for air and clutching her side, she ran as fast as she could. Not daring to turn her head, she was sure that he was still on her heals. Turning this way and that as she ran, she tried to throw him off unsuccessfully. Only the moon lighted her forest path, making it almost impossible to see anything, including the tree root that stuck up from the ground. Her foot catching on it, she fell to the ground. He would be on her in no time. Getting up on her hands and knees, trying to push herself off the ground to make her escape, she felt the cold hands grab her. A scream left her open mouth as she felt two long fangs pierce the skin on her neck.
Her life was over. She was dead. He had gotten her. Opening her eyes groggily, Taylor shook the thoughts from her head. She was alive; maybe she had just imagined it. Her hand reaching slowly to her neck feeling around for the two marks she knew would be there, she found them. Reality came back to her, smacking her in the face. Last night wasn't a dream. Standing up slowly, she looked around, realizing that she was still in the forest that her family had been camping in the night before. Taking a deep breath she headed in the direction she knew the tent was located.
It didn't take too long for her to reach the noisy camp ground where her mother, father and sister were waiting for her. The moment their eyes landed on her, they screamed. Her mother ran towards her and hugged her youngest daughter tightly. As she let go however, there was no way that she could hide the fear that was filling her whole body. "T-Taylor…h-honey…what happened?" she stuttered. Taylor looked at her mother then began to cry as she told them what had happened to her in the forest. "B-baby…l-look in the car mirror…" Taylor looked at her parents, fear on her face as well as she turned and made her way slowly to the car. Nothing could prepare her for what she saw in the mirror. Her face was tearstained and blood covered her lips and jaw. The truth hit her…she was now like the thing that attacked her the night before. "I-I'm…I'm a v-vampire."