He'd woken late, they all had thanks to the fucking heroin blood. That'd be the last time he'd believe Paul and his 'it'll be alright' bullshit and he was grumpy as they left the cave and rode down towards the Boardwalk. The sky was absent of a moon and the lights of Santa Carla blanketed the small town as the boys veered off to the Boardwalk carpark while David headed up to pick her up. He got off his bike and went to walk inside the room but found the door locked, he knocked but there was no answer and his stomach tightened. Where the fuck was she? He checked his watch and it was 8:45pm, she should be here. He got back on his bike and sat there for a minute, trying to calm himself, he was pissed already and now she was making him wait. He didn't want her staying here anymore, he wanted her with him so he knew exactly where she was at all times. The longer he sat there, the more he began to think that he wanted to change her, to make her his more permanently and then he thought of Max and the prospect of telling him about her. He looked over and saw her walking towards him and he leaned on his handle bars and watched her approach.

'Where have you been?' He spat and she slowed, her face going from a small smile to a shade of fear.

'I went to try phone Tee and I lost track of time on the Boardwalk.' She said quickly.

'What did I tell you? I told you to stay here and I would pick you up.' He said, not caring about what she had wanted to do. He wanted her to do as he said and he was feeling the need to instil a healthy amount of fear into her to ensure he got what he wanted.

'I'm sorry, I couldn't sleep and I just wanted to…' Again, he didn't want to hear it and he raised his hand to silence her.

'Star, when I tell you to be somewhere, you be there.' He got off his bike and walked towards her and he saw her micro flinch at his action. He'd scared her. He held her face and spoke to her calmly. 'I will not have anything else to happen to you. Please do as I ask.' He turned and got back on his bike. 'Get on.' He said and she quietly did as he asked without saying anything. He rode to the place he went when he needed to be alone. He'd never taken anyone here, except Dwayne, yet here he was with Star and this proved she wasn't just anyone to him. He pulled over and she got off the bike.

'What are we doing here?' She asked and he didn't answer her, he just pulled her with him to his favourite spot. He felt calm here and stepped behind her and just held her in the cool night air. It was then he was resolved in his decision to turn her.

'I wanted to come out here and be alone with you.' He finally said.

'Are you OK?' He smiled at the irony of her question, she was concerned about him.

'I'm fine. I'm here with you.'

'Where are the boys?' She asked.

'They're out… socializing' He said, knowing full well they were out hunting. 'But speaking of them… you know you're my girl, right?'

'What do you mean?' She asked.

''My boys and I are close and we do most things together but you, you are mine and only mine. Right.' He turned her around and looked into her eyes. 'And I won't tolerate anyone, Paul included, getting close to you or touching you.' He added seriously.

'Is that why you don't want me going out without you?' He wanted to say yes, but it was more than that. He wanted to possess her, consume her and have her be his forever. 'Don't you trust me?'

'It's not about me not trusting you, after what has happened to you already, I need to know where you are and when I don't, I will get … anxious.' Anxious was an understatement, he wouldn't allow it to happen to avoid the feelings it would incite in him.

'OK.' She said quietly, and it was the confirmation he was looking for. His heart surged and he kissed her hard. He wanted to take her and do filthy, animalistic, pornographic things to her but he picked up on her slight shaking and he pulled away from her and told her it was time to go and have some fun. They both needed to relax and have some fun and enjoy each other's company, they had experienced some serious first few days together and it was time to lighten things up a bit.

He took her down to the Boardwalk and met up with the boys, they had all fed and were in good moods, even Marko seemed to be adjusting to having her around. They went down to the beach and smoked a joint, which had her giggling and the rest of them in the mood to play. They rode the rides, ate popcorn and watched the live band of the night before they hit the arcade where their competitiveness came out. Star and David beat Paul and Marko in air hockey, with the puck frequently flying off the table, and now Paul and Marko were playing Dwayne and Star in Foosball. David stood back and leaned against the wall beside Star, he loved watching her doing something she enjoyed, something that made her smile and laugh. It was like she had truly joined them and she belonged with them. She leaned over to David and kissed him and went back to her game and when David looked up, he looked out the window and straight at Max who was watching him. Fuck, Max had seen her, Max had seen them kiss.

'Come see me. Tomorrow.' Max mentally demanded of David and walked away. David no longer had a choice, he would have to tell him about Star, and he knew how well it was going to go down. Like a cup of cold sick. The place was getting ready to close so it was time the boys took their party home.

They all did as they usually do once they got back to the cave and David found it interesting that they acted almost as if she wasn't there or that she'd been there the whole time. He watched as Paul tried to get her to dance with him and she wisely declined, at least she wasn't stupid and trying to make him jealous, and Marko was even showing her his talent with the birds. David hadn't fed so he pulled out his wine bottle and began drinking from it and the boys looked at him and each other with a mixture of interest and concern as to what he was going to do with it. In all honesty he didn't know what he was going to do, Max knew about Star now and there was a high chance he'd demand that David kill her, or Max would do it for him. If he wanted to keep her, he was going to have to turn her sooner than he'd planned but she needed to be in the cave, under his constant control before that happened and before she was privy to their secret, for that would surely change everything. He offered the bottle to the boys and they all drank from it but she seemed happy to abstain and he decided tonight was not the night. An hour passed and she was perched looking through Dwayne's drawings, which he never let anyone see, and she was commenting on them when David came up behind her.

'I have a surprise for you.' He said into her ear and she spun around and looked at him smiling then followed him out the back into one of the caverns. He had placed the bag of her belongings in the room and she stopped dead upon seeing it.

'Oh my God. Where did you… You went back? You got my stuff for me?' She was shocked and it made him smile. She filtered through it and seemed pleased.

'You did well.' She said approvingly.

'It wasn't me, Dwayne collected what to bring back for you. I was busy dealing with your dad.' She looked at him at the mention of her dad. 'He wasn't happy but he's not going to be bothering you now.' He reassured her then he told her that she would never return to San Francisco and she responded by kissing him.

'Thank you so much. You're amazing.' He pulled her back and looked at her hard, connecting with her soul. She was still so young.

'I told you. I'll do anything for you.' He kissed her again. He knew it, he'd found his soul mate, she was meant for him and he was going to take her. Every part of her belonged to him. Her body had melted into his and he knew she wanted him too which had him rearing to go. He felt her perfect body and pulled her closer to him wanting to devour her, then suddenly she pulled away and he saw the perspiration on her forehead and realised something was wrong.

'I'm sorry.' She said looking down. He could see she was still affected by her father. Fuck, he wished he could bring the fucker back to life so he could kill him again.

'It's OK. In your time.' He hugged her. He was all worked up now and he was either going to have fuck someone or kill someone or both to relieve himself. 'I'll take you back to the motel.' He told the boys he'd return and left with her.

'Is he going to tell Max about her? Paul asked after they'd left.

'He's going to have to, he's not going to be able to get away with it for long.' Dwayne said. 'But David's gonna do what David's gonna do.' Marko looked at Dwayne as he said it and he knew she was going to change everything, she already had but he had an inkling it was going to get worse.

Arriving at the motel, she climbed off and stood there awkwardly before him and he climbed off and leaned against his bike, watching her.

'Thank you for my stuff and for dropping me back here. I guess I'll go inside.' She was nervous.

'Star wait. Come here.' He called her back and he pulled her to him and kissed her again. It didn't help his cause but he knew it would make her feel better. He never wanted to make anyone feel better and he found the compulsion to do so interesting. He never cared about how anyone else felt. He knew he had to leave. 'I will be back to pick you up. Please be here.'

'I will.' She said.

'Go to sleep.' He said before leaving.

It was late, too late for him to be fucking around but he needed a release. He rode down past the Boardwalk, not expecting to find anyone, but he saw a young run away walking by herself and she was startled by his bike as he slowed next to her.

'It's late. Where are you going?' He asked her.

'Nowhere. I'm looking for somewhere to sleep.' She looked at him hopefully and he looked back at her silently. She held no appeal for him compared to Star. She was ordinary and he had so little time, he wondered if she was even worth it and then the Devil in him spoke.

'Get on.' A fuck's a fuck and then he'd feed properly and dump her out to sea, which is exactly what he did, getting back to the cave just as the sky began to lighten. The boys thought he was with Star, and he didn't correct them, letting them think he'd finally slept with her. He didn't feel guilty he'd slept with someone else, vampires don't feel guilt, vampires barely felt anything but this was exactly how things would be. He would continue to do as he pleased and she would do as he allowed. If she did as he did tonight, he'd lose his shit and he was unsure how far his tolerance of that behaviour would go regardless of how he felt about her. Things would change after she was turned, she wouldn't want a mortal after that, she wouldn't want anyone after him. She needed to live here and he needed to talk to Max.