Having her turn was different to him than his boys had been, they had both Max's and his blood but she only had his and that made all the difference. David felt like he had a new lease on life now Star was a half, he wanted to go out and he wanted to immerse her new senses in the life of the Boardwalk and he was excited to watch her experience it all. He told everyone to get ready only, looking over at her, he saw she was struggling but he ignored it and they went to the Boardwalk. She lumbered behind them quietly, looking rather miserable and it was ruining his buzz.

'What's wrong with you?' He asked her.

'I don't feel well.' She said, nursing her head.

'Do you want something to eat?' He wanted her to snap out of it.

'No,' she said looking sick, 'I kinda want to go back to the cave.' He studied her, annoyed she was spoiling his night.

'No.' He wasn't going to let her.

'Please David, I feel like I might be sick. This is why I don't drink.' Fucking Paul and his shots. 'You guys can stay here, I'll go back on my own.'

'No. You'll go when we go.' He told her and he kept walking, she was part of his pack now and she would learn to fall in line. He and his boys continued to do as they pleased and took her along for the ride, whether she liked it or not, which by the look of it was not. He took her back to the cave when he was ready and she went straight to sleep. 'No more fucking shots Paul.' David spat and Paul gave him the thumbs up. David would try again tomorrow and the next night and the night after that, if that's what it took and that's exactly what he did, and he didn't have to wait long for her to start to react. Over the next few nights, her eyes began to light up at the lights and colours on the Boardwalk and she looked at them as though she'd never seen them before. He took her down to the water's edge and observed her listening to the lapping waves and showed her the intricacies of the moon, enjoying her amazement at every little thing. Her head was turning at every sound and she was smiling from ear to ear until her need for blood became apparent. It had taken two weeks but her consumption of food had rapidly decreased and she'd been complaining of pain in her stomach and he knew what her problem was. They were all sitting around a bonfire on the beach and she was hunched up uncomfortably in a ball next to him. Paul looked from her and up to David and he discarded his initial thought to try comfort her once he saw David's expression.

'Can you take me to a doctor? I think there's something wrong with me.' He looked at Dwayne as she spoke and Dwayne knew what he was going to do.

'There's nothing wrong with you Star, you just need to feed.' He took a last drag on his cigarette and threw it in the fire, looking over at Marko, who looked like he was enjoying her discomfort.

'No David, I have been feeling like this for days and there's something wrong with me. I'm not hungry, I need a doctor.' She groaned.

'Boys, it's time.' He told them it was time to show her but he didn't want them to show her in their usual way, a more subtle subdued approach was needed here. 'You're changing. You're becoming one of us and you just need to complete the transition.' He explained to her as he watched the twigs and small branches snap and pop in the flames.

'Changing into what? I feel like shit.'

'You need blood, Star.' He said and he glanced down at her and saw the confusion in her eyes.

'Blood? David, what are you talking about?' She sat up more, as if that would help her understand his words.

'Blood. You need to drink blood Star, you are becoming a vampire.' He said and they all watched her reaction closely.

'What?' She said like she hadn't heard him properly but he knew she had and he watched her look to the boys for an explanation and she got one that she wasn't expecting. He saw her eyes widen and her jaw drop at what she saw, despite the boys just sitting there, and she looked back at David to see he had changed also. He sat there serenely looking at her.

'What the fuck?' She said, obviously scared, and she tried to slide backwards in the sand.

'Star relax, we're not going to hurt you.' He told her but she was barely listening.

'What the fuck?!' She stood up and so did he. 'What the fuck are you guys?!' He went to grab her hand but she spun out of his grasp. 'No! Don't you touch me! All of you stay away from me!' She was spinning and he was going to have to calm her down and control her. She backed away from them and he could see her beginning to shake. 'I don't know what the fuck is going on here but I am fucking out of here!' She turned to bolt and Marko stopped her with Dwayne at his side then she pulled her skirt up and ran straight into Paul, who had jumped up and dropped out of the black sky in front of her. David had watched it all unfold and the boys' subterfuge of her didn't seem to be helping.

'Calm down girl.' Paul told her and she screamed. David couldn't afford to let her draw any more attention to them than she already had so he stepped in, grabbing her and shooting straight up into the sky, then he flew with her back up to the cliff top, before landing softly on the earth. Judging by the look on her face, she was now in a solid state of shock. He knew she wouldn't run now and she would actually listen to him.

'We are vampires Star, and once you make your first kill, you will be one too. As I said to you last night, you are with us forever now.' He reached up, stroking her cheek, and she flinched and pulled back at his touch. 'You and I will be together forever.' She turned her head away from him and his annoyed superiority returned. 'It's too late Star, you're mine and as long as you do as I say, I will give you the world.' She had no idea what he'd given her, the gift he'd offered to her but it wouldn't take long for her to realise the magic they possessed and for it to take over.

'David, I don't want…' Ugh, that was the last thing he wanted to hear right now, it was going to grate on him if he had to listen to that.

'I don't want to hear 'I don't want' from you.' His frustration becoming apparent. 'You will have and do what I want you to.' He'd said it so forcefully that he'd scared her and made her start to cry which annoyed him even more. He called for Paul, wanting him here with him. 'And you have to kill or the pain will become unbearable. You have no choice now.'

'I can't kill anyone!' She shrieked.

'Oh, you can and you will.' He said as Paul arrived, making her just about jump out of her skin. 'You belong with us now and you will do as I say always. Now, go down into the cave with Paul and stay there.' He demanded and he took off back to the Boardwalk beach so he could collect his bike.

'Fuck,' David said pulling out a cigarette as he dropped onto the sand and met up with the other boys. 'This is going to be harder than I thought.' He muttered as they made their way back to the carpark.

'Early days.' Dwayne said, managing to calm his brother with just two words. Dwayne had been with David the longest and knew him best. 'You knew she was going to be different. She'll come around once you show her the positives, she has no choice.' He added and David smiled, knowing he was right, it would just take time and lucky for him, he had all the time in the world. The pain and her desire for blood would get her, it gets everyone it touches, it's inevitable and she would succumb like the rest of them. He wanted her so badly and had so much riding on her falling in line that he was impatient and wanted immediate gratification. They walked to get their bikes and when they got there, Greg and his mates were standing around next to them.

'Where's your bitch? She left you already?' Greg's mates all laughed at him and David nearly reacted, he nearly flew towards him and smacked Greg's face clear off his skull but he didn't. There were too many people around and David didn't have the time, he definitely had the inclination but he had to get back to the cave. His comment, however, confirmed it, that fucker was going to die. Sooner or later, David would scorch Greg's body to ashes after ripping his spleen out. He got on his bike saying nothing and revved it hard making Greg and his girlfriend Shelly jump back as he took off. David couldn't afford to let Greg fuck with his head right now so he shook it off, knowing Greg and his surfy assholes would keep, and he rode as fast as he could back to the Bluff.

'Go and get your bike before Greg fucks with it.' David told Paul walking into the cave and Paul's eyes shot up.

'What? He's near my bike?' Paul looked alarmed and the boys laughed at him, knowing how, other than his pot, Paul viewed his bike as his prized possession, and he shot out of the cave. David walked to Star's bed and sat next to her and noticing she had a joint, he reached over and took it from her delicate fingers and smoked it. She shied away from him and although her movement was small, it stung him more than he cared to admit.

'Don't be like that. You're still my girl and I'm still going to want to be near you and touch you.' He held her chin and softly kissed her and when she didn't respond, he roughly grabbed her kissed her hard, forcing himself on her and asserting his domination of her. 'You didn't mind last night.' He said in a low voice and quietly chuckled at her and she looked him over with a stony expression, to which he responded seriously. 'Get over it Star, you will be just like us soon. Settle in for the ride.' He got up and walked back over to the boys leaving her on her bed.