A/N: We are at the end, folks. It's been great and I appreciate all your reviews, favorites and follows. I'm going to take a break from writing but you will expect to see me leaving reviews. I have to at least be reading. I just need to recharge and prepare for all the holiday stuff with family and work. The next couple of months are going to be really exciting.

I've got some good news for people who've become fans of this story: there's more. I actually have ideas for a sequel scribbled down and if you blow up my inbox enough, I just might go through with it and a Blood Angel 2 will be posted.

I have gotten requests for sequels before and this is the first time I would be willing and able to do so. But again, I don't believe in giving was is not asked for or wanted. If you feel the story is fine where it sits, great. If you really want more, I would be more than happy to take you deeper and further.

So thanks again and keep an eye out for my next story.

The chill in the air snapped like a bullwhip against Tori's skin. She hiked up her jacket but it could only cover so much. The cold didn't bother Jade.

"So," Jade feigning a conversation. "Tell me more about your family."

"Oh, well" Tori rubbing her arms to keep warm. "Mom is great. She's a substitute teacher. You met my dad. Older sis is cool but she can be a handful sometimes."

"Usually it's the younger siblings that are the handfuls."

"Well, you've never met Trina."

Jade couldn't help but notice Tori staring at her. "What?"

"You. You're adorable."

"I've been called a lot of things the last few years and that's not one of them."

"Well someone should because you are," Tori bumping shoulders with Jade. She wanted to poke her but her hands were warmer in her pants pockets. "Right here."

They stop in front of a large apartment complex.

"Can I, I don't know, call you?"

"Yeah…I don't exactly have a phone…so…"

"Oh," Tori lowered her head.

"But there's gotta be a payphone left somewhere in this miserable town, right?"

"I guess so," Tori grins. She takes out a piece of paper, a folded flyer from the hospital, and wrote on the back of it. Her heart skips a beat when their hands touch during the pass.

"You're gonna be trouble Tori Vega," Jade smiles at the human. "I can tell."

"Goodnight, Jade."

"Night."

Jade left the front entrance and started downtown. She wasn't going anywhere in particular; just allowing her body to mimic her own mind's wandering. Her heart was filled with joy for the first time. She has always been happy with her sister, the only other person she loved, and saw hope whenever she looked at her face.

But Tori Vega was different. She was living proof that she did right by someone in her life. That Jade's own existence had a real impact; she wasn't a mistake. Tori clearly harbored feelings for her on an abstract level as well. But, could they ever be together…that way?

Jade shook her head. Impossible. She was a vampire and her a human. It's not done. No good can come of this. Still…

Her train of thought is derailed by an attack in the park yards away. It was nowhere in sight, but Jade could unmistakably hear the scuffle. She looked around, seeking some form of assistance.

Nobody.

Jade knew then what she had to do and soon would turn into what she was destined to do all along.

She scaled the massive wall hiding the park from the streets where she would give a certain serial rapist the scare of a lifetime.