"The following night, Emma went hunting alone with only one prey in mind. Her thoughts were anxious and

worried. What if Alyssa didn't come back to her? She entered Teazers Bar and looked up and down the bar and then

at the crowded tables and booths. No sign of her.

"She strode through the bar and ignored the compulsion to feed on the patrons whose blood smells filled her

nostrils. She found Alyssa alone at a pool table.

"'I knew you'd come back for me,' Alyssa whispered before planting a warm kiss on Emma's lips.

Emma's anxiety disappeared as if it never existed. The hunger that pained her earlier was gone. She took Alyssa's

pool cue and lined up a shot.

They played pool, kissed and talked for three hours and then walked out to the street. They wandered aimlessly hand

in hand, stopping to make out ever few hundred feet. They eventually found their way to the Sixth Street Park on the

Grand River.

"They embraced in the park and spoke of their undeniable attraction to each other. And there, Emma revealed

her true nature.

"Alyssa was intrigued, rather than frightened. She even felt the canine "fang."

"Alyssa was full of questions. But it was Emma's question toward the end of the night that changed

everything. Did Alyssa want to live forever?