‘Because it’s easier to kill you if you’re all by yourself,’ he concluded. Tony and Tracy followed me to the railing overlooking the main dance floor. I didn’t care any more what Fire thought. I was telling Rhode what was going on, and I was telling him tonight. He needed to protect himself. ‘And his eyes,’ Tony said. ‘Yeah, what was up with them?’ Tracy asked. ‘And what did he mean that “others are watching” – way to be cryptic,’ Tony said. The music boomed around us, and as we stood on the balcony I wanted nothing more than to leave. In my six hundred years I had never seen a vampire with eyes like that. His demeanour was strange as well. He had followed me and watched from afar, yet he wasn’t attacking. Tony tugged gently on my arm. I looped it through his and Tracy took her position on his other side. ‘Let’s get out of here,’ he said, leading us down to the ground floor.
