When Susie turned sixteen, the vampire virus which was dormant in her grew stronger and suppressed her human cells. Amanda and Shayne came to her rescue. She had to either step over the final barrier to becoming a vampire or succumb to the virus and die. However, when Amanda held her wrist, dripping with blood, in front of Susie’s mouth, she could not resist.

This short story is what remained from the initial draft of Recycled Souls, and if you have read Recycled Souls, you will be familiar with Elizabeth s past life experience. In the first draft, Elizabeth met up with Devlin again, when she regressed back across the years. However, when it was time for Elizabeth to come back to the present day, Devlin kept following her.