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Shadowing Mr Crepsley wasn’t easy The first night we lost him after a couple of ot to the top he was nowhere to be seen We wandered around the city for a few hours, hoping to stumble upon him, but saw neither hide nor hair of hiht

We learned from that experience While Mr Crepsley slept the next day, I went and bought a couple of cell phones Evra and me tested theht, when Mr Crepsley headed for the rooftops, Evra stuck to the ground He couldn’t move as fast as me By myself, I was able to keep track of the varound

Even alone, it was difficult to keep up Mr Crepsley could move a lot quicker than me Fortunately, he had no idea I was after hio as fast as he could, since he didn’t think he had any need to

I kept hi him when he slipped down to street level and took a couple of turns that I ht I stuck with hihts I’d lose hi

He didn’t dohi ti out his next victi His routes were unpredictable: he hts in a row, or try entirely new directions every night It was impossible to anticipate his ht - I kept forgetting he wasn’t as powerful as me - but he never cohts if he wanted, but he shook his head and insisted on coht I’d kill Mr Crepsley if he wasn’t around

Maybe he was right

No fresh bodies had been discovered since news of the six in the building broke It had been confirmed that all the bodies had been drained of their blood, and that they were ordinary hu - the oldest enty-seven - and from different parts of the city

Evra’s disappointment was evident when he heard the victims were normal people - it would have made life much easier if they’d been vampires

"Would doctors be able to tell the difference between a human and a vampire?" he asked

"Of course," I replied

"How?"

"Different kind of blood," I said