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Caitlin shook her head, feeling stupid She&039;d had a classical rade, but she&039;d barely listened to a word the teacher had said She didn&039;t really get it, and they had just moved, and her mind had been somewhere else Now she wished she would have listened

"It requires a huge orchestra," he said, "and a huge chorus It probably dee than just about any other piece ofto watch That&039;s why this place is so packed"

She surveyed the room There were thousands of people there And not an empty seat

"This sy, and he knew it He put it to " He turned to her and grinned, apologetically "Sorry to be so morbid"

"No, that&039;s OK," she said, andhim talk She loved the sound of his voice She loved what he knew All of her friends had themore She felt lucky to be with him

There was so much she wanted to say to Jonah, so hts suddenly dimmed and a hush came over the audience It would have to wait She leaned back and settled in

She looked down and to her surprise, there was Jonah&039;s hand He placed it on the ar hers She reached over, slowly, so as not to seem too desperate, and placed her hand into his His hand was soft and war into it

As the orchestra began and the first notes played - soft, soothing,over her, and realized that she&039;d never been so happy She forgot all about the events of the day before If this was the sound of death, she wanted to hear etting lost in thehow long she could ain The pain suddenly struck It hit her in the gut, like it had on the street, and it took all of her willpower to keep herself froritted her teeth silently, and struggled to breathe She could feel the sweat break out on her forehead

Another pang

This tih to barely be heard above thea crescendo Jonah must have heard, because he turned and looked at her, concerned He gently placed a hand on her shoulder

"Are you OK?" he asked

She was not Pain was overwheler She felt absolutely ravenous She had never been so overwhellanced over at Jonah, and her eyes went straight for his neck She fixated on the pulsing of his vein, tracked it as it went fro She counted the heartbeats

"Caitlin?" he asked again

The craving was overwhel She knew that if she sat there for even a second more, she would be unable to control herself If left unrestrained, she would definitely sink her teeth into Jonah&039;s neck

With her last ounce of will, Caitlin suddenly bounded fro up the stairs, for the door

At that sahts in the room suddenly went on full blast, as the orchestra played its final note Inter loudly

Caitlin reached the exit door a few seconds before the et out of their seats

"Caitlin!?" Jonah yelled fro out of his seat and following her

She could not let him see her like this More importantly, she could not allow him anywhere near her She felt like an ani faster and faster, into she ran in a full-fledged sprint

Before she knew it, she was running at ih the carpeted hallway She was an anih to know that she had to get herself away from the masses Fast

She found an exit door and put her shoulder into it It was locked, but she leaned into it with such force that it snapped off the hinges

She found herself in a private stairwell She raced down the steps, taking them three at a time, until she arrived at another door She put her shoulder into that one too, and found herself in a new hallway

This hallas even more exclusive, and more empty, than the others Even in her haze, she could tell that she had arrived in soe area She walked down the hallway, bending over in pain froer

She raised her palm and shoved it into the first doorway she found, and it opened with one blow It was a private dressing roo hie dressing area Somehow, she had arrived back here

He stood, annoyed

"I aht now," he snapped "The security guards should have told you This is my private time Now, if you&039;ll excuse uttural roar, Caitlin leapt right for his throat, sinking her teeth in deeply

He screamed But it was too late

Her teeth sank deep into his veins She drank She felt his blood rushing through her veins, felt her craving begin to be satisfied It was exactly what she&039;d needed And she could not have waited a second ei slumped, unconscious, into his chair, Caitlin leaned back, face covered in blood, and s would stand in her way of it again