Paul shook his head slightly as his fangs rubbed against her collar bone. That was the last thing she remembered happening to her. A few minutes later...Paul had settled down. He regained his human form only to see a circle of people gathered around Jessica. Her blood covered his face and he stumbled to his feet. The trail of blood was fresh on the ground, there seemed to be quart after quart of it every where he looked. His heart felt as if it were going to stop as he parted the crowd. “Is … is. Even though she slowly found out that almost everything he had ever told her was lies, she still love him deeply. It seemed to be a repeating cycle, each time he swore his love to her and promised that he would not leave her, he would do just the opposite. With each moment of heart ache and every tear drop that cascaded down her face, her love still grew for him. She was determined to never let her love for him die. That all changed three days before what would have been the one year. "Tell me," he said, putting down his glass and leaning against the armof his chair, "why someone as pretty as you is all alone in a big houseover the Millennium?"I blushed and looked away. This was getting out of hand. He wasobviously interested in me and although I was interested in him I couldsee a very short, one sided fist fight occurring if I wasn't careful."I like being on my own," I said. "Me too." He picked up his wine and drained it, reaching for the bottle."I've spent the last five. This system is something else, Beth, just as good as what I had at home." I looked over my shoulder to see her smiling at me indulgently. She knew I was an unrepentant technophile, and always had been. I then showed her a trick I wanted Bill to see."Bill, this should interest you." The screen shifted to show the picture from the back-up camera. The image show several vehicles approaching and passing us. "This camera isn't usually active unless the transmission is in reverse. On this network.