Because he's a vampire, Jonathon Splinter needs to feed, hungry for blood. He seeks out young men along Lake Erie in the small town of Bitter. As Halloween approaches, Jonathon devises a plan for his next hunt with the help of his mortal lover and personal assistant, Toby Kinks.<br><br>Life grows bitter for Jonathon, though. Someone discovered his true identity and witnessed one of his bloody hunts where he not only fed but also murdered the man. Now Jonathon is being blackmailed.<br><br>With Toby’s help, Jonathon seeks out the blackmailer, and the two devise a plan in which Jonathon will hunt and feed on the man. But on the evening of the planned murder, Jonathon Splinter's bloody life will change forever.

Blood on My Hands

“Love is strange,” I told him. “I’m sure you’ll see your family soon.”


The movie started. It and Dietrich’s company helped to neutralize my busy head as it still swam with details of the body found under Coleman Bridge. I settled in to the movie, its brilliant actors, the green-blue themes of love between a lonely woman and government’s pet. Irreversibly, I calmed and enjoyed myself. At least for the time being. 6


Approximately at eleven-thirty, Dietrich left my place, having fallen in bedazzled love with the award-winning movie: enlightened, dizzy, and joyous. I turned off the flat-screen and prepared for an all-nighter with a horror novel. Being a bloodsucker meant I didn’t get much sleep, at least during the post-midnight hours.


Chapter 14